US History PC Exam Review

What was one major contributing factor to the rise of industrialism in the late 1800’s

• Abundance of natural resources

• More federal government restrictions

• Lack of immigrant workers

What was one major impact of the assembly line on the worker?

• Workers were highly skilled and hard to replace.

• Workers were unskilled and easily replaced.

• Workers had a lot of variety in their workday

One advantage of the assembly line was

• decreased contact with managers

• increased coworker socialization

•  increased productivity

The mass production of goods by large factories resulted in

• less efficient means of production

• higher prices for customers.

• lower prices for customers.

The Sherman Antitrust Act reflected a concern about

• Big businesses eliminating competition

• The rise of labor unions and increased immigration

• Oil consumption

The new immigrants who arrived in the late nineteenth century

• Tended to settle in areas with people from their former homeland

• Tended to travel southward to find gold in Central America

• Usually established large religious communities in the mountains.

Which of the following prompted the increase in immigrants to the United States after 1885?

• To escape language barriers and trade restrictions

• To escape political upheaval and economic misfortune

• To escape the plague and inclement weather conditions

 One effect of the growth of industrialism in the time period from 1860 to 1900 was

• Decreased immigration

• Decreased railroad usage

• The birth of labor unions

After the industrial revolution/turn of the century, some of the main problems that needed to be addressed were

• Pollution of the air and alternative energy sources

• Women’s rights, food regulation, child labor, public welfare/poverty, big business

• Cost of producing goods and services and increase in farming opportunities

Perhaps the most emotional progressive reform was the campaign against

• Child labor

• Integrated schools

• Consumer fraud

• Unrestricted immigrations