Which of the following was not a pull factor for immigrant coming to the US?

• Job opportunities

• War & Famine

• Family ties

• Freedom

Which group believed in survival of the fittest and people were naturally selected to succeed?

• social darwinist

• political bosses

• nativist

• political machines

Which of the following was NOT a problem labor unions fought for?

• shorter hours

• lower pay

• no child labor

• safer working conditions

Which law expanded competition and eliminated trusts and monopolies?

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Homestead Act

• Sherman AntiTrust Act

• Dawes Act

Which new innovation contributed to a significant increase in factory production in the United States at the beginning of the Twentieth Century (1900s)?

• Railroads

• Electricity

• Steam power

• Telegraph systems

How did industrialization in the United States change the lives of women and children in the nineteenth century?

• Women and children gained higher social status as business owners.

• Women and children were more educated in order to compete for jobs.

• Women and children increasingly became wage earners in their families.

• Women and children rose as leaders in the movement to organize labor.

How did the introduction of electricity affect the workplace in the United States?

• Businesses relocated to suburban areas.

• Factories were able to open late into the night.

• Cottage industries expanded into more homes.

• Assembly lines were able to move more quickly.

In The Gospel of Wealth, he argues that very wealthy men like him had a responsibility to use their wealth for the greater good of society

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• JP Morgan

the process by which a company gains the ability to raise prices or exclude competitors

• monopolies

• reforms

• supply and demand

• free market

When arriving to the U.S, ________________ experienced unhealthy living conditions.

• immigrants

• settlers in the west

• Germans

• children