SSUSH11-13 Test Review

Which immigration station processed 1 million Asian immigrants between 1910 and 1940?

• Asian Island

• Ellis Island

• Immigrant Island

• Angel Island

What effect of the Industrial Revolution MIGHT this picture represent?

• the rise of the middle class

• the increase in urban population

• the spread of infectious diseases

• the organization of the health care system

Which economic reform occurred during the Progressive era?

• banning of child labor

• restraining of workers' rights

• banning workplace discrimination based on race

• the establishment of a federal workers mandate

In the second half of the 19th century, the U.S. government allowed more immigrants into the country MAINLY because

• more soldiers were needed in the American military.

• industries needed an increasing amount of cheap labor.

• the World War in Europe was causing millions to flee their homelands.

• western territories needed more settlers to explore for gold and silver.

In the 19th century, John D. Rockefeller was MOST associated with the company named

• U.S. Steel.

• General Motors Corporation.

• Standard Oil.

• American Telephone and Telegraph.

Which of the following did not help propel the U.S. into the new age?

• Railroad

• Oil

• Telegraph

• Steel

Which Progressive-era figure is MOST closely associated with exposing the effects of poverty and overcrowding in American cities in the late 1800s?

• Jacob Riis

• Ralph Nader

• Upton Sinclair

• Frederick Jackson Turner

Upton Sinclair and Ida Tarbell are both associated with what American literary movement?

• Lost Generation

• Muckrakers

• Transcendentalism

• Harlem Renaissance

The Transcontinental Railroads that opened up the West had a devastating effect on

• cattle ranchers.

• Native Americans.

• merchants on the West coast who relied on trade across the Pacific for their livelihood.

• U.S. soldiers who had just fought in the Civil War and were now transferred to the West to keep the peace.

What creates a business that consists of all elements of production?

• Total Production

• Vertical Intergration

• Product Demand

• Balanced Business