Unit 4.1 Review

Who was the leader of the steel industry?

• JP Morgan

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

Answer explanation

His company was U.S. Steel

What is a Robber Baron?

• Business leaders who served their nation in a positive way

• Someone who attempted to break up monopolies

• Someone who served in the House of Representatives as well as the Senate

• Someone who built their fortune by stealing from the public

 The company controls every stage of the industrial process from mining raw materials to transporting the final product. 

• Vertical Integration

• Forward Integration

• Horizontal Integration

• Reverse Integration

This is the first big business in America

• Oil

• Railroads

• Steel

• Iron

How did monopolies and trusts enable businessmen like Carnegie and Rockefeller to become among the world's richest and most powerful men?

• They loaned large amounts of money to businessmen, thereby enabling them to invest in new industries

• They paid large amounts of interest to finance capitalists in exchange for business loans

• They eliminated competition & allowed businessmen to control entire industries

• They restricted immigration limiting the number of industrialists who could compete with them

Which of the following tended to be TRUE of the immigrants who came to the United States from other countries during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century?

• They tended to be wealthy and had the money to book passage to the United States

• They were usually dispersed once they arrived in the United States, so in order to better assimilate into US society and not be easily recognized as foreigners

• They tended to live together in ghettos, along with other immigrants with whom they shared the same language and cultural background

• They refused to join unions because they tended to favor business owners over immigrant workers

Increased industrialization in the years following the Civil War led to

• Rapid population growth in urban areas

• Fewer immigrants arriving in the United States

• Less calls for reforms from progressives

Why were labor unions formed in the late 1800s?

• Factory owners set up labor unions to control a large workforce

• Unions organized industrial workers to protest unsafe working conditions

• Unions were needed to guarantee a steady supply of workers

• Union membership was required for employment in new industries

How did railroads influence the growth of western territories?

• Towns at the end of the rail lines became ghost towns when the lines were extended.

• Railroads actually limited the growth of western territories because of government restrictions.

• Railroads allowed Native American tribes to move away from white settlements.

• Railroads spurred the foundation and expansion of towns along the new rail routes.

Which statement best represents the difference between the experience of Asian and European immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• Asian immigrants went to Canada, while European immigrants came to the United States

• Asian immigrants mostly came to the West Coast, while European immigrants mostly came to the East Coast.

• Asian immigrants came to the United States as highly unskilled workers, while European immigrants came as skilled workers.

• Asian immigrants came to the United States as highly skilled workers, while European immigrants came as unskilled workers.