Test Review: Industrialization of the United States

The Second Industrial Revolution was made possible in the United States because we have an abundance of...

(a)  

The Second Industrial Revolution was made possible in the United States because the (a)   supported businesses.

From 1865 to 1900, the growth of industry affected American society by increasing the percentage of Americans living in (a)   areas.

This cartoon is associated with which social issue during the Gilded Age?

• power of big businesses

• power of political machines

• influence of immigration quotas

• influence of suffrage reformers

Match these entrepreneurs with their fields.

• electricity

• John D. Rockefeller

• oil

• Andrew Carnegie

• steel

• Madam C. J. Walker

• cosmetics

• Thomas Edison

The creator of this political cartoon is suggesting that John D. ____________ was taking advantage of his wealth and power to take control, thereby acting like a ______ _____.

(a)  

During the period 1865-1900, many business practices were developed to eliminate...

(a)  

The formation of national labor unions in the late 1800s was mainly a response to poor working ___________ and ___ wages in many industries.

(a)  

The railroad strikes of 1877, the Haymarket affair of 1886, and the Homestead Strike of 1892 show that labor unions of that period were

• unable to organize large groups of workers

• willing to use force to achieve their goals

• firmly committed to laissez-faire capitalism

• supported by the Federal Government during disputes with big business

A major cause of labor-management conflicts in the last decades of the 19th century was that business leaders opposed the efforts of _____ ______ to organize and improve conditions.

(a)