Unit 4 Review

Samuel Gompers founded this labor union in the late nineteenth century, attempting to organize skilled workers to resist abuses by management.

• The Knights of Labor

• The National Labor Union

• The American Federation of Labor

• The Congress of Industrial Organizations

During the late 1800s, the U.S. steel industry directly benefited from

• the expansion of railroads.

• the passage of Jim Crow laws.

• the construction of the Panama Canal.

• the adoption of progressive political reforms.

Who created a monopoly in the U.S. oil industry during the late 1800s?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Samuel Gompers

• John D. Rockefeller

• Theodore Roosevelt

What effect did southern and eastern European immigrants have on U.S. society during the late 1800s?

• Business trusts and monopolies gained popular support.

• U.S. cities increased in population size and cultural diversity.

• U.S. citizens became more tolerant of different ethnic groups.

• Radical Republicans increased their political power in the South.

What was the primary goal of the American Federation of Labor?

• to form a monopoly in the oil business

• to promote efficiency in the steel industry

• To negotiate for workers using collective bargaining

• to provide social services to new immigrants

How did the growth of the western population and innovations in farming and ranching impact Plains

Indians? (SSUSH12b)

• Native American were moved off their

  land and into reservations

• Native Americans lead several successful

  court cases that allowed them to stay on

  their land

• Native Americans assimilated into the

  western population

• Native Americans developed farmers

  unions to protect their cattle

Which battle ended the Plains Indians’ long conflict against settlers moving to the Great Plains?

(SSUSH12c)

• Battle of Gettysburg

• King Philip’s War

• Bacon’s Rebellion

• Battle of Wounded Knee

Federal land set aside for Native Americans.

• Tenements

• Reservation

• Black Hills

• Great Plains

• The Erie Canal

• The Missouri River

• The Pony Express

• The Transcontinental Railroad

In the nineteenth century, big business leaders such as John D. Rockefeller would have likely attempted to

• lobby Congress to pass tougher anti-immigration laws so American workers could get jobs.

• consolidate many similar corporations into one giant business that controlled all of the market.

• seek assistance from the government to ensure that their business was making quality products.

• work closely with labor unions to provide workers with safer working environments and living wages.