Growth of American Business Test (2024)

In 1882, an Exclusion Act was passed to discriminate against a specific group of immigrants. Identify the group.

• Chinese

• Irish

• Italian

• German

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What term is used to describe a large, densely populated city?

• urban area

• cosmopolitan area

• agricultural area

• societal area

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What was a major factor that led to urbanization in the 19th century?

• Increased agricultural productivity

• Expansion of the transcontinental railroad

• Industrialization and job opportunities in cities

• Desire to escape city life

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What term was used to describe Americans who opposed immigration due to concerns about job competition?

• Isolationists

• Aerophobia

• Nativists

• Protectionists

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Which economic policy during the Gilded Age contributed to the expansion of large corporations and monopolies?

• Keynesian Economics

• Protectionism

• Laissez-faire

• Socialism

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What is another name for a Big Business that controls an entire market; can be vertical or horizontal control?

• Nativist

• Political Machine

• Monopoly

• Boss Tweed

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John D. Rockefeller had a monopoly over which in industry?

• Steel

• Railroads

• Oil

• Banking

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Which of the following is NOT a reason the United States rapidly industrialized?

• Slavery

• Immigration

• Abundance of Natural Resources

• Inventions

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This man monopolized the Steel Industry.

• John D. Rockefeller

• Thomas Edison

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

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Factors that cause people to leave their countries of birth to find a new place to live are called

• Pull Factors

• Jobs Factors

• Push Factors

• Life Factors

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