Industrial Revolution Quiz-State Test Practice 2

During the Industrial Revolution, how did the economic hardships of immigrants influence social reform?

• Businesses sponsored child-care programs.

• Political machines demanded improved working conditions.

• Settlement houses were established to provide services to the poor.

• Federal offices distributed relief payments to unemployed workers.

Which impact did new waves of immigration have in the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

• The abundance of cheap labor kept factory operating costs low.

• The abundance of skilled workers kept union strike activity low.

• The arrival of new immigrants led to the enactment of child labor laws.

• The arrival of new immigrants led to an improvement in factory working conditions.

Which characteristic of the Industrial Revolution contributed to the rise of labor unions?

• The competition created by immigrant workers

• The working conditions found in many factories

• The results of mass production on agricultural prices

• The influence of political machines on company towns

Which title best completes the chart?

• Goals of the Populist Party

• Conditions of the Dawes Act

• Failures of Gilded Age Politics

• Successes of the Roaring Twenties

Which of the following themes does the photograph above illustrate?

• The United States closes its borders to immigrants

• Americans are resistant to Asian businesses

• Immigration leads to ethnic neighborhoods in U.S. cities

• The United States experiences a decline in Asian immigration

The increase in US population caused by immigration in the late 1800s led to new types of construction, which included:

• skyscrapers

• boarding houses

• dumbbell tenements

• all of these

The Knights of Labor was an early labor union established during the nineteenth century. The Knights wanted to have one union with both skilled and unskilled workers. This goal meant including African Americans, women, and selected immigrants. Based on the above paragraph, which factor limited the effectiveness of the Knights of Labor?

• Favoring the view of management against strikers

• Demanding the reform of unpopular child labor policies

• A majority of members working to pass anti-immigration laws

• A diverse membership preventing the adoption of common demands

According to the graph, which was the first year in which more Americans lived in urban areas than in rural Areas?

• 1860

• 1890

• 1920

• 1930

In the late 1800s, the government’s decision to raise the tariff on imported sugar was an attempt to –

• Protect the Hawaiian sugar industry.

• Protect United States sugar growers.

• Encourage Americans to use less sugar.

• Encourage imperialism.

The development that this illustration represents helps explain which of the following?

• Government efforts to limit large business combinations

• Government affirmation of laissez-faire principles

• The adoption of the gold standard

• The settlement house movement