Industrialization, Immigration, and Gilded Age Review Questions

Which term best describes a company that completely dominates a particular industry?

• competitor

• corporation

• foundation

• monopoly

What did the Pullman Strike, Haymarket Affair, and Homestead Strike have in common?

• they were defeats for owners

• they were victories for unions

• they were marked by violence

• they were organized by anarchists

During the early 1800s, the United States placed few restrictions on immigration because

• the Constitution did not allow restrictions

• labor unions welcomed the new workers

• the industrial economy was creating new jobs

• southern landowners needed additional workers

Which factor most influenced the growth of the United States economy between 1865 and 1900?

• a success of organized labor

• governmental policy of laissez-faire

• limit illegal immigration

• stop racial segregation of Native American Indians

Which of the following best describes a negative aspect of industrialism?

• work in factories was repetitive and often dangerous

• a limited number of factory owners became millionaires

• there were more factory workers than agricultural workers

• the number of factories built between 1880 and 1890 increased steadily

Between 1890 and 1915, the majority of immigrants to the United States were labeled “new immigrants” because they were

• considered physically and mentally superior to earlier immigrants

• forced to settle in the cities of the Midwest

• culturally different from most earlier immigrants

• from China, Japan, and other Asian countries

All of the following were characteristics of America’s large cities in the last decades of the 1800s, EXCEPT

• outbreaks of deadly diseases

• crowded tenements

• poor treatment of water, sewage, and waste

• increase in mass transit including subways and trolley cars

Which of these is a weapon used by labor unions when negotiations with business owners fail?

• strike

• lawsuit

• court injunction

• collective bargaining

Which expression most accurately illustrates the concept of nativism?

• “The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself.”

• “Go West, young man.”

• “Help Wanted, Irish Need Not Apply”

• “America – first in war and peace”

By linking the nation, railroads helped increase the size of markets, providing greater opportunities for many

• industries

• cities

• Native Americans

• Insider Traders