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The Industrial Age Test

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The Industrial Age Test
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1.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

30 sec • Ungraded

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Railroad expansion affect the U.S. economy?

More lumberjacks were needed to cut trees to make wooden railroad ties.
More steelworkers were needed to manufacture steel rails.
More coalmine workers were needed to mine for coal to fuel the trains.
All of the above.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was the Sherman Antitrust Act passed by Congress?

To stop labor unions from striking.
To make it easier for big companies to form monopolies.
To give consumers the right to buy stocks from large companies.
To stop monopolies and trusts from forming.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Between 1881 and 1921, one major cause of the increasing number of immigrants to the United States was the

availability of free land in the Southeast
increased job opportunities in industry
increased need for military personnel
federal aid to pay the housing costs of new arrivals

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Between 1865 and 1900, how did the growth of industry affect American society?

Trade with other nations declined.
Business leaders called for lower tariffs.
The urban population increased.
Corporations supported the growth of labor unions.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

One way the “new immigrants” of the late 1800s differed from the “old immigrants” of the early 1800s was that the “new immigrants”

were generally better educated
settled on Midwestern farms
came from southern and eastern Europe
adopted American culture more quickly

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Immigrants to the United States between 1890 and 1930 most frequently experienced discrimination because they

spoke different languages and had different customs
entered the competition for scarce farmland
were better educated than earlier immigrants
remained more loyal to their homelands than to the United States

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