APWH Modern Unit 6

One effect of industrialization in the United States in the late 1800s was the organization of labor unions as a way for workers to gain bargaining power in the workplace. Why did this development often lead to violence?

• Union leaders would not negotiate with factory owners

• Union leaders required US workers to join worldwide strikes

• Government officials used force to bring about better working conditions

• Business owners used force to protect their workplaces from unionization

What word best describes tenement housing (use the picture to help)?

• Comfortable

• Spacious

• Crowded

• Fancy

Why did European countries use their power to try and colonize Africa?

• Valuable markets

• Raw Materials

• Land

• All the above

What was the Meiji Restoration?

• Japanese Emperor taking power back from the Shogun

• Restoring feudalism to Japan

• Communist Revolution in Japan

• All the above

Motivations for Imperialism:

• Cultural (white man's burden)

• Raw materials after industrialization

• Money through trade and resources

• Competition with other European countries

• All the above

This city held a conference to divide up African land

• Munich

• Berlin

• Paris

• Vienna

Which country would be broken into "spheres of influence" by many foreign powers?

• China

• Japan

• Egypt

• Rhodesia

The United States experienced a period of greatly increased immigration in the mid-nineteenth century. In particular, there was a surge in the number of Irish immigrants. Why did Irish immigration increase during the mid-nineteenth century?

• the end of the Napoleonic Wars

• the Irish won their independence from the United Kingdom

• the Great Potato Famine in Ireland

• the spread of the Plague in Ireland

Which generalization would best be supported by the image?

• Nationalism caused tense competition among the imperial powers for more territory.

• Liberalism drove superpowers to create equitable distribution of land in colonies.

• Imperialism resulted in new political alliances between African and Asian countries.

• Colonial societies welcomed imperialists to obtain better technology and education.

The infamous "Scramble for Africa" referred to:

• A major race that was held across the plains of Africa

• A period when the European powers conquered and divided most of Africa amongst themselves

• A war that Britain launched against the Boers in South Africa

• A period when the European powers rushed to establish friendly relations with nations across Africa