Industrialization and Immigration - Multiple Choice Questions

Industrial consolidation methods (vertical and horizontal integration) and trusts functioned during the late 1800s to reduce:

• Corruption

• Monopolies

• Competition

• Interstate commerce

Which inventor perfected the light bulb and electricity as a source of power?

• Andrew Carnegie

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

The "robber barons" of the late 1800s were:

• Powerful industrialists

• Corrupt government officials

• Labor sympathizers who engaged in violence

• Private security guards hired by industrialists

Settlement houses:

• Were government-sponsored homes for the poor

• Were boarding houses in which middle-class women lived together before marriage

• Provided a myriad of social services to neighborhood dwellers

• Served primarily as social clubs

Which of the following did Social Darwinism discourage?

• Hard work

• Industrialization

• Government regulation of industry

Which of the following is true of the Chinese Exclusion Act?

• It resulted in segregated classrooms

• It decreased Chinese immigration

• It was agreed to by both China and the United States

• It prohibited Chinese Americans from working industrial jobs

Which of the following does NOT play a role in the development of the labor movement?

• Working conditions, especially for women and children

• Long hours and low wages

• The formation of company towns with free housing

• No benefits or paid leave

Which industrialist utilized horizontal integration in the oil refining industry to create Standard Oil?

• John D. Rockefeller

• J.P. Morgan

• Andrew Carnegie

• Thomas Edison

As European immigrants came to America, they had a clear view of the Statue of Liberty from:

• Angel Island

• Ellis Island

• Coronado Island

• Long Island

Which individual helped fuel America's economic growth by leading the financial industry?

• Rutherford B. Hayes

• Andrew Carnegie

• Sir Henry Bessemer

• J.P. Morgan