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WorksheetsIndustry & Immigration Part 2
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
As farms became mechanized
a)
immigrants bought more land.
b)
more people became farmers.
c)
farmers moved to urban areas.
d)
farm workers became rural entrepreneurs.
2.
In which system does one company control the businesses that make up all phases of a product’s development?
a)
vertical integration
b)
trust
c)
horizontal integration
d)
cartel
3.
In the late 1800's, workers tolerated poor wages because
a)
thought that the government would protect them.
b)
believed it had to get worse before it got better.
c)
were tricked by employers into taking dangerous jobs.
d)
could be replaced easily by other workers.
4.
Which group of people made up the majority of immigrants to America before 1870?
a)
European Protestants
b)
Scandinavian Catholics
c)
Chinese Buddhists
d)
South American Jews
5.
The first reliable streetcars were powered by what?
a)
Electricity
b)
Gasoline
c)
Coal
d)
Animals
6.
After the Civil War, the cost of living decreased because
a)
consumers wanted imported goods.
b)
sanitation and medical care improved.
c)
men took public transportation to work.
d)
technology made manufacturing more efficient.
7.
Which innovation extended the number of hours in a day that Americans could work and play?
a)
Bessemer process
b)
refrigeration
c)
telegraph technology
d)
electricity
8.
Corporations had the important advantage of
a)
being run by an individual or a family.
b)
developing into monopolies.
c)
keeping prices high.
d)
reducing the financial risk for individual investors.
9.
At processing stations, officials met with immigrants to determine their medical condition and
a)
legal standing.
b)
religious preferences.
c)
educational level.
d)
political beliefs.
10.
Even though unlit city streets were dangerous,
a)
factory workers had to travel to and from work in the dark.
b)
city governments rejected electric streetlights.
c)
most city planners did nothing about it.
d)
professional police officers refused to patrol them.
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