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Industrial Growth + Immigration (2019)

Total questions: 83

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy

a)

laissez-faire

b)

capitalism

c)

monopoly

d)

Bessemer process

2.

White, anglo saxon, protestant, similiar language, similar customs

a)

old immigrants

b)

new immigrants

3.

IMMIGRANTS THAT WERE:Darker skinned/Mediterranean, Catholic and Jewish, Poorer, Many different Languages, Different Customs from each other and prior immigrants

a)

Old immigrants

b)

New Immigrants

4.

IMMIGRANTS THAT WERE: White, Anglo Saxon (Germanic), Protestant, Similar Language (english/Germanic), similar customs

a)

Old immigrants

b)

New Immigrants

5.

the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service

a)

monopoly

b)

capitalism

c)

big business

d)

Laissez-faire

6.

A monopoly creates

a)

more competition

b)

less competition

7.

Immigration processing center that open in New York Harbor in 1892

a)

Ellis Island

b)

Angel Island

8.

Inspection station for immigrants arriving on the West Coast

a)

Ellis Island

b)

Angel Island

9.

Bessemer process

a)

technique used to make steel from iron

b)

political movement that sought advancement for farmers

c)

process in which a company buys out its suppliers

d)

process in which a company buys or drives out its competitors

10.

Inventor of the light bulb

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Edwin L. Drake

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Christopher Sholes

11.

Inventor of the typewriter

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Edwin L. Drake

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Christopher Sholes

12.

Inventor of the telephone

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Edwin L. Drake

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Christopher Sholes

13.

Gave congress authority to regulate railroad activity

a)

Interstate commerce act

b)

munn v illinois

c)

Bessemer process

d)

Americanization movement

14.

Interstate commerce act

a)

gave congress the authority to regulate railroad activity

b)

gave congress the authority to micromanage businesses

c)

gave congress the authority to print money

d)

gave congress the authority to limit immigration

15.

also known as "survival of the fittest"

a)

Social darwinism

b)

Monopoly

c)

collective bargaining

d)

laissez faire

16.

Leader of the steel industry

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

d)

J.P. Morgan

17.

Leader of the railroad industry

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

d)

J.P. Morgan

18.

Head of the Standard Oil Company

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

d)

J.P. Morgan

19.

Andrew Carnegie was a captain of industry in the

a)

Rail road industry

b)

Oil industry

c)

steel industry

d)

banking industry

20.

John D Rockefeller was a captain of industry in the

a)

Rail road industry

b)

Oil industry

c)

steel industry

d)

banking industry

21.

A condition in which many cultures coexist within a society and maintain their cultural differences.

a)

cultural pluralism

b)

vertical integration

c)

populism

d)

horizontal integration

22.

where immigrants from a certain region tended to live together

a)

ghettos

b)

tenements

c)

slums

d)

all of the above

23.

favoritism toward native-born Americans

a)

nativism

b)

social darwinism

c)

spoils system

d)

old immigrants

24.

this led to anti-immigrant organizations and governmental restrictions against immigration

a)

nativism

b)

cultural pluralism

c)

Populism

d)

Hull House

25.

This way of thinking is used to defend nativism and anti immigrant acts like the Chinese Exclusion Act

a)

social darwinism

b)

cultural pluralsim

c)

spoils system

d)

assimilation

26.

led to anti-immigrant organizations and governmental restrictions against immigration

a)

nativism

b)

ghettos

c)

sherman anti-trust act

d)

granger laws

27.

(1882) Denied any additional Chinese laborers to enter the country while allowing students and merchants to immigrate.

a)

chinese exclusion act

b)

chinese entrance act

c)

chinese immigration act

d)

chinese assimilation act

28.

1860-1935. Founder of Settlement House Movement; founded the Hull House

a)

jane addams

b)

the grange

c)

edwin drake

d)

samuel gompers

29.

A way to manufacture steel quickly and cheaply by blasting hot air through melted iron to quickly remove impurities.

a)

bessemer process

b)

vertical integration

c)

horizontal integration

d)

the grange

30.

type of monopoly where a company buys or edges out some of its competition

a)

horizontal integration

b)

vertical integration

31.

When Rockefeller bought all of his competitors out to form Standard Oil, this was an example of

a)

horizontal integration

b)

vertical integration

32.

When a business owns multiple means of production to create their good, this could be considered

a)

vertical integration

b)

horizontal integration

33.

If McDonalds were to own their own farms, slaughterhouses, delivery trucks, and food packaging businesses within their one brand...

a)

vertical integration

b)

horizontal integration

34.

If McDonalds were to buy out Burger King and Wendys...

a)

Vertical Integration

b)

Horizontal integration

35.

Practice where a single entity controls the entire process of a product, from the raw materials to distribution

a)

vertical integration

b)

horizontal integration

36.

a combination of firms or corporations formed by a legal agreement, especially to reduce competition

a)

trust

b)

vertical integration

c)

Grange

d)

urbanization

37.

reduces competition

a)

vertical integration

b)

horizontal integration

38.

People who built fortunes by swindling investors and taxpayers, and bribing officials - negative connotation

a)

robber barons

b)

captain of industry

39.

A name given company owners such as Carnegie and Rockefeller by people who believed they steered the economy into prosperity. -positive connotation

a)

robber barons

b)

captain of industry

40.

would be known for his philantrophy

a)

robber barons

b)

captain of industry

41.

Invented the air brake for trains.

a)

jane addams

b)

George Westinghouse

c)

edwin drake

d)

samuel gompers

42.

the practice of a political party giving public office to its supporters.

a)

spoils system

b)

captains of industry

c)

social darwinism

d)

nativism

43.

The Model T was the first:

a)

vehicle invented

b)

successfully mass produced vehicle

c)

vehicle to operate on coal

d)

train car

44.

a series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled. Workers stay in one place while the product moves.

a)

assembly line

b)

production

c)

bessemer process

d)

vertical integration

45.

pull factor for immigration

a)

population growth

b)

agricultural changes

c)

crop failures

d)

abundant land

46.

pull factor for immigration

a)

population growth

b)

agricultural changes

c)

crop failures

d)

economic opportunity

47.

pull factor for immigration

a)

population growth

b)

agricultural changes

c)

crop failures

d)

freedom

48.

push factor for immigration

a)

abundant land

b)

economic opportunity

c)

crop failures

d)

freedom

49.

push factor for immigration

a)

abundant land

b)

economic opportunity

c)

population growth

d)

freedom

50.

push factor for immigration

a)

abundant land

b)

economic opportunity

c)

agricultural changes

d)

freedom

51.

immigration center used primarily by Asian immigrants

a)

Angel Island

b)

Ellis Island

52.

Immigrants were given more detailed questions at this processing center. Their answers were compared to family members in order to prove their honesty.

a)

Angel Island

b)

Ellis Island

53.

Immigrant processing center used primarily by European immigrants

a)

Angel Island

b)

Ellis Island

54.

Sherman Anti trust act

a)

law that outlawed trusts

b)

name of the union led by Gompers

c)

was a union of socialists

d)

gave congress the ability to regulate the railroads

55.

Leader of the Democratic Tammany Hall, New York political machine

a)

Boss Tweed

b)

J.P. Morgan

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

Eugene V. Debs

56.

who is depicted in this political cartoon?

a)

Boss Tweed

b)

J.P. Morgan

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

Eugene V. Debs

57.

1914 act designed to strengthen the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890; certain activities previously committed by big businesses, such as not allowing unions in factories and not allowing strikes, were declared illegal.

a)

clayton anti trust act

b)

sherman anti trust act

c)

federal reserve act

58.

a 1913 law that set up a system of federal banks and gave government the power to control the money supply

a)

Federal reserve act

b)

clayton anti trust act

c)

sherman anti trust act

59.

Only the strong survive

a)

Social darwinism

b)

industrial workers of the world

c)

socialism

d)

communism

60.

a small factory with poor working conditions

a)

sweatshop

b)

tenement

c)

hull house

d)

robber baron

61.

A mixture of different cultures living together

a)

melting pot

b)

mixing pot

c)

merging pot

d)

cultural collision

62.

overt favoritism toward native-born americans

a)

nativism

b)

tenement

c)

settlement

d)

assimilation

63.

Americanization movement

a)

program to teach american culture to immigrants

b)

program to remove italian immigrants

c)

program to prevent chinese immigration

d)

program to promote community within tenements

64.

A group that controlled a political party by offering services to voters (usually immigrants) in exchange for political or financial support

a)

political machine

b)

boss party

c)

civil service

d)

patronage graft

65.

the giving of government jobs to people who had helped a candidate get elected

a)

spoils system

b)

civil service

c)

political machine

d)

graft

66.

Leaving a country to settle in another (EXiting)

a)

immigration

b)

emigration

67.

One effect of monopolies on the United States economy is that they have tended to

a)

lead to a greater variety in the price for a particular product or service

b)

give customers a greater choice in purchasing goods and services

c)

keep prices low

d)

reduce business competition

68.

which two philosophies dominated the thinking of most political and business leaders during the late 19th century in the United States?

a)

social darwinism and laissez faire

b)

utopian socialism and the social gospel

c)

populism and pragmatism

d)

communism and anarchism

69.

During the period of 1865-1900, government contributed to the growth of corporations mainly by

a)

giving them direct aid when they went bankrupt

b)

allowing them to develop with few restrictions

c)

providing low cost housing for thier workers

d)

buying large amounts of corporate stocks

70.

A person who believes in the Social Darwinist Theory of survival of the fittest would agree that

a)

poor people should get help from the government

b)

rich nations should give substational aid to help poor nations

c)

individuals should succeed through their own efforts

d)

government should tax the rich to help the poor

71.

After the civil war, one way business leaders tried to eliminate competition was by

a)

increasing the prices of their products

b)

forming monopolies or trusts

c)

developing overseas markets

d)

paying high wages to their workers

72.

The term "robber barons" was used during the Gilded Age to characterize

a)

plantation owners

b)

carpet baggers

c)

leaders of big buisness

d)

union organizers

73.

The term robber baron was used to criticize the

a)

tactics of big business leaders

b)

corruption of government officials

c)

dishonesty of carpetbaggers

d)

unskilled labor of illegal immigrants

74.

In passing the Sherman Anti Trust Act (1890), Congress intended to

a)

prevent large corporations from eliminating their competition

b)

distinguish good trusts from bad trusts

c)

regulate rates charged by railroads

d)

force large trusts to bargain with labor unions

75.

The Americanization movement of the early 20th century sought to

a)

assimilate ethnic immigrant groups into the dominant culture

b)

restrict the military involvement of the US in foreign conflicts

c)

protect domestic businesses from foreign competition

d)

diminish the role of government in the regulation of industry

76.

In the late 1800s, the United States Congress passed legislation prohibiting immigration from--

a)

Canada

b)

China

c)

Germany

d)

Mexico

77.

Boss Tweed was

a)

People who'd built fortunes by swindling investors and taxpayers

b)

A name given company owners such as Carnegie and Rockefeller by people who believed they steered the economy into prosperity

c)

leader of the democratic Tammany Hall, New York political machine

d)

A highly successful banker who bought out Carnegie.

78.

an 1890 law that banned the formation of trusts and monopolies in the United States

a)

Sherman Antitrust Act

b)

Federal Reserve Act

c)

Clayton Antitrust Act

79.
Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?
a)
Low wages
b)
Safe working conditions
c)
Dangerous working conditions
d)
Widespread pollution
80.

During the period of 1865-1900, government contributed to the growth of corporations mainly by

a)

Giving them direct aid when they went bankrupt

b)

Allowing them to develop with few restrictions

c)

Providing low cost housing for their workers

d)

Buying large amounts of corporate stocks

81.

Which of the following describes Laissez Faire in business?

a)

Buying large amounts of corporate stocks

b)

Providing low cost housing for their workers

c)

Allowing them to develop with few restrictions

d)

Giving them direct aid when they went bankrupt

82.

A social darwinist would say:

a)

individuals should succeed through their own efforts

b)

individuals can be reliant on the aid of the government

c)

individuals should help one another

d)

employees should be justly compensated for their work

83.

True or false: A monopoly eliminates competition

a)

true

b)

false