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Topic 2 - Industrialization & Immigration

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Why was steel so important? What was it used for?
a)
Used to make artillery and weapons
b)
Cheap to import from China
c)
It came from Minnesota
d)
Strong. Used for bridges, railways, nails, & skyscrapers 
2.
Define a monopoly.
a)
A card game
b)
businesses that are owned by investors
c)
A company controls all or most of businesses in an industry.
d)
Poor families
3.
What were some problems that the people in factories encountered?
a)
long hours, good pay
b)
Low wages, long hours, dangerous
c)
dangerous, long hours, good pay
d)
low wages, good hours. dangerous
4.
Which of the following occurred as a result of the Sherman Antitrust Act?
a)
Workers secured a greater share of company profits
b)
The influence of labor unions on factory owners was reduced
c)
The federal government could dissolve business monopolies
d)
Businesses were required to pay fees to open overseas locations
5.
How did the invention shown in this patent illustration affect industry?
a)
Machines needed to be repaired less frequently
b)
Products could be manufactured on an assembly line.
c)
Businesses needed to hire skilled workers.
d)
Factories could extend working hours.
6.
The Interstate Commerce Act (1887) and the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) were efforts by the federal government to
a)
regulate aspects of business
b)
expand the positive features of the trusts
c)
favor big businesses over small companies.
d)
move toward government ownership of key industries
7.
Which of the following was responsible for the increased production of steel from iron?
a)
Lowell system
b)
Bessemer process
c)
steam engine
d)
Steel Gin
8.
Immigration push factors are…
a)
reasons people come to a new place
b)
reasons people leave their homelands
c)
reasons people begin working
d)
reasons people stop working
9.
 Immigration  pull factors are…
a)
reasons people come to a new place
b)
reasons people leave their homelands
c)
reasons people begin working
d)
reasons people stop working
10.
What was the west coast version of Ellis Island?
a)
San Fransisco Bay
b)
Heaven Island
c)
Angel Island
d)
Asian Island
11.
What was the first Immigration Law in the United States?
a)
Italian Exclusion Act of 1882
b)
Irish Exclusion Act of 1882
c)
Japanese Exclusion Act of 1882
d)
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
12.
Where did most immigrants live? 
a)
Most lived in farming communities
b)
Most lived in the suburbs
c)
Most lived in big cities
d)
Most lived around lakes
13.
Why was America called the Melting Pot ?
a)
It represents all the different foods in America
b)
It represents the gov. requiring everyone to become the same
c)
It represents all  people coexisting & living as 1 nation.
d)
It represents everyone getting jobs at restaurants 
14.

Industrialists working with politicians for political power and material gain would best fit into which era?

a)

Gilded

b)

Progressive

c)

Industrial

d)

Reconstruction

15.

Where was population growing at the fastest rate during the years 1870-1910?

a)

Mountainous Regions

b)

Urban Areas

c)

Rural Areas

d)

Farms

16.

Laissez-faire economic policies meant that the government did what?

a)

Interfered

b)

Assisted all businesses

c)

Allowed big companies to have control and stayed "hands off"

d)

Allowed smaller companies to grow with a "hands on" approach

17.

Who did the US want to fill the need for cheap labor during the late 1800s?

a)

Immigrants from foreign countries

b)

Native Americans from the south

c)

Political Bosses

d)

Educated Upper Class Citizens

18.

Cities rapidly growing helped lead to--

a)

Political Machines

b)

Increase in Agricultural Exports

c)

Fewer Factory Workers

d)

Efficient Government

19.

The Homestead Act (160 acres) helped to establish

a)

Agricultural Communities

b)

Big Businesses

c)

Gilded Age

d)

Corruption in the Government

20.

What types of jobs were immigrants "needed" for?

a)

Skilled craftsmen

b)

Scientists and technicians

c)

Educators

d)

Unskilled factory workers

21.

What contributed to increased settlement of the Great Plains?

a)

Federal land grants

b)

Trade network with Native Americans

c)

Decrease in Agricultural Production

d)

Growing population of buffalo

22.

How would you describe growth of unions from 1865-1900?

a)

Increasing in size

b)

Decreasing in size

c)

Stayed the same

d)

Did not exist

23.

Use of unfair practices by railroads, rapid growth of trusts and monopolies, and ruthless tactics of robber barons led to--

a)

Interstate Commerce Act

b)

Dawes Act

c)

Homestead Act

d)

Trust Commercial Act

24.

America transformed from a ________ society to a __________ society during the late 19th century and early 20th century

a)

Rural - Urban

b)

Urban-City

c)

Farming-Agricultural

d)

Rural-Democratic

25.

What did business leaders form in order to eliminate competition?

a)

Trusts

b)

Higher Prices

c)

Smaller Businesses

d)

Law Firms

26.

This allowed the government to dissolve monopolies

a)

P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney.

b)

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

c)

Forming of Trusts

d)

17th Amendment

27.

The transcontinental Railroad connected the country and helped--

a)

Settle from east to west

b)

Settler Canadian Border

c)

Native's maintain their lands

d)

Government Officials Create Laws

28.
New immigrants were from
a)
Latin America
b)
Northern and Western Europe
c)
China and Germany
d)
Southern and Eastern Europe
29.
The belief that American citizens are superior to immigrants.
a)
Pluralism
b)
Nativism
c)
Pluralism
d)
Racism
30.
Theory of immigration which shaped a unique American culture.
a)
Melting Pot Theory
b)
Nativism
c)
Pluralism
d)
Know Nothing Party
31.
Rockefeller's monopoly
a)
Standard Oil
b)
Chase Bank
c)
U.S. Steel
d)
Exxon Mobil
32.
Uses ruthless business tactics
a)
Philanthropist
b)
Captain of Industry
c)
Monopolists
d)
Robber Barron
33.
An organization formed by workers to strive for better wages and working conditions
a)
Strikes
b)
Company
c)
Union
d)
Corporation
34.

Which of the following does NOT describe OLD immigrants?

a)

From Northern / Western Europe

b)

Were mostly educated

c)

Had a common religious culture

d)

Did not speak English

35.

Which of the following is a PULL factor?

a)

Poverty

b)

Political Persecution

c)

Famine

d)

Hope for a better life

36.

Which of the following would be a PUSH factor?

a)

Factory jobs

b)

Overpopulation

c)

Land in the American West

d)

Hopes of immediate riches

37.

Which does NOT describe tenement living?

a)

Safe

b)

Dirty

c)

Crowded

d)

Run down

38.

New immigrants coming from Europe were processed at _________________________ before entering the US.

a)

New York

b)

Ellis Island

c)

Chicago

d)

Angel Island

39.

Philanthropy means ...

a)

Giving money to family members

b)

Donating to help society

c)

Donating money for a tax write off

d)

Donating money for the good of the company

40.

Horizontal integration differs from vertical integration in that it

a)

combines businesses involved in all phases of a product’s development

b)

merges stocks from multiple businesses into a new organization.

c)

consolidates firms involved in the same business into one giant company.

d)

requires investment from a number of people who share ownership in the firm.

41.

If ONE company own farms, chickens, eggs, egg carton manufacturing plants, refrigerated trucks and the stores they sell the eggs in, what type of business integration do they utilize?

a)

monopolies

b)

horizontal integration

c)

vertical integration

d)

cartels

42.
Thomas  Edison stood as a symbol for the emerging age of technology with his invention of the telephone.
a)
True
b)
False, Alexander Graham Bell invented the Telephone
43.
The United States lacked the natural resources upon which industrialization in the 1800s depended, including water, timber, coal, iron, and copper.
a)
True
b)
False
44.
Machines could mass-produce shoes more cheaply and efficiently than local cobblers.
a)
True
b)
False
45.
The government offered each railroad company building the Transcontinental Railroad _______________ along it right-of-way.
a)
railroads
b)
natural resources
c)
Land
d)
Free Housing
46.
A shortage of workers in California forced the Central Pacific Railroad to hire about 10,000 workers from
a)
China
b)
Ireland
c)
Italy
d)
Cuba
47.
One reason for the country’s industrial success was its vast abundance of natural
a)
resources.
b)
gross national product.
c)
technology.
d)
enterprise.
48.
To make rail service more reliable, in 1883 the American Railway Association
a)
divided the country into standardized time zones.
b)
drew latitude and longitude lines for the country.
c)
set a maximum number of cars that a train could pull.
d)
set standards for materials used in the construction of railroad lines
49.
The process of making steel by blowing cold air threw the molten pig iron. This allowed Andrew Carnegie to dominate the steel industry
a)
Bessemer Process
b)
Kerosene Refinement
c)
Standard Oil
d)
Vertical Integration

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