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WorksheetsIndustrialism and Westward Expansion
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What was the effect of the United States government’s faith in the laissez-faire economic philosophy during the late 19th century?
Cooperative relationships between government and private industry were encouraged.
Industrial workers were guaranteed fair wages and decent working conditions.
Small companies were generally protected against unfair competition from big business.
Business owners were allowed to operate their business without government interference.
The slogan below was used during the late 1800s.
“Eight hours for work, eight hours for sleep, eight hours for what we will”
Which group used this slogan to promote their goals?
Farmers
Organized Labor
Politicians
Industrial Leaders
What can be inferred about American industry based on the cartoon above?
The Standard Oil Company was a harmful monopoly.
The best way to develop major industries was to form proprietorships.
Government regulations were strangling the Standard Oil Company.
Foreign competition in the oil industry was hurting American companies.
Fewer restrictions on immigrants
Fewer methods of communication
Greater opportunities for employment
Greater opportunities for property ownership
Statement A: "The best way to economic recovery is to subsidize industry so that it will hire more workers and expand production."
Statement B: "If jobs are not available, the government must create jobs for those who are unemployed."
Statement C: "According to human nature, the most talented people will always come out on top."
Statement D: "Our government is responsible for the nation’s economic well-being."
Which statement is closest to the philosophy of Social Darwinism?
A
B
C
D
Use the list to answer the following question.
Little Italy
Chinatown
Polish Hill
The list above is evidence of which of the following?
Immigrants were leaving the cities to go west.
There was an increase in diversity in the United States.
The U.S. had strict anti-immigration policies.
Immigrants were all from Eastern Europe
The excerpt below was written by Andrew Carnegie in 1889.
“Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.”
Industrialist Andrew Carnegie used which one of the following terms to describe the economic philosophy in the quotation above?
Gospel of Wealth
Manifest Destiny
Realism
Social Darwinism
In 1894 President Grover Cleveland made this comment about the Pullman Strike.
“If it takes the entire army and navy to deliver a postal card in Chicago, that card will be delivered.”
What does the President’s statement say about the attitude of the government towards organized labor?
The Government felt strongly about protecting the rights of workers.
The Government was prepared to neglect its obligations in Chicago until after the strike.
The Government felt that big business should take over the mail routes.
The Government placed greater value on the uninterrupted flow of business over workers’ concerns.
Which conclusion can be drawn from the cartoon?
Immigrant workers in the United States were capable of performing more tasks than American workers.
The growing presence of immigrant workers in the United States produced nativist tensions.
A majority of Americans were unemployed during the years of the Industrial Revolution
Immigrant groups and American workers worked alongside one another to expand American industry.
The US government imposed strict restrictions on the influx of immigrants from developed nations.
The Industrial Revolution in the late 1800s meant fewer workers from Western Europe were needed.
The lure of industrial jobs and the increased demand for labor led to increased diversity in the United States.
Organized labor sought more workers from Eastern Europe to increase their strength in bargaining talks.
This term is used to refer to a type of business organization created in the 19th century that was meant to eventually produce a monopoly.
Trust
Sole Proprietorship
Laissez-faire
Gilded
Which of the following statements is the most logical analysis of the chart above?
Improved living and working conditions attracted more people to urban areas.
Increased success in the organized labor movement attracted people to the cities for increased wages.
As the US became more industrialized, more people moved to the cities for manufacturing jobs.
Fewer immigrants to the US meant more jobs were available and led to an increased urban population.
During the late 19th century, Samuel Gompers, Terence Powderly, and Eugene Debs were leaders in the movement to
improve working conditions
stop racial segregation of Native American Indians
limit illegal immigration
gain fair treatment of Native American Indians
This summary describes immigration trends between 1870 and 1916.
"More than 25 million people migrated to the United States between 1870 and 1916. Immigration, along with natural increase, caused the U.S. population to grow dramatically, rising from about 40 million to about 100 million during this time period."
Why was the population boom at the turn of the twentieth century important to American industrialization?
It resulted in increased use of natural resources.
It increased jobs in the fields of marketing and advertisement.
It encouraged a variety of cultural influences in economic innovation.
It provided a larger labor force and consumer market.
The quote below comes from John D. Rockefeller, the head of Standard Oil Company during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
“If, in place of these directors [of the Standard Oil Company], the business were taken over and run by anyone but experts, I would sell my interest for any price I could get. To succeed in a business requires the best and most earnest men to manage it, and the best men rise to the top.”
What effect did the acceptance of this philosophy have on the relationship between government and industry during the late 19th century?
Government oversight of American businesses was very weak.
The United States government began to take control of many American businesses.
Corporate leaders began to demand that government more strongly regulate American business.
Most American industries struggled to expand.
