WorksheetsUS History Industrialization
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 20mins
What did the American system of mass production of standardized, interchangeable parts encourage US capitalists to do?
Invest in machinery to replace skilled labor
Only dismiss American workers from factories
Employ American workers over foreign immigrants
Construct large-scale factories in specific industrial zones
One of the methods used by business leaders to increase their profits was
funding research on new technologies
supporting a centrally planned economy
elimination of the tactic of vertical integration
elimination of as much competition as possible
The greatest economic consequence of the transcontinental railroad network was that it
developed a skilled industrial workforce
united the nation into a single, integrated national market
enabled people from farms and small towns to visit all the big cities
enabled farmers to make a highly profitable living by shipping their goods across the country
A monopoly is best defined as
a business that provides a necessity to the general public
a market situation where there is only a single provider of a good or service
a negotiation by workers as a group with business owners over compensation
an arrangement of similar businesses created to regulate production and control pricing
How did the Gilded Age get its name?
Because everyone painted their possession gold
Because most people were rich
It just was called that.
It appeared glamorous on the outside, but this covered up many problems.
Morgan
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Urbanization led to which of the following:
much wealth for most citizens
extreme poverty for many workers
safe, clean streets
the fall of tenement buildings
a person who risks their own money to invest in new businesses and industries
industrialist
philanthropist
robber baron
trust
What is the term for people that opposed immigration into the US?
Anti-immigrants
Nativists
Robber barons
Assimilators
Which of the following is NOT a pull factor?
Famine
Religious freedom
Job opportunity
Available land
_____________________ is when a culture blends its current customs with those of a new country.
Immigration
Nativism
Assimilation
Americanization
What group of people were the first to be restricted from immigrating into the US?
Irish
Italians
Germans
Chinese
Why did "Americans" discriminate against the Chinese?
There owned all the businesses in California
They had a lot of money when they came to U.S.
They opened too many restaurants
They held onto their culture (language, food, clothing) & they thought they would take their jobs
