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Mid Unit 5 Practice

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which group had a racial hatred of immigrants, since they took jobs from Americans for lower wages. 
a)
Nativists
b)
Political bosses
c)
Miners
d)
Labor leaders
2.
Which law gave farmland to citizens in order to move to the Great Plains?
a)
Sherman Antitrust Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Great Plains Act
d)
Homestead Act
3.
TRUE OR FALSE: Robber Barons lived in filthy, overcrowded apartments with one toilet per floor
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Which of the following was not a pull factor for immigrant coming to the US?
a)
Opportunity 
b)
Oppression
c)
Cultural ties
d)
Freedom
5.
During the late 19th century, most immigrants to the US found work as-
a)
Educated professionals
b)
skilled workers
c)
Factory/sweatshop workers
d)
Scientists
6.
In the late 1800's, which was NOT a reason Congress passed restrictions on Chinese immigrants?
a)
Chinese immigrants took jobs
b)
Nativist & racial hate
c)
Chinese immigrants were moving east
d)
Chinese workers took lower pay
7.
Which island did European immigrants register to live in the U.S?
a)
Galveston
b)
Long
c)
Ellis
d)
Angel
8.
Which of the following was NOT a problem labor unions fought for?
a)
shorter hours
b)
lower pay
c)
no child labor
d)
safer working conditions
9.

Which idea summarizes the Gilded Age?

a)

Many Americans moved west to farm

b)

Native Americans were placed on Reservations

c)

The discovery of Gold increased western migration

d)

Industrialists used their wealth to influence politics

10.

What was an important effect of the invention of the light bulb?

a)

Machines were able to be more efficient

b)

Products were created on the assembly line

c)

Factories could extend working hours

d)

Businesses hired more skilled workers

11.

What was one way workers tried to get better working conditions?

a)

By homesteading on the Great Plains

b)

By joining labor unions

c)

By working for Political bosses

d)

Through better education

12.

What was one positive of wealthy industrialists?

a)

Paying their workers low wages

b)

Philanthropic donations to charity

c)

Supporting social darwinism

d)

Working with political machines

13.

From this image, who is in control of the US lawmakers.

a)

Large monopolies

b)

small private business

c)

political machines

d)

labor unions

14.

What legislation is this cartoon referring to?

a)

30 day waiting period for immigration

b)

Deportation after completion of Transcontinental Railroad

c)

Immigration Reduction Act

d)

Chinese Exclusion Act

15.

Why does this image depict Rockefeller so large?

a)

He was a political boss who tried to win governmental favors

b)

He was a government inspector looking for corruption

c)

He was a robber baron who used his money and power to influence government

d)

He was looking to correct all of pollution cause by industrialization

16.

What concept does this image refer to?

a)

political machines

b)

nativisim

c)

labor unions

d)

graft

17.

What does this image say about the control of Stand Oil?

a)

Standard Oil is a monster trying to control the entire USA

b)

Standard Oil is trying to save government from political bosses

c)

Standard Oil is trying to keep government on the right track to benefit laborers

d)

Stand Oil had control over many aspects of government

18.

What does this image say about the need for labor unions?

a)

labor unions were desirable because the workers were being crushed by difficult living conditions and poor pay.

b)

Labor unions decreased nativism

c)

Labor unions helped big business keep control of the workers

d)

Labor unions helped reduce the length of the work day

19.
complete control of a product or service; the elimination of fair competition
a)
Robber Barons
b)
Bessemer Process
c)
Monopoly
d)
Philanthropy
20.
founded “AFL” in 1881
a)
Samuel Gompers
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Thomas Edison
21.
inventor known for the telephone and the company that later becomes AT&T
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Knights of Labor
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
John D. Rockefeller
22.

How did the demographics change due to the economic developments of the late 1800's?

a)

Increased number of people living in urban areas.

b)

Decreased number of people living in urban areas.

c)

Increased number of people living in rural areas.

d)

Increased number of people living in Europe.

23.

How did inventions and technology impact industry?

a)

Decreased efficiency causing a decline in industry.

b)

Increased efficiency causing growth in industry.

c)

Increased the required number of laborers leading to a lack of jobs.

d)

Decreased the amount of jobs available for immigrants.

24.

Immigrants typically lived near others from their home country.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Immigrants were seen as a SOLUTION to violence, anarchy, and socialism that threatened capitalism in the United States.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

What type of labor was problematic because it held down wages and hindered much of the general public from gaining a basic education?

a)

Child Labor

b)

Immigrant Labor

c)

Women's Labor

d)

Progressive Labor

27.

Dangerous working conditions sometimes resulted in fatalities at workplaces.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Organized workers led ________ to push for better working conditions and higher wages.

a)

Congress

b)

Riots

c)

Strikes

d)

Political Parties

29.

Which of the following was a POSITIVE impact of the Progressive movement?

a)

Increased workplace fatalities.

b)

Increased immigrant workers.

c)

Increased government regulations of business.

d)

Increased number of strikes, riots, protests, and unions.

30.

Who worked tirelessly to win decent living and working conditions for the United Mine Workers, and participated in the Haymarket Day demonstration for the eight-hour day movement in Chicago in 1886?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Mother Jones

c)

Samuel Gompers

d)

W.E.B. DuBois