WorksheetsUrbanization and Immigration
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
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Class
Date
1.
The greatest factor in the development of "skyscrapers" was
a)
the invention of elevators
b)
availability of cheap labor
c)
the invention of escalators
d)
the inventions of the Bessemer process
2.
Businessmen during the Gilded Age of the late 19th century often favored relaxed immigration laws because they
a)
were supporters of the settlement house movement
b)
in favor of the nativist movement
c)
considered the increase in immigration to be the cornerstone of American industy
d)
valued cheap and unskilled labor
3.
Which factor had the greatest positive effect on the late 19th century American industrialization
a)
failed homesteaders
b)
large supply of cheap labor
c)
passage of Sherman Anti-Trust Act
d)
Increase of American manufacturing in the South due to the abolition of slavery
4.
Sometimes the producer of a product owns the businesses that supply them with raw goods to make that product AND owns the stores that sell the product. This situation may best be called
a)
Vertical integration
b)
horizontal integration
c)
multi-directional integration
d)
forced integration
5.
Which one of the following descriptions best describes "horizontal integration"?
a)
Economic development of the American west
b)
a company owns all of the businesses that supply it with raw goods
c)
a company acquires competing businesses and merges them into a single entity
d)
when the wealthy ruling class controls the means of production
6.
Which of these was an effect of the rapid industrialization of the United States in the last half of the 19th century?
a)
More people became craftsmen and artisans
b)
more people moved to rural areas in search of work
c)
Fewer women and children were used in industrial jobs
d)
the economy was increasingly controlled by big corporations
7.
Cities had been built on rivers from the very beginning of human civilization. When the Industrial Revolution began, growing cities were often located close to what other resources?
a)
Farmland
b)
Oil wells
c)
Child labor
d)
Coal and iron mines
8.
The theory of laissez-faire economics was used during the late 1800s to
a)
justify unregulated business growth
b)
call for more big business protections
c)
support progressive initiatives such workplace reform
d)
create a more even distribution of wealth.
9.
Which factor most influenced the growth of the United States economy between 1865 and 1900?
a)
Development of socialist economy
b)
successful immigrations policies
c)
governmental policy of laissez-faire
d)
all of these
10.
From 1865 to 1900, how di the growth of industry affect American society?
a)
The United States experienced the disappearance of the traditional artisan vocations
b)
Population center shifted from the Northeast to the Northwest
c)
Government instituted strict immigration policies
d)
The proportion of Americans living in urban areas increased drastically
11.
Which group of immigrants poured into the United States from 1890-1920?
a)
Southern and Eastern Europe
b)
Northern and Western Europe
c)
Southern and Western Europe
d)
Northern and Eastern Europe
12.
Which of these would most likely to be considered a geographic "push factor"
a)
Overpopulation
b)
religious freedom
c)
economic mobility
d)
political freedom
13.
Which of these statements is MOST accurate regarding immigration at the turn of the century?
a)
Immigrants from Japan were excluded after 1882
b)
Most immigrants came from Ireland and Germany seeking work on the railroad
c)
Most immigrants quickly assimilated due to the literacy and wealth
d)
Most immigrants came from Southern and Eastern Europe seeking job opportunities.
14.
A "nativist" of the late-1800s would have been MOST likely to support
a)
expanding America's global economic influence
b)
ending Jim Crow laws
c)
ban or restrict immigration to the US
d)
prevent the spread of Native American culture
15.
In the late 19th century, owners of big businesses generally embraced Social Darwinism because it reinforced their belief that
a)
economic success demonstrates ability to lead
b)
business monopolies are contrary to social order
c)
all wealth should be returned to society
d)
economic competition should be regulated
16.
Many wealthy industrialists of the late 19th century used the theory of Social Darwinism to
a)
support the labor movement
b)
justify monopolistic actions
c)
promote legislation encouraging the regulation of businessese
d)
encourage the expansion of the settlement house movement
17.
Which situation brought about rapid growth of industry between 1865 and 1900?
a)
high worker morale resulting from good wages and working conditions
b)
availibility of investment capital
c)
establishment of western reservations for Native American tribes
d)
decline in the number of people attending schools
18.
Industrialists of the late 1800s contributed most to economic growth by
a)
supporting the efforts of labor unions
b)
establishing large corporations
c)
encouraging government ownership of banks
d)
opposing protective tariffs
19.
“While the law [of competition] may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it insures the survival of the fittest in every department. We accept and welcome, therefore, as conditions to which we must accommodate ourselves, great inequality of environment, the concentration of business, industrial and commercial, in the hands of a few, and the law of competition between these, as being not only beneficial, but essential for the future progress of the race.”—Andrew Carnegie, “Wealth,” North American Review, June 1889 What phrase in this passage best indicates Andrew Carnegie's belief in Social Darwinism?
a)
"conditions to which we must accommodate ourselves."
b)
"great inequality of environment, the concentration of business"
c)
"the law of competition may...hard for the individual"
d)
"it insures the survival of the fittest in every department"
20.
Which industrial leader sold his steel company for $490 million in 1901?
a)
Vanderbilt
b)
Carnegie
c)
Rockefeller
d)
Morgan
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