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- 1. Multiple Choice
How did the invention shown in this patent illustration affect industry?Machines needed to be repaired less frequentlyProducts could be manufactured on an assembly line.Businesses needed to hire skilled workersFactories could extend working hours. - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich sentence correctly completes this diagram?The Bracero program was introduced.The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed.Russian radicals joined labor unions in the United States.Irish families immigrated to the United States.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following occurred between 1865 and 1900 as a result of the rapid industrialization of the United States?Social and economic class divisions began to disappear.Concerns about air pollution led to stricter environmental regulations.Union membership increased as workers sought better pay and conditions.Factory owners introduced wage-equity policies for women in the workplace.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceOne way the U.S. government responded to the problems caused by the conditions in this list was by —passing the Interstate Commerce Actimplementing the silver standard for currencycreating a federal jobs program for the unemployedestablishing a new tax on capital gains
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the primary purpose of Ellis Island in 1904?Processing permanent residents applying for U.S. citizenshipProcessing highly skilled workers arriving from China and JapanProcessing first-class passengers arriving on European steamship linesProcessing immigrants who mainly came from Southern and Eastern Europe
- 6. Multiple ChoiceHow did the actions of Sanford B. Dole help move the United States into a position of world power?He wrote articles for the Hearst and Pulitzer newspapers urging U. S. intervention to protect Cuban rebels from Spanish repression.He demonstrated in his writings the importance of obtaining colonies, increasing overseas trade and building a canal in Central America.He led American sugar and plantation owners who seized power in Hawaii and asked to be annexed to the United States.He led those senators who favored overseas expansion during the debates that took place in the U.S. Senate in the 1890s.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceAfter observing how the major European powers had carved out "spheres of influence" in China, U. S. Secretary of State Hays proposed that the United States--help the Boxers to overthrow foreign influence in China.should enjoy equal trading rights with other foreign nations in China.help China to recover all those lands taken by European powers.blockade all Chinese ports if it was not given control of Hong Kong.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceHow did the invention of the electric light bulb improve standards of living in the United States?Americans were able to obtain inexpensive whale oil for their lamps.Americans were able to watch television programs late at night.Americans were able to work or to pursue leisure activities after dark.Americans were able to communicate instantly with friends.
- 9. Multiple ChoicePhotographs like this one by Jacob Riis in 1888 reflected a growing concern with--how life in America differed from that in foreign countriesthe use of photography to express human emotionspreserving the beauty of the natural environmentdocumenting urban conditions to promote social change
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the impact of the Homestead Act?It led to the transformation of the Great Plains into farmland.It placed permanent limits on land use on the Great Plains.It ensured that a proportion of land was conserved in its natural state.It took the first steps towards protection of the environment.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceComplete control over an industry's production, wages, & pricesmonopolycapitalismsocialismconcentration of wealth
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the first permanent labor union; it used strikes as a tactic?American Federation of LaborKnights of LaborInternational Workers of the WorldKnights of Columbus
- 13. Multiple ChoiceHe created the company known as Standard OilAndrew CarnegieCornelius VanderbiltJohn D. RockefellerThomas Edison
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe law created to prevent monopolies, and break up large companies like Standard OilInterstate Commerce ActHomestead ActDawes ActSherman Anti-Trust Act
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe leader of the union known as the American Federation of LaborSamuel GompersTerrence PowderlyJohn P. MorganHenry Bessemer
- 16. Multiple ChoiceName for entrepreneurs who use ruthless tactics to destroy competition or to keep wages lowCaptain of IndustryRobber BaronPhilanthropistConsolidator
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe labor union that only accepted skilled workers who were difficult to replace during strikes.Knights of LaborAmerican Federation of LaborWorld Wide Federation of LaborNights and Days of Labor
- 18. Multiple ChoiceDuring the Gilded age, workers came together to work for better pay, working conditions, and less hours. Leaders such as Samuel Gompers help led many of this workers in....PhilanthropyLabor UnionsPolitical BossesCredit Unions
- 19. Multiple ChoiceName the immigrant who invented the telephone.Andrew CarnegieJohn D. RockefellerThomas EdisonAlexander Graham Bell
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe innovation of this transportation help open up the national market?boatsrailroadsautombilshorse drawn carriages
- 21. Multiple ChoiceTechnological development most revolutionized US steel industry?ElectrificationVulcanizationSteam powerBessemer Process
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWho was the "captain of industry" who created the Standard Oil Trust?Andrew CarnegieJohn D. RockefellerHenry FordCornelius Vanderbilt
- 23. Multiple ChoiceDescribed as a time marked by gross income inequality and corrupt practices by corporations and abuse of workers, the term "Gilded Age" was coined by what writer?Upton SinclairAndrew CarnegieMark TwianHenry George
- 24. Multiple ChoiceImages such as this illustrate the position that many US companies were —requiring vocational training programs for childrenemploying children as a source of cheap laborseeking government regulation of child laborproviding safe working conditions for child laborers
- 25. Multiple ChoiceThe Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act were efforts by the federal government to –regulate aspects of businessexpand the positive features of the trustsfavor big businesses over small companiesmove toward government ownership of key industries
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