All of these were problems created by late 19th century urbanization EXCEPT |
a shortage of factory workers. |
The Populist Party was chiefly composed of |
individual farmers. |
The Populist Party was established in the 1890’s to |
protect the political and economic interests of farmers and laborers. |
The direct election of U.S. Senators, women’s suffrage, and greater government regulation of large industries were all issues of importance in the early 1900s to the |
Progressives. |
Andrew Carnegie and J.P. Morgan both were ‘captains’ of which industry? |
steel |
Standard gauge, standard time, and the Pullman Car all had a tremendous impact on what industry? |
railroad |
The Populist Party sought to increase the power of |
agricultural workers. |
Businessmen during the Gilded Age of the late 19th century often favored relaxed immigration laws because they |
valued cheap and relatively unskilled labor. |
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution could be considered a "Progressive" amendment because it |
granted suffrage to all American citizens, regardless of sex. |
Which of these helped to further the Westward Expansion in the United States after 1865? |
Transcontinental Railroad |
In serious labor disputes which arose before 1900, the U.S. government |
usually supported the owners. |
Which of these was a characteristic of the Progressive movement? |
work towards the removal of corrupt influences on local, state, and national government |
Which one of the following was the most significant source of urban population growth from 1890-1920? |
immigration |
According to the "Gospel of Wealth" supported by Andrew Carnegie |
the accumulation of wealth is beneficial to society and the government should take no action to hinder this accumulation. |
Which of these was an effect of the Industrial Revolution at the end of the nineteenth century in the United States? |
an economic boom in the Northeast |
According to this excerpt, which idea did William Jennings Bryan promote? |
bimetalism |
How did American industrial leaders accumulate wealth during the late 1800s? |
by creating monopolies and establishing trusts |
What impact did U.S. governmental polices have on business and industry during the late 1800s? |
The U.S. government had little or no influence on business and industry. |
Which one of the following descriptions best describes "horizontal integration"? |
a company acquires competing businesses and merges them into a single entity |
One of the main reasons John D. Rockefeller was able to succeed in the oil industry was because he |
combined vertical and horizontal integration. |
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 |
During the late 19th century, urban political "machines" and those that ran them |
promised business contracts, government jobs, and money for the poor immigrants in exchange for votes |
The "Social Gospel" of late 19th century America held that |
Christian principles should be applied to society’s problems. |
The Pullman Strike (1894) was significant in American labor history because it showed that |
the needs and concerns of union members mattered less to the government than the needs and concerns of industrial executives. |
With the creation of Hull House in 1889, Jane Addams accomplished all of the following EXCEPT |
urged Congress to place restrictions on the immigration of people into the United States. |
These terms are all associated with what event in 1890? |
Wounded Knee Massacre |
In order to help expand railroads throughout the country after the Civil War, Congress |
provided railroad companies land free of charge. |
In the 19th century, John D. Rockefeller was MOST associated with what company? |
Standard Oil |
The "New Immigration" to the United States in the late-nineteenth century refers to the increased numbers of people arriving from |
Southern Europe. |
Why did most of the immigrants who came to America in the late 19th century settle in the cities? |
Cities were the cheapest places to live and offered unskilled laborers steady jobs. |
Upon arrival to the United States in the early 1900s, where were Chinese immigrants usually processed? |
Angel Island in San Franciso Bay |
In an effort to deal with an increasing number of immigrants, in 1892 the U.S. government |
opened an immigration station on Ellis Island in New York City. |
Jane Addams’s "Hull House" of the late-19th century was |
created to help adjust immigrants into the United States. |
The beginning of the Industrial Age in the United States is MOST associated with which era? |
late 1800’s |
Which statement BEST describes the point of this late-19th century cartoon? |
Major industry is in control of much of American government and society. |
Which of these was an effect of the rapid industrialization of the United States in the last half of the 19th century? |
The economy was increasingly controlled by big corporations. |
Formation of the National Farmers’ Alliance, 1875 |
the growing disparity in income in the United States. |
The growing societal and economic unrest of the late-1800s was MOST influenced by |
a widening income gap between industrial laborers and factory bosses. |
By creating monopolies and establishing trusts, industrial leaders of the late 1800s |
were able to accumulate vast amounts of wealth. |
unit 4 – world history
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