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Big Business
Test Description: USII.4ce
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Businesses enjoyed rapid growth because of what key factor?
A
more government regulation of business
B
higher costs in production of goods
C
fewer immigrants were working
D
more modern transportation became available
2) Americans became aware of items to purchase through
A
suffrage.
B
high cost production.
C
advertisements.
D
low taxes.
3) Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt, John D. Rockefeller - 35. Which title best describes these three men?
A
Leaders of unions
B
Captains of industry
C
Inventors
D
Politicians
4) Which resulted from mechanization in farming?
A
the need for labor was reduced
B
the need for labor increased
C
production decreased
D
production remained the same
5) A rapidly growing industry -
A
prevented people from immigrating to the United States.
B
created a need for more labor in the city.
C
meant that rural areas had a lower tax base.
D
caused people to move away from the crowded cities.
6) As a result of industrialization, people living on the Great Plains were able to purchase consumer goods through -
A
pony express.
B
mail order catalogs.
C
telegraph.
D
telephone.
7) Which of the following is NOT an example of the growth of industry?
A
access to raw materials
B
financial resources
C
higher-cost production
D
inventions
8) In an effort to protect the common worker -
A
skilled groups were formed.
B
labor unions were created.
C
reformists became unorganized.
D
workers organized by cultural background.
9) “The best women I know do not want to vote, said Horace Greeley. This statement deals with -
A
temperance.
B
trustbusting.
C
suffrage.
D
segregation.
10) In the late 19th century there was a movement to deny people the right to buy and drink alcohol. Which of the following is the correct term with regard to that effort?
A
Trustbusting
B
Progressive movement
C
Abolitionist front
D
Temperance movement
11) Women gained the right to vote with the passage of which amendment to the Constitution to the United States?
A
18th
B
13th
C
15th
D
19th
12) After failed attempts at collective bargaining, the distraught Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers took the situation into their own hands, which led to the -
A
Haymarket Riot of 1886.
B
American Federation of Labor.
C
Homestead Strike of 1892.
D
Homestead Act of 1862.
13) Workers banded together to form systematic organizations that would fight for their rights as workers, such as the -
A
National Federation of Labor.
B
Union Labor League.
C
American Federation of Labor.
D
American Workmen’s Union.
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