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The immigrants overcame many prejudices by doing all of the following EXCEPT:
a) Becoming educated.
b) obtaining productive jobs
c) providing customs and foods that became part of the American culture
d) Giving up all their old customs and ways of life from their home countries.
Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller developed business practices that let them take total control of a specific industry. This practice was called
a) monopoly
b) technology
c) labor unions
d) urbanization
Why was Theodore Roosevelt convinced that he must break up trusts?
a) Trusts weren’t making enough money.
b) He was afraid of the Progressives.
c) He felt leaders of trusts would eventually drive him out of office.
d) Trusts were driving out competition and charging unfair prices
Which is one of the many challenges urban areas faced as a result of an increase in population?
a) Cities became overcrowded and diseases spread rapidly.
b) The air became cleaner to breathe.
c) There was less pollution in the cities.
d) There was a decrease in the amount of crime.
What condition DID NOT lead to the rise of labor unions?
a) Many workers earned low wages.
b) Workers labored in unsafe and unhealthy conditions.
c) Many factories were nothing more than hot, cramped workshops.
d) People worked only six hours a day
How did immigrants help America’s economy?
a) A. They donated money to help our economy.
b) B. Some immigrants became entrepreneurs who promoted economic growth.
c) C. They brought a lot of money from their homeland that they spent on American products to help our economy.
d) They would save up all the money to send back to their native countries.
What was one of the main reasons many people disliked immigrants coming to America?
a) A. They couldn’t speak English.
b) B. They took any job for any pay.
c) C. They were needed to help develop the country.
d) They brought strange foods from their countries
Why did many immigrants settle in cities on the east coast?
a) They were tired of traveling
b) they were afraid of the Native Americans
c) They didn't know any people living in the West.
d) They didn't have the money to travel west or purchase land.
Immigrants left their countries to come to the United States for all of these reasons EXCEPT:
a) Poverty and wars
b) Religious freedom
c) to face discrimination
d) Economic opportunities
Jim Crow Laws were created to:
a) Legalize racial segregation.
b) Enforce integration among ethnic groups.
c) Provide educational opportunities for all races.
d) Protect the rights of individuals that were provided by the Constitution
Plessy vs. Ferguson was a land mark case that ruled:
a) Blacks and whites were equal.
b) If facilities were equal, then it was legal to keep the races separate.
c) Blacks and whites should receive the same quality education.
d) Blacks and whites should share the same facilities.
How did electricity change business in the United States?
a) Every American could afford electricity for their home.
b) Electricity was immediately available to all US citizens.
c) C. Homes need more candles because the electricity was not always reliable.
d) Stores and factories could stay open longer, to make more products and money.
Why did immigrants often live in communities with others from their home country? (5-3.3)
a) They were forced to live in certain areas within the cities.
b) Signs were posted to enforce territorial boundaries.
c) It helped to make adjusting to life in America easier.
d) Integration of communities were illegal at the time.
Who developed the Bessemer process which converted iron into steel?
a) Lewis latimer
b) Thomas Edison
c) Andrew Carnegie
d) John D. Rockefeller
What impact did availability of electricity have upon the homes in the late 1800s?
a) It led to the invention of such things as washing machines and vacuum cleaners.
b) The telegraph was a popular device used in more homes.
c) Fewer homes needed electricity.
d) none of these
The telephone, invented by Alexander Graham Bell, improved communication and replaced which of the following?
a) The skyscraper
b) the plow
c) the telegraph
d) the cell phone
How did the US economy change after Reconstruction? (5-3.1)
a) Farmers produced more crops.
b) Trade was important to the US.
c) The US became a manufacturing and production country.
d) More people moved to the country because of overcrowding
The case, Plessy vs. Ferguson 1896, went to trial because of the denial of which amendment?
a) The 18th Amendment banned the manufacture, sale and manufacture of alcohol.
b) The 14th Amendment granted equal citizenship to all Americans.
c) The 15th Amendment granted the right to vote to men of all races.
d) The 21st Amendment ended nationwide prohibition of alcohol
How did new methods of mass production contribute to the Industrial Revolution?
a) New products were all made by hand
b) Businesses used sharecropping to increase the production of goods
c) By creating products quickly and cheaply
d) Cities became ghost towns because machines replaced manual labor
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