Why did entrepreneurs like Carnegie and Rockefeller support the work of inventors?

Industrialists wanted to profit from new inventions.

Andrew Carnegie said that

The wealthy should use their finances to help the poor.

What was the effect of the Fourteenth Amendment?

Former African Americans became citizens

Assimilation meant that

b. Immigrants adopted the customs and language of their new country

How did the growth of railroad technology change American society?

It allowed goods and services to be transported quicker.

A dramatic increase in the # of cities & people living in it

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United States History: Unit 1 Review

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1
Why did immigrants come to the United States?
To escape current problems in their native countries
For better opportunities
All the Above
To practice their religion
2
A person who invests their own money in a product or enterprise in order to make a profit
laissez-faire
entrepreneur
Tariff
3
Which of the following was not a challenge city dwellers faced in the late 1890s.
Crowded tenement housing
Peace in the streets
Dangers from fire
Filth
4
Why did entrepreneurs like Carnegie and Rockefeller support the work of inventors?
They believed inventors were not important to society.
Industrialists wanted to profit from new inventions.
Industrialists wanted to help immigrants.
They were inventors too and were inspired by others.
5
Andrew Carnegie said that
The wealthy should use their finances to help the poor.
The wealthy should not help anyone but themselves.
The wealthy& poor don't have a responsibility to each other.
The poor should be envy of the rich.
6
What was the effect of the Fourteenth Amendment?
Former African Americans became citizens
Southern slaves were freed
Segregation was instituted in the South
All male citizens could vote
7
What led many rural Americans to migrate to the cities in the 1890s?
worse standard of living
cleaner
massive drought
more job opportunties
8
The primary western port for immigration.
Manhattan Island
Ellis Island
Angel Island
Easter Island
9
The developer of the filament lightbulb and electric power generation stations
George Westinghouse
Thomas Edison
Nicola Tesla
10
Complete control of a product or service
trade war
entrepreneurship
Monopoly
corporation
11
What ingredient for Industrialization would immigration fill?
abundant Labor force
entrepreneurs
natural resources
favorable government policy
12
Assimilation meant that
b. Immigrants adopted the customs and language of their new country
a. Immigrants retained the distinctive cultures from their homeland
c. Immigrants began missions fund to pay for families to travel to America
d. Immigrants created societies that attempted to stop future immigration
13
Business leaders were called "robber barons" by some because they:
used unfair business practices
fueled the nation's economic growth
contributed large amounts of money to philanthropic causes
created powerful corporate empires
14
The steel making system that allowed for less expensive but stronger steel making.
Rockefeller Process
Carnegie Process
Bessemer Process
15
Negative feeling towards immigrants
Laissez-faire
Assimilation
Nativism
Socialism
16
How did the growth of railroad technology change American society?
Raw materials became more expensive
It allowed Indians to move West.
It allowed goods and services to be transported quicker.
Immigrants were limited in travel.
17
An economic and political philosophy that liked public ownership instead of private control.
communism
capitalism
socialism
18
The primary eastern port for immigration.
Ellis Island
Easter Island
Angel Island
Manhattan Island
19
Urbanization
a decrease in the number of big cities
A dramatic increase in the # of cities & people living in it
increase in the # of cities with a decrease in population
20
A business in which a number of people share ownwership to reduce individual risk:
entrepeneurship
Monopoly
Trust
corporation

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