US History Industrialization, Immigration, and Urbanization

Question 1

Railroads made money by selling off property that they received from the government through

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land grants

Question 2

According to the concept of laissez-faire, prices and wages are best determined by the

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free market

Question 3

The government keeping it's hands out of business and the economy is known as

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laissez-faire

Question 4

Asian immigrants on the wets coast were processed through

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Angel Island

Question 5

The Gospel of Wealth was a philosophy that wealthy Americans had a responsibility to

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engage in philanthropy.

Question 6

William M. Tweed was

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the party boss of a political machine.

Question 7

The Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson established a legal basis for

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discrimination against African Americans.

Question 8

One reason for America’s industrial success was its

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abundance of natural resources

Question 9

Someone who organizes, manages, or financially assumes the risks of a business is an

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entrepreneur

Question 10

Laws that rigidly enforced discrimination became known as

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Jim Crow Laws

Question 11

Many immigrants left Europe to escape poverty, the restrictions of social class, and

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religious persecution.

Question 12

What law prevented Chinese immigrants already in the United States from becoming citizens?

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Chinese Immigration Act

Question 13

Combing firms through a legal agreement in order to reduce competition is a

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trust

Question 14

The political movement that was favored by farmers and wanted bigger government was called

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populism

Question 15

Because of railroads Professor C.F. Dowd suggested

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24 Times Zones

Question 16

What act made it illegal to form trusts that interfered with trade between states or countries

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Sherman Antitrust Act

Question 17

Apartments of questionable quality that barely met living standards were called

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tenements

Question 18

The Pullman Strike affected what service?

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Mail Services

Question 19

Combining all of the companies that handle the same part of a products production is called

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Horizontal integration

Question 20

Which of the following African American leaders was concerned with exercising voting rights?

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W.E.B. Du Bois

Question 21

Giving money to support humanitarian or social betterment goals is called

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philanthropy

Question 22

The philosophy of Social Darwinism applied Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution to

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political and economic issues.

Question 23

In the late 1800s, many rural Americans moved to big cities in search of

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better-paying jobs.

US History Industrialization, Immigration, and Urbanization

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US History Industrialization, Immigration, and Urbanization

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