US II - Unit 1: The Development of the Industrial United States and the Beginning of Jim Crow

Question 1

Union leaders tried to get better treatment for company owners.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

_________ is an example of an ethnic neighborhood.

Accepted Answer

New York City's Little Italy

Question 3

_________ of workers died each year in factory accidents.

Accepted Answer

Thousands

Question 4

The main goals of unions were to get ____ for union members.

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 5

In the late 1800’s, many Americans moved from cities to farms.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

If the union's demands were not met, then workers would go on strike.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

A monopoly is when ____________.

Accepted Answer

A company gets total control of a product or service

Question 8

The Standard Oil Company controlled 90 percent of the petroleum industry in the United States.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Tenement apartments were small and crowded.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

The Industrial Revolution started in the United States and spread to England.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

Many native-born Americans did not like immigrants.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Most immigrants spoke English.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

In the late 1800s, factories were safe places to work.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

In ethnic neighborhoods, immigrants felt less homesick and less lonely.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

In big cities, ______________________.

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 16

By the late 1800s, Americans wanted the government to take action against monopolies.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act made it legal to form monopolies.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

The main goal of business was to ________________.

Accepted Answer

Make money

Question 19

During the Industrial Revolution, more goods were made by hand than were made by machines.

Accepted Answer

False

Questions 19