Unit 6 Test Review

Question 1

Most NEW immigrants to America AFTER 1880 came from _____ & _____ Europe.

Accepted Answer

Southern & Eastern

Question 2

A collaboration between two or more companies in order to reduce marketplace competition...

Accepted Answer

Trust

Question 3

What effect did the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson have on U.S. society?

Accepted Answer

It affirmed segregation laws as constitutional

Question 4

Labor unions formed primarily for the purpose of

Accepted Answer

organizing workers to get better pay and working conditions.

Question 5

Railroads had a large impact on the rapid growth of this industry

Accepted Answer

Steel

Question 6

Created recordings and played music for the American people

Accepted Answer

Phonograph

Question 7

Why were time zones created?

Accepted Answer

For a more uniform schedule of departures and arrivals

Question 8

What was the impact of immigration on Urban America?

Accepted Answer

All of the following

Question 9

Which is the BEST example of a muckraker?

Accepted Answer

Journalist who exposes the unsanitary conditions in NYC

Question 10

As the railroad companies expanded and became more profitable, they created various ________.

Accepted Answer

Industries

Question 11

Samuel Gompers is MOST remembered as_____.

Accepted Answer

leader of AFL

Question 12

Who would have been MOST supportive of a labor union?

Accepted Answer

Poor immigrant working in a sweatshop

Question 13

Helped replace humans as manual labor that were associated with daily life.

Accepted Answer

Edison

Question 14

Karl votes NO on e-cigs in restaurants.

Accepted Answer

Referendum

Question 15

What was the name of the last conflict between Native Americans and the U.S. Army?

Accepted Answer

Wounded Knee

Question 16

Bob wants all schools in LA to have FREE after school programs...he starts a petition.

Accepted Answer

Initiative

Question 17

Processing center for European immigrants into America...

Accepted Answer

Ellis Island

Question 18

Revealed actions in a series

Accepted Answer

Motion Picture Camera

Question 19

Defied the US Government and their demands, leader of the Lakota people

Accepted Answer

Sitting Bull

Question 20

This group of immigrants migrated in large numbers to work on the transcontinental railroad

Accepted Answer

Chinese

Question 21

______ grew because industry increased and cities became over populated.

Accepted Answer

Westward Growth

Questions 21