Two major benefits of corporations are

Limited liability and access to investment capital

Corporations helped American businesses grow in the late 1800s by providing them with

Easy access to investment capital ($)

Hostility and fear towards immigrants

What was a common theme of strikes in the late 1800s?

Government sided with businesses over workers

A low income multi-family apartment

Social Darwinism was used by business leaders at the time to justify

Creation of monopolies and trusts

Captains of Industry were business leaders who

Gave back some of their wealth through philanthropy

The Sherman Antitrust Act and the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)

Were early government attempts to regulate business

The term robber baron was used to describe

Capitalists who used ruthless business tactics

Monopolies and trusts were able to dominate the U.S. economy in large part due to

The laissez-faire economic policy of the government

A corporation is a business with

Many owners, called stockholders

Why were new immigrants mistreated by "real Americans"?

They were socially and culturally different

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1
Two major benefits of corporations are
Increased risk and government regulation
All of the above
Limited liability and access to investment capital
Full share of profits and control over decisions
2
The industry dominated by Andrew Carnegie was
Railroads
Steel
Oil refining
Finance
3
Corporations helped American businesses grow in the late 1800s by providing them with
Increased tariffs to protect American business
Competition to drive companies to produce better products
Government ownership of private property
Easy access to investment capital ($)
4
Bread and butter unionism attempted to get what for workers?
All of these answers
Safer working conditions
Higher wages
Shorter hours
5
The leader of the Knights of Labor was
Samuel Gompers
Eugene V. Debs
Terrence Powderly
Grover Cleveland
6
Which of the following was a result of overcrowding in cities in the late 1800s?
Increases in crime
All of these answers
Competition for jobs
Health concerns
7
What is Nativism?
All of these answers
A belief in the need for more immigrants
Hostility and fear towards immigrants
A Native American advancement philosophy
8
What was a common theme of strikes in the late 1800s?
Unions and businesses worked out their differences
Police tried to help unions organize the strikes
Unions usually achieved their goals
Government sided with businesses over workers
9
What is a tenement?
A word used to describe immigrants in the Gilded Age
A form of business organization in the late 1800s
A large luxury apartment
A low income multi-family apartment
10
A corrupt organization that controlled the politics of a city
Political debate
Political pollster
Political machine
Political party
11
Social Darwinism was used by business leaders at the time to justify
Increased government regulation of business
Creation of monopolies and trusts
Periodic downturns in the American economy
Increased importation of natural resources
12
Big business leaders were able to retain their power and influence by
Bribing state and Federal lawmakers
Using ruthless business tactics to eliminate competition
All of these answers
Using immigrants as a source of cheap labor
13
Where were "new immigrants" mostly from in the late 1800s?
Southern and Eastern Europe
Latin America and Asia
India and the Middle East
Northern and Western Europe
14
A monopoly is able to dominate its industry by
Increasing its number of foreign workers
Raising taxes
All of the above
Eliminating competition
15
Captains of Industry were business leaders who
Took advantge of the poor
All of the above
Raised prices and cut wages
Gave back some of their wealth through philanthropy
16
The Sherman Antitrust Act and the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)
Were extremely successful
Were made illegal by the 17th Amendment
Tried to encoruage the growth of monopolies
Were early government attempts to regulate business
17
The industry dominated by John D. Rockefeller was
Steel
Railroads
Finance
Oil refining
18
The term robber baron was used to describe
Criminals in the slums of the growing cities
Capitalists who used ruthless business tactics
Government officials who accepted bribes
Business leaders who helped the economy grow
19
Monopolies and trusts were able to dominate the U.S. economy in large part due to
Competition from overseas companies
The laissez-faire economic policy of the government
Quotas placed on immigration in the late 1800s
Government regulation of workers rights
20
The leader of the American Federal of Labor was
Eugene V. Debs
Samuel Gompers
Terrence Powderly
Grover Cleveland
21
Which of the following was not a strike that took place duirng the late 1800s?
Pullman Strike
General Motors Strike
Haymarket Riot
Homestead Strike
22
A corporation is a business with
Many owners, called stockholders
One owner
None of the above
Two or three owners
23
The most famous settlement house
Full House
Hull House
Out House
White House
24
Why were new immigrants mistreated by "real Americans"?
They caused a raise in tariffs
They were socially and culturally different
None of the above
They refused to become American citizens

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