Industrial Revolution/Urbanization Review

Question 1

William Boss Tweed was the leader of the political machine ________and was known for corruption

Accepted Answer

Tammany Hall

Question 2

What was the purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act?

Accepted Answer

To investigate trust companies and outlaw monopolies

Question 3

Thomas Edison is most known for improving the....

Accepted Answer

lightbulb

Question 4

The government helped build the transcontinental railroad by...

Accepted Answer

awarding land to private companies to build the railroad

Question 5

The practice of buying competing companies to control a market is called...

Accepted Answer

Horizontal Integration

Question 6

Many people moved to the cities during the Industrial Revolution do to...

Accepted Answer

an increase of factory jobs in the cities

Question 7

The cartoon below is a visual representation of....

Accepted Answer

The Chinese Exclusion Act

Question 8

The migration of people from rural farmlands to urban cities is known as...

Accepted Answer

Urbanization

Question 9

Someone who is considered to be a "powerful industrialist" was known as...

Accepted Answer

Captains of Industry

Question 10

Decreased regulation from the government over the economy is known as...

Accepted Answer

laissez faire

Question 11

_________ immigrants were mostly from Western Europe and were literate in English

Accepted Answer

Old

Question 12

The first and second industrial revolution mainly differed when it came to...

Accepted Answer

Their source of power for machinery

Question 13

These apartments can be described as small, cramped, often without electricity.

Accepted Answer

Tenements

Question 14

The Bessemer Process was pivotal in supplying _________ to be used during the industrial rev.

Accepted Answer

Steel

Question 15

Andrew Carnegie is most known for...

Accepted Answer

Using the bessemer process to mass produce steel

Question 16

One significant consequence of the Transcontinental Railroad was...

Accepted Answer

Easier access to new markets for merchants, Price gouging by railroad monopolies, the creation of timezones, transportation became easier

Question 17

The second industrial revolution mainly focused on...

Accepted Answer

steel and electric power

Question 18

This inventor created the telephone which drastically improved communication

Accepted Answer

Alexander Graham Bell

Question 19

Ellis Island mainly processed immigrants from....

Accepted Answer

Europe

Question 20

Madam CJ Walker is mostly known for...

Accepted Answer

Creating hair products specially designed for African Ams

Question 21

___________ immigrants were from Eastern Europe and Asia and were mostly not welcomed to the US

Accepted Answer

New

Question 22

This political party formed at the end of 1800s and focused on improving the lives of farmers

Accepted Answer

Populists

Question 23

Henry Flagler was important to the state of Florida because...

Accepted Answer

He was pivotal in bringing railroads to the state

Question 24

Robber Barons are generally characterized as....

Accepted Answer

Corrupt businessmen/politicians

Question 25

An extreme dislike for immigrants by native born Americans is called....

Accepted Answer

Nativsim

Industrial Revolution/Urbanization Review

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