A pull for a migrant would include all of the following except...

The flooding of their hometown in the rural South

The Haymarket Riot hurt the Union movement due to the fact...

Public sentiment turned against the unions

Labor Unions were needed due to...

Employers treatment of employees -low wages, long hours, etc

People called Carnegie and Rockerfeller captains of industry due to the facts that....

They kept down their prices with a huge share of the market

Americanization is the attempt to...

Adapt immigrants to the US culture by teaching them customs

The major problems with tenements in the early 1900s were...

Overcrowding, lack of sanitation, and poor safety.

Why was steel vital to construction in the late 19th century?

It allowed for lighter and stronger structures to be built.

The public called Carnegie and Rockerfeller robber barons because...

They felt their business practices were unfair to employees

business that faces no competition in a single seller market

A push to a migrant would be which of the following...

A Jewish family escaping persecution in Europe

Nativism was a movement that...

Fostered hatred to immigrants due to fear of losing jobs

The Chinese Exclusion Act included all of the following except...

Chinese could not leave US and return even if citizens

Bell predicted that his invention would...

Be used from house to house - all around the US

Advantages of poor workers who migrated to cities include which of the following...

Better public education opportunities

Social darwinism says that...

The wealthy have been selected by God & poor are inferior

Ellis Island required immigrants to show that they were healthy and could be provided for by...

A stateside sponsor, an industrialist in need of workers

Vertical Integration means that business owners...

Buy their suppliers to control the quality of their products

Andrew Carnegie, as a well-known philanthropist, believed that...

It is the duty of the wealthy to give back to others.

An example of vertical integration would be a single company doing which of the following...

mine coal - mix w/ iron ore - create steel - ship product

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1
A pull for a migrant would include all of the following except...
The flooding of their hometown in the rural South
The invite from Russian family members to come to NYC
A new silver mine opening in Nevada
The promise of a job in a new factory in Chicago
2
The Haymarket Riot hurt the Union movement due to the fact...
Union leaders were jailed
Seven policemen were killed
Many stores were destroyed in the fires started by the riot
Public sentiment turned against the unions
3
Alexander Graham Bell's famous invention in the the 1800s was...
telegraph
lightbulb
phonograph
telephone
4
Labor Unions were needed due to...
Poor treatment of the elderly on the job
Immigrants not being hired by employers
Employers treatment of employees -low wages, long hours, etc
Get health care for employers.
5
People called Carnegie and Rockerfeller captains of industry due to the facts that....
They kept down their prices with a huge share of the market
They treated their employees unfairly much of the time
They gave away lots of money as philanthropists
They drove competitors out of business with violence
6
Americanization is the attempt to...
Forcing immigrants to speak English only
Forcing immigrants to leave US by any means necessary
Adapt immigrants to the US culture by teaching them customs
Making immigrants become US citizens
7
The major problems with tenements in the early 1900s were...
Violence and crime
Overcrowding, lack of sanitation, and poor safety.
Overcrowding, fires, and collapse.
Poor safety, violence, and fires
8
Why was steel vital to construction in the late 19th century?
It was cheaper than any other building material
It allowed for lighter and stronger structures to be built.
It now allowed for 10 story buildings to be erected
It used materials found easily in the US
9
The public called Carnegie and Rockerfeller robber barons because...
They provided products at reasonable costs
They drove their competitors out of the market w/ violence
They felt their business practices were unfair to employees
They stole money from their companies
10
A monopoly is a....
a business that faces sharp competition from many groups
a corporation set up a group of shareholders
business that faces no competition in a single seller market
trust set up by a board of trustees
11
Thomas Edison changed business and home life drastically when he invented the...
telephone
phonograph
telegraph
light bulb
12
A push to a migrant would be which of the following...
A promise of a new job in a factory in America
A Jewish family escaping persecution in Europe
A letter asking a sister to join her family in the US
A gold discovery in California.
13
Nativism was a movement that...
Accepted immigrants into ethnic neighborhoods
Realized that all Americans are immigrants & welcomed them
Fostered hatred to immigrants due to fear of losing jobs
Found jobs for new immigrants at the expense of others
14
The Chinese Exclusion Act included all of the following except...
No Chinese laborers would be allowed into US
No Chinese residents could become naturalized to US
Chinese could not leave US and return even if citizens
Chinese civil rights were limited
15
Bell predicted that his invention would...
Would never go anywhere
Would take over the telegraph market & mail routes
Be used from house to house - all around the US
Be used only for businesses
16
Edwin L. Drake successfully used the steam engine to do which of the following
invent the steel manufacturing process
build the first automobile
build the first factory
drill for oil
17
Advantages of poor workers who migrated to cities include which of the following...
Access to healthcare
Better public education opportunities
safer job opportunities
healthier food choices
18
Social darwinism says that...
The poor just must work harder to succeed
Wealth should be spread to all equally
The wealthy have been selected by God & poor are inferior
All have been selected to prosper, but must work hard.
19
Ellis Island required immigrants to show that they were healthy and could be provided for by...
A stateside sponsor, an industrialist in need of workers
Friends or family already living in the US
A wealthy relative
A royal letter supporting their move to the US
20
Vertical Integration means that business owners...
Sell their products only to related businesses.
Force the market to buy their products at the highest price
Buy their suppliers to control the quality of their products
Put their suppliers in charge of selling their products.
21
Andrew Carnegie, as a well-known philanthropist, believed that...
Everyone should share what they have equally.
It is the duty of the wealthy to give back to others.
Everyone should have to earn their own way in the world.
Only the wealthy should have money.
22
An example of vertical integration would be a single company doing which of the following...
buy steel - ship to customer
mine coal - mix w/ iron ore - create steel - ship product
mine coal - ship to customer
create steel - ship to customer

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