What was the significance of Sherman Antitrust & Interstate Commerce Acts?

They established that Congress could regulate business

Which is NOT a consequence of industrialization?

decrease in number of labor unions

What responsibility did Andrew Carnegie say the wealthy had?

share their wealth with the community

What best describes a melting pot?

Immigrants giving up their culture and coming together

Why do government leaders usually support business owners?

Gov't leaders receive money from business (campaign contribu

What was behind nativism?

fear that immigrants would take over jobs

What problem does this cartoon address?

political machines profiting from kickbacks

What was NOT a factor contributing to the 2nd Industrial Revolution?

restriction on entry of immigrants

The "Gentlemen's Agreement" and the "Chinese Exclusion Act"

reflect increasing nativist attitude targeted toward Asians

Americanization contributed to all of the following EXCEPT...

How to create better working conditions

What was the significance for the Dred Scott decision?

Congress could not limit the spread of slavery

Why are ethnic communities important?

Helps keep immigrants' cultures intact

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Unit 2 Test: Immigration & Urbanization

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1
Which amendment guaranteed "equal protection" to all American citizens?
13th Amendment
15th Amendment
1st Amendment
14th Amendment
2
What was the significance of Sherman Antitrust & Interstate Commerce Acts?
They controlled quality of products moving on railroads
They established that Congress could regulate business
They encouraged big business to grow
They broke up labor unions that interfered w free enterprise
3
Which African American inventor mechanized the shoe industry?
Elijah McCoy
Madam CJ Walker
Garrett Morgan
Jan Ernest Matzeliger
4
Who was the banker who bought Carnegie Steel?
JP Morgan
Henry Ford
Andrew Carnegie
Alexander Graham Bell
5
Which is NOT a consequence of industrialization?
few restrictions on immigration
Growth of cities
decrease in number of labor unions
increasing need for labor
6
What prevented African Americans the right to vote even after amendment was passed?
KKK
poll taxes, literacy tests
AA had no desire to vote
absence of security guards in polling stations
7
What responsibility did Andrew Carnegie say the wealthy had?
share their wealth with the community
influence the government to assist all people
maintain a lifestyle to distinguish from poor
invest in future industry to create wealth
8
What best describes a melting pot?
Immigrants retaining their identity to make a new one
punishment for immigrants not adopting American ways
Immigrants giving up their culture and coming together
Immigrants forced to bathe together to demonstrate loyalty
9
This practice allows a corporation to monopolize its industry by buying out its competitors
horizontal integration
tariffs
stocks & bonds
vertical integration
10
Why do government leaders usually support business owners?
Gov't leaders disliked union leaders
Gov't leaders usually agree with their policies
Gov't leaders feared business owners & their power
Gov't leaders receive money from business (campaign contribu
11
What was behind nativism?
fear that immigrants would take over jobs
fear that the English language would be forgotten
fear that immigrants would take political control
fear that immigrants would bring unwanted cultural effect
12
What was the main reason for creation and growth of labor unions?
poor working conditions
Increase in wages
Increase in immigrants taking jobs
Increase in African Americans moving to the city
13
What did political machines expect as payment for political/economic favors?
education
advertising
votes
money
14
Where would the Chinese Exclusion Act most affect?
East Coast
West Coast
Midwest
Congress
15
What problem does this cartoon address?
political machines profiting from kickbacks
inadequate services by city governments
deadlock between political parties
immigration laws
16
What was NOT a factor contributing to the 2nd Industrial Revolution?
government support of business
restriction on entry of immigrants
abundance of natural resources
increased urban population
17
The "Gentlemen's Agreement" and the "Chinese Exclusion Act"
celebrated the entrance of Asian immigrants
reflect increasing nativist attitude targeted toward Asians
was a consequence of the completion of railroads
segregated schools in California
18
Americanization contributed to all of the following EXCEPT...
Classes about US history
Classes teaching English
How to create better working conditions
Classes teaching democracy
19
Which economic philosophy is most related with Social Darwinism?
Capitalism
Socialism
Keynesian
Communism
20
This gives a corporation advantage of allowing for cheaper products by cutting out middle man.
monopoly
vertical integration
trusts
horizontal integration
21
This was a consequence of rapid urbanization
increase of tenement housing
lack of jobs due to fierce competition
cleaner water supply
migration of poor workers to farms
22
Who built the Florida Railway to bring tourists to his luxury hotels on FL's coastlines?
Donald Trump
Andrew Carnegie
Henry Flagler
Ernest Hemingway
23
Who invented the telephone?
Thomas Edison
Henry Bessemer
Alexander Graham Bell
Lewis Latimer
24
What was the significance for the Dred Scott decision?
Lincoln personally freed Dred Scott and his family
Court ruled slavery was unconstitutional
Dred Scott and his wife were freed
Congress could not limit the spread of slavery
25
This cartoon best represents which group?
Populists
Grangers
Nativists
Anarchists
26
Why are ethnic communities important?
to help assimilate immigrants into mainstream culture
Helps keep immigrants' cultures intact
to live near people who have the same trade/skill
helps grow up in the same place as their ancestors
27
Who is correctly matched with their industry?
Carnegie- investment
Vanderbilt- railroads
Rockefeller- steel
Edison- oil

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