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1
What improvement did the Bessemer process make to the manufacture of steel?
Allowed steel to be produced in smaller quantities
Allowed the poor to collect money from Captains of Industry
Allowed for the refinery of oil
Allowed steel to be mass produced for a cheaper price
2
When trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state is known as _______.
Protective Tariff
Communism
Capitalism
Monopoly
3
Most immigrants traveled to the United States...
in a difficult journey by railroad car
in first class accommodations.
in the steerage section of steamships
In spacious and inexpensive accommodations
4
Which of the following DID NOT help the industrial expansion of the United States?
New techniques
Political graft
Government policies
New technologies
5
Complete control of a product or service
Corporation
Immigration
Monopoly
Capitalism
6
Which item is NOT an invention from the 1800's?
Velcro
Sewing Machine
Typewriter
Photography
7
Some neighborhoods and industries came to be associated with immigrants of a particular nationality because immigrants
would work only for one employer
could learn only one job
tended to settle in nationality groups.
refused most work offered to them
8
Laissez Fair government is...
Hands off-minimal government regulation
big government agencies
a grant by the federal government
the manufacturing of large quantities of standardized products
9
Tenements were most likely to be
Light-filled
In the suburbs
Overcrowded
Occupied by owners
10
On the West Coast, most Chinese immigrants arrived through
Angel Island
Ellis Island
Boston
Seattle
11
All of the following are PUSH factors for immigrants leaving their homeland EXCEPT:
Political freedom
Religious persecution
Repeated wars
Mandatory military service
12
Business leaders were called "robber barons" by some because they
Created powerful corporate empires
Contributed money to philanthropic causes
Used unfair business practices to accumulate wealth
Fueled the nation's economic growth
13
The major benefit of building skyscrapers was
adding artistic buildings to the city
supporting the steel industry
creating a distinctive skyline
using limited land efficiently.
14
Andrew Carnegie was head of the
Railroad Industry
Oil Industry
Meat packing Industry
Steel Industry
15
On the east coast, most European immigrants arrived through
Boston
Angel Island
Ellis Island
Seattle
16
Most new immigrants lived in cities
to meet many Americans
to be close to the jobs in factories
to abandon their traditions
because cities were welcoming
17
Which of the following were “pull” factors for immigration between 1880 and 1920?
potential employment and religious freedom
farming
mandatory military service
large cities and tenements
