Unit 5A Review

Why did many city governments become corrupt?

Ellis Island and Angel Island were the receiving stations

A group of corporations run by a single board of directors

The 16th Amendment

Settlement houses were set up to

Many people believed, and still do, that monopolies are bad because

Mass production of automobiles was made possible largely because of the introduction of

Which of the following statements is TRUE about business in the late 1800s?

The 18th Amendment

Most powerful railroad baron of 1800s and owned 4500 miles of railroad

Shares in the business that are purchased by investors

The United States acquired Alaska by

The Great Northern Railroad was built by

Multimillionaire who dominated entire oil industry (Standard Oil Company)

A business that is owned by investors

President Theodore Roosevelt supported all of the following EXCEPT

Immigrant who is credited with inventing the telephone along with his assistant, Thomas Watson

Cities grew rapidly in the 1800s because

The process through which immigrants become part of American culture is called

The Spanish-American war started because of what event

Many Americans disliked the treaty ending the Spanish-American War because it

This controls all or nearly all the business of an industry

Making large quantities of a product quickly and cheaply is known as

The 17th Amendment

The 19th Amendment

The United States got all of the following from winning the Spanish-American War EXCEPT

Built the first flying machine in Kitty Hawk, NC; flew 120 ft. in 12 seconds

Scottish immigrant that became known as the “Steel King” and believed in the “gospel of wealth

In the late 1800s, which group tended to live in the central part of large cities

The Sherman Antitrust Act was designed to

Who wanted the United States to annex the Hawaiian Islands?

Businesses are owned by private citizens is the idea behind

In the 1890s, who was the most powerful banker who bought up railroads and steel companies?

Invented the electric light bulb, phonograph, and many other inventions

Many factory owners used child labor because

Profit that stockholders get from purchasing shares of a corporation