Why did entrepreneurs like Carnegie and Rockefeller support the work of inventors?

Industrialists wanted to profit from new inventions.

Assimilation meant that

b. Immigrants adopted the customs and language of their new country

What was the effect of the Fourteenth Amendment?

Former African Americans became citizens

A dramatic increase in the # of cities & people living in it

Andrew Carnegie said that

The wealthy should use their finances to help the poor.

How did the growth of railroad technology change American society?

It allowed goods and services to be transported quicker.

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United States History: Unit 1 Review

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Why did entrepreneurs like Carnegie and Rockefeller support the work of inventors?
Industrialists wanted to profit from new inventions.
They believed inventors were not important to society.
Industrialists wanted to help immigrants.
They were inventors too and were inspired by others.
2
The steel making system that allowed for less expensive but stronger steel making.
Carnegie Process
Bessemer Process
Rockefeller Process
3
A business in which a number of people share ownwership to reduce individual risk:
corporation
Trust
Monopoly
entrepeneurship
4
The developer of the filament lightbulb and electric power generation stations
George Westinghouse
Thomas Edison
Nicola Tesla
5
Why did immigrants come to the United States?
All the Above
To escape current problems in their native countries
To practice their religion
For better opportunities
6
Assimilation meant that
d. Immigrants created societies that attempted to stop future immigration
a. Immigrants retained the distinctive cultures from their homeland
c. Immigrants began missions fund to pay for families to travel to America
b. Immigrants adopted the customs and language of their new country
7
An economic and political philosophy that liked public ownership instead of private control.
capitalism
socialism
communism
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What was the effect of the Fourteenth Amendment?
Southern slaves were freed
All male citizens could vote
Segregation was instituted in the South
Former African Americans became citizens
9
Complete control of a product or service
Monopoly
trade war
corporation
entrepreneurship
10
What led many rural Americans to migrate to the cities in the 1890s?
cleaner
worse standard of living
more job opportunties
massive drought
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Urbanization
increase in the # of cities with a decrease in population
A dramatic increase in the # of cities & people living in it
a decrease in the number of big cities
12
Andrew Carnegie said that
The wealthy should use their finances to help the poor.
The wealthy should not help anyone but themselves.
The wealthy& poor don't have a responsibility to each other.
The poor should be envy of the rich.
13
How did the growth of railroad technology change American society?
It allowed goods and services to be transported quicker.
Immigrants were limited in travel.
Raw materials became more expensive
It allowed Indians to move West.
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Negative feeling towards immigrants
Assimilation
Laissez-faire
Socialism
Nativism
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The primary western port for immigration.
Manhattan Island
Ellis Island
Easter Island
Angel Island
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What ingredient for Industrialization would immigration fill?
abundant Labor force
favorable government policy
natural resources
entrepreneurs
17
A person who invests their own money in a product or enterprise in order to make a profit
laissez-faire
entrepreneur
Tariff
18
Business leaders were called "robber barons" by some because they:
contributed large amounts of money to philanthropic causes
created powerful corporate empires
used unfair business practices
fueled the nation's economic growth
19
Which of the following was not a challenge city dwellers faced in the late 1890s.
Crowded tenement housing
Peace in the streets
Dangers from fire
Filth
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The primary eastern port for immigration.
Ellis Island
Angel Island
Manhattan Island
Easter Island

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