Why did the federal government follow a policy of tariffs, rail subsidies and open immigration?

To support economic development (big business)

Why did wealthy philanthropists like Andrew Carnegie fund public projects?

To promote sense of responsibility among business leaders

How did the government use tariffs in the 1800s to help the US grow into an industrial power?

To discourage US consumers from buying foreign-made products

What is the significance of the Battle of Wounded Knee?

It was a massacre of Sioux men, women and children

What BEST describes the impact of white settlement on Native American tribes in the late 1800s?

It destroyed tribes who were forcibly relocated or killed

How did the federal government encourage the building of the Transcontinental Railroad?

Congress provided subsidies to private companies

What message is the cartoonist sending about monopolists and politicians? Monopolists...

have more power than senators to influence the government

What was one effect of industrialization in the US economy in the 1870s?

Increase in railroad construction in the West

What was the purpose of the Dawes Act of 1887?

Assimilate Native Americans into white American culture

What idea is supported by the 19th century philosophy of Social Darwinism?

Economic success comes to those who work the hardest

What group benefited most from the Homestead Act of 1862?

Farmers who wanted cheap Western land

What was the goal of the Sherman Anti-Trust Law? It provided a way for government to...

increase competition in business

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USHC Review 2.4 - Industrialization

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1
What law barred Chinese immigrants from owning property or pursuing jobs?
Immigration Act of 1917
Chinese Exclusion Act
Asian Immigration Act
European Exclusion Act
2
Why did the federal government follow a policy of tariffs, rail subsidies and open immigration?
To support economic development (big business)
To regulate unfair business practices
To support labor (workers)
To not interfere in the free market system
3
Why did wealthy philanthropists like Andrew Carnegie fund public projects?
To enact political reforms and prevent business fraud
To encourage opposition to overseas conflicts
To promote sense of responsibility among business leaders
To support antitrust legislation and more market competition
4
How did the government use tariffs in the 1800s to help the US grow into an industrial power?
To convince other nations to buy US products
To tax US industry as a source of income
To support US businesses that imported new technology
To discourage US consumers from buying foreign-made products
5
What is the significance of the Battle of Wounded Knee?
It was a major victory by the Sioux over the Cheyenne tribe
It was a massacre of Sioux men, women and children
It was the most significant native victory over the US army
It was Custer's Last Stand before being wiped out by Sioux
6
What is the economic system in the United States?
Communist economy
Traditional economy
Market or capitalist economy
Strong command economy
7
What innovation in 1856 allowed for the mass production of steel?
Rockefeller Process
Scranton Process
Carnegie Process
Bessemer Process
8
What BEST describes the impact of white settlement on Native American tribes in the late 1800s?
It had little effect because tribes lived on reservations
It empowered tribes who negotiated with the US government
It destroyed tribes who were forcibly relocated or killed
It enriched the lives of tribes who were paid well for land
9
How did advances in manufacturing aid the development of the US as an industrial power?
Increased production levels
Expanded agricultural workforce
Increased government regulation
Stimulated demand for immigrant workers
10
Who monopolized the steel industry by vertical integration (controlling supply of resources)?
Andrew Carnegie
Benjamin Harrison
John D. Rockefeller
Horatio Alger
11
Which of the following innovations facilitated the onset of Industrial Revolution in the US?
The telephone
The steam engine
The automobile
The elevator
12
How did the federal government encourage the building of the Transcontinental Railroad?
Congress provided cheap land for settlers
Congress refused to get involved and left states responsible
Congress hired a British company to organize the project
Congress provided subsidies to private companies
13
What message is the cartoonist sending about monopolists and politicians? Monopolists...
are powerful so policies should be based on Social Darwinism
are able to voice concerns of the people more effectively
represent the majority of the population and initiate change
have more power than senators to influence the government
14
Who monopolized the oil industry by horizontal integration (underselling the market)?
Horatio Alger
Benjamin Harrison
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
15
What was one effect of industrialization in the US economy in the 1870s?
Decline in immigrant population in cities in the North
Increase in railroad construction in the West
Increase in sharecropper farming in the South
Decline in skilled manufacturing jobs in Midwest
16
What was the purpose of the Dawes Act of 1887?
Provide cheap land to settlers to promote westward movement
Assimilate Native Americans into white American culture
Regulate shipping prices charged by the railroad industry
Create a method to build system of transcontinental railroad
17
What was NOT a natural resource that proved important to industrialization in the US?
Iron Ore
Copper
Oil
Coal
18
What idea is supported by the 19th century philosophy of Social Darwinism?
Government should control the means of production and market
Economic success comes to those who work the hardest
All social class distinctions should be eliminated
Wealth and income should be more equally distributed
19
What group benefited most from the Homestead Act of 1862?
Native Americans who wanted to protect their way of life
Farmers who wanted cheap Western land
Factory owners who wanted to reduce union power
Supporters of slavery who wanted its expansion to new states
20
What was the goal of the Sherman Anti-Trust Law? It provided a way for government to...
encourage the growth of monopolies
increase its role in overseas affairs
strengthen rights of workers
increase competition in business

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