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Test 6
US History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Between 1870 and 1910, the changes in output shown in the table were most directly the result of (Large increase in iron, steel, and industrial machinery) | Improvements in technology and worker productivity |
| Which title is most appropriate for this graphic organizer? (Open immigration, natural resources, large food supply) | Factors Contributing to Industrialization |
| Which event is most closely associated with the developments displayed above? (Open immigration, natural resources, large food supply) | The rise of labor unions |
| Congress enacted the Sherman Antitrust Act so that | business practices that attempted to eliminate competition could be regulated |
| The greatest weakness of the Sherman Antitrust Act was that it | contained vague wording and could not be easily enforced |
| According to this cartoon, whose interests was the Senate serving? | big business |
| The viewpoint illustrated in this cartoon increased public support for (government listened to business monopolies) | direct election of senators |
| The standard Oil company... (octopus tentacles on the White House) | Used its economic power to influence government decisions |
| What economic concept is best illustrated by the cartoon? (Standard Oil Company owned other companies) | Monopoly |
| What is the main idea of this cartoon? (Standard Oil took over) | The Standard Oil Company was a harmful monopoly |
| What is being criticized in this cartoon? (Standard Oil took over) | business consolidation |
| The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 and the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 were passed by Congress to | control business practices that limited competition |
| Quote that represents Social Darwinism | Feeding and clothing the poor is a mistake, just as nature weeds out unfit member, a capitalist society should be allowed to do the same |
| Andrew Carnegie carried out the ideas expressed in this statement by (Using his money for others) | funding numerous libraries and educational institutions |
| According to this passage, the responsibility of the wealthy is to | share their excess wealth with the community |
| The cartoonist would most likely support federal government attempts to (Letting a monopoly happen) | Pass antitrust legislation |
| Which 19th century business practice does this cartoon illustrate? | Creating monopolies |
| Which action is most closely associated with Henry Ford’s attempt to realize this vision? | Using the assembly line |
| The overall trend on the graph was primarily the result of (increased production of cars) | The increased use of the assembly line |
| How did U.S. society respond to the development described above? (Assembly line) | Businesses adopted these faster production methods and grew exponentially. |
| What effect did the practice described above have on industrial workers in the United States? (Assembly line) | It reduced work to repetitive tasks easily performed by machines |
| The authors of the passage would have been most critical of the activities of which two individuals? (Against private monopolies) | John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie |
| During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, how did Congress attempt to address these practices? | They passed antitrust legislation. |
| Who is most likely the audience of this pamphlet? (Says how Industrial revolution workers have been taken advantage of) | Workers who might be persuaded to sympathize with or join the IWW |
| Which conclusion is most clearly supported by this photograph? (Dangerous working conditions) | State and federal governments did not adequately regulate child labor. |
| A historian could best use this cartoon to study (Taking advantage of workers) | industrialism |
| Which generalization about labor unions in the United States is most clearly supported by information on the map? | Strikes by labor unions were often suppressed by government actions. |
| Which was the first labor strike to end with the president intervening on behalf of the workers? | 1902 Anthracite Coal Strike |
| Which claim is best supported by the evidence in these charts? (Rise in immigration and people working in factories) | Immigration to the U.S. provided a steady source of laborers for a rapidly growing manufacturing sector. |
| According to this poem, what factors pushed immigrants to come to the United States? | a need to escape poverty, oppression and war in their countries of origin |
| Emma Lazarus’s poem was most likely carved onto the base of New York’s Harbor’s Statue of Liberty because | The U.S. wanted to send a message of welcome to migrants fleeing poverty, war and oppression. |
| One way the “new immigrants” of the late 1800s differed from the “old immigrants” of the early 1800s was that the “new immigrants” | came from southern and eastern Europe |
| What was one result of the changes in immigration patterns shown on the charts? | Restrictive immigration laws were passed. |
| Which policy is most directly related to the point of view expressed in this cartoon? (Immigrants coming in US through a funnel) | Quotas should be established for immigration. |
| The policy represented by this cartoon was a response to (Immigrants coming into the US) | the growing number of immigrants arriving from Southern and Eastern Europe |
| One reason for the passage of the laws shown in this chart was to (Quotas on immigration) | protect the jobs of workers in the United States |
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