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Industrialization and Innovation

100

What is the belief of social Darwinism?

a) The political power of society is controlled by the social class that owns production.

b) Human functioning is the result of multiple environmental events.

c) Achieving social order is impossible without shared moral values.

d) People become powerful in society because they are naturally better.

d) People become powerful in society because they are naturally better.

200

Who created the first billion-dollar corporation by combining three large steel companies?

a) Henry B. Plant

b) Lewis Latimer

c) John D. Rockefeller

d) J. P. Morgan

d) J. P. Morgan

300

What was the main reason for the Homestead Strike of 1892?

a) to fight for higher wages

b) to fight for basic civil rights

c) to retaliate against unsafe conditions

d) to retaliate against unfair wage cuts

d) to retaliate against unfair wage cuts

400

Eugene Debs and the American Railway Union
boycotted working on certain train cars.

a) the Haymarket Square Riot

b) the Pullman Strike

c) the Homestead Steel Strike

b) the Pullman Strike

500

In Chicago, Illinois, rioters threw a bomb at police
officers who were attempting to break up a peaceful protest.

a) the Haymarket Square Riot

b) the Pullman Strike

c) the Homestead Steel Strike

a) the Haymarket Square Riot

Immigrants, Cities, and the New Class System

100

Which factor contributed to the growth of the middle class in the late 1800s?

a) Political machines used their influence to raise the standard of living in urban neighborhoods.

b) Large numbers of middle-class immigrants came to the United States from Europe and Asia.

c) Industrialization and the rise of large corporations created a need for more salaried professional workers.

d) Factory wages increased rapidly due to progressive legislation and created upward mobility for many in the working class.

c) Industrialization and the rise of large corporations created a need for more salaried professional workers.

200

What was the primary significance of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?

a) It drew public attention to the poor working conditions of many unskilled laborers.

b) It sparked city-wide protests against the use of child laborers.

c) It led to the passage of the Tenement Reform Law.

d) It inspired the creation of New York City's first government-funded fire department.

a) It drew public attention to the poor working conditions of many unskilled laborers.

300

what ear came to an end becuase of barbed wire

a) Industrialization

b) Open Range

c) Native American Resistance 

b) Open Range

400

What is a Literacy Test?

A test that showed you could read, you have to take it in order to vote 

500

Who founded Hull House

Jane Addams

Westward Expansion

100

Barbed wire enabled these settlers to fence in their lands. As a result, the movements of Native Americans and _________ were severely restricted.

a) Scandinavian immigrants

b) cattle drivers

c) railroad workers

b) cattle drivers

200

After the passage of the Homestead Act, settlers flooded to the:

a) Great Plains

b) Appalachian Mountains

c) Southwest Desert

a) Great Plains

300

Which statement best describes the Chinese who immigrated to the United States in the late 1800s?

a) Many Chinese immigrant workers entered the country illegally by train.

b) Chinese immigrant workers were important to the expansion of railroads in the West.

c) Chinese immigrants integrated into American society because they embraced industrialization.

d) Many Chinese immigrants left western cities to settle in rural farming communities.

b) Chinese immigrant workers were important to the expansion of railroads in the West.

400

What was the significance of the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889?

a) It gave Native American tribes a chance to compete with settlers for the rights to their ancestral lands.

b) It was the last great settlement rush of the West before the US Census Bureau declared the frontier fully settled in 1890.

c) It was the first time that barbed wire was used by homesteaders to divide a large area of land into individual parcels.

d)It marked the beginning of a new era of settlement by train that replaced settlement by covered wagon.

b) It was the last great settlement rush of the West before the US Census Bureau declared the frontier fully settled in 1890.

500

Which two factors influenced the United States' purchase of Alaska in 1867?

a) the public's support in favor of the purchase

b) a political plot to overthrow the Russian government

c) a desire to expand American trade in the Pacific

d) the prospect of gaining native Alaskans as citizens

e) the belief in Manifest Destiny

c and e

Random

100

How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights

10

200

Who ran Tammany Hall in the 1860's?

William "Boss" Tweed

300

What is a Monopoly

Buying out all compition to control price of a good or service.

400

What is the teachers favorite video game?

Fortnite

500

What was the immigration station on the pacific coast called?

Angel Island