Factories
Immigration
Big Business
Technology
Misc.
100
Working conditions during the late 1800s were characterized by:
A. Long hours and low wages.
B. Short hours and high wages.
C. High unemployment.
D. Emphasis on workers safety.
A. Long hours and low wages
100
Where were the “New Immigrants” during the late 1800s coming from?
A. Eastern and Southern Europe
B. Africa
C. Southeast Asia
D. Western Europe
A. Eastern and Southern Europe
100
Which term best describes United States economic policy during the era of the rise of big business (1865-1900)?
A. Laissez-faire Capitalism
B. Mercantilism
C. Marxism
D. Welfare capitalism
A. Laissez-faire Capitalism
100
Which are examples of problems that happened as a result of sudden industrialization and urbanization?
A. Dangerous and unsafe working conditions
B. Crowded or not enough housing
C. Unsanitary streets and disease
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
100
The justification that only the fittest Americans will succeed in society is called:
A. Social Darwinism
B. Social Security
C. The Gospel of Wealth
D. Evolution
A. Social Darwinism
200
What is a “Captain of Industry”?
A. Heroes of industrialization that promoted progress.
B. Royalty that has turned to a life of crime.
C. Industry leaders who cheated the system and hoarded wealth.
D. A hideout for outlaws from the West.
A. Heroes of industrialization that promoted progress.
200
Why did the immigrant population of cities grow so rapidly during the later half of the 1800s?
A. The factories were in the cities so people moved to the cities to work in the factories.
B. Western settlers were becoming frightened by Indian revolts and wanted to move into larger cities for safety.
C. People who wanted to live closer together as a means of increasing their political power.
D. The new immigrants were more accustomed to city life so they preferred living in the cities.
A. The factories were in the cities so people moved to the cities to work in the factories.
200
Which argument supports the perception of big business leaders as “captains of industry?”
A. Industrialists’ support for technology benefited the economy.
B. Monopolies forced small companies out of business.
C. Consumers were harmed by inflated prices.
D. Working conditions and safety continued to deteriorate as industrialists profited.
A. Industrialists’ support for technology benefited the economy.
200
“Each workman would receive two or three important parts and would affix them together and pass them on to the next who would add a part and pass the growing article to another who would do the same … until the complete arm is put together.”
What is the advantage of producing goods using an assembly line process?
A. Working conditions are more enjoyable and safer.
B. Products produced are higher quality.
C. Goods can be made faster and cheaper.
D. Workers are usually able to make more money this way.
C. Goods can be made faster and cheaper.
200
Which of the following most attracted many immigrants to the United States?
A. Cheap affordable housing
B. Job opportunities and a better life
C. Strong labor unions
D. Free education
B. Job opportunities and a better life
300
What is a “Robber Baron”?
A. Heroes of industrialization that promoted progress.
B. Royalty that has turned to a life of crime.
C. Industry leaders who cheated the system and hoarded wealth.
D. A hideout for outlaws from the West.
C. Industry leaders who cheated the system and hoarded wealth.
300
What challenges did immigrants have as a result of coming from countries that Americans were not as familiar with?
A. They didn’t speak the same language
B. Nativism (Prejudice)
C. Cultural clashes
D. All answers are correct
D. All answers are correct
300
In general, what was the most important goal for industries during the Industrial Revolution?
A. Producing the highest quality of products.
B. Taking good care of employees and their families.
C. Producing as much product as quickly and cheaply as possible.
D. Following government guidelines.
C. Producing as much product as quickly and cheaply as possible.
300
What was a major cause of the trend shown in the chart?
A. Availability of cheap farmland
B. Improvement in agricultural technologies
C. End of restrictions on immigration
D. Completion of the interstate highway system
B. Improvement in agricultural technologies
300
1. Which of the following is one of the characteristics of the Industrial Revolution?
A. More Americans moving to countries outside of the US than immigrants moving into the US.
B. A shift from small scale production to mass produced crops and factory manufactured goods.
C. The slowing down of new technologies and ideas, people rely on older proven methods of production.
D. Families becoming more reliant on homemade goods instead of manufactured goods.
B. A shift from small scale production to mass produced crops and factory manufactured goods.
400
"Such were the new surroundings in which Elzbieta was placed, and such was the work she was compelled to do. It was stupefying, brutalizing work; it left her no time to think, no strength for anything. She was part of the machine she tended, and every faculty that was not needed for the machine was doomed to be crushed out of existence.There was only one mercy about the cruel grind – that it gave her the gift of insensibility. Little by little she sank into a torpor – she fell silent."
This passage from "The Jungle" highlights what key concept that is associated with the Industrial Revolution?
A. Immigration
B. Dehumanization
C. Urbanization
D. Advertising
B. Dehumanization
400
“The Chinese are represented in one breath as a rotten race; the victims of hideous immorality, and in the next as a people who are going to drive intelligent and sturdy American laborers out of the field. At one moment every man, woman, and child on the Pacific coast loathes and detests the leprous interlopers, and the next the same protesting people neglect the honest American and intrust the care of their homes and of their children to the leprous pariahs because they can be hired more cheaply. They are alleged to be a class of persons who will never assimilate with us like other foreigners. But those who assert this forget to state that our laws prevent assimilation by making the Chinese incapable of naturalization.”
What policy is the author complaining against?
A. Homestead act giving land to farmers for free
B. Indian Removal Act forcing Indians to move onto reservations
C. Sherman Act 1890 breaking up business cartels and encouraging competition
D. Chinese Exclusion Act limiting the number of Chinese immigrants in the U.S.
D. Chinese Exclusion Act limiting the number of Chinese immigrants in the U.S.
400
A. Monopolists
B. Captains of Industry
C. Robber Barons
D. Nativists
C. Robber Barons
400
The building of the Transcontinental Railroad was beneficial for the United States for all of the following reasons except?
A. It linked the agricultural and industrial regions of the nation
B. It provided transportation into the western regions of the U.S.
C. It took western lands away from settlers
D. It helped to promote economic growth
C. It took western lands away from settlers
400
What is the main idea of the last cartoon?
A. The Standard Oil Company was a harmful monopoly.
B. The best way to develop major industries was to form proprietorships.
C. Government regulations were strangling the Standard Oil Company.
D. Foreign competition in the oil industry was hurting American companies.
A. The Standard Oil Company was a harmful monopoly.
500
Use the following quote to answer the next question:
“Shortly after 10 a.m., with over 200 men laboring underground, an explosion ripped through mine Number Four, trapping the workers within. A keg of black powder had accidentally been set off in mine Number Four and had sent flaming dust racing through other sections of the mine. So intense was the heat that the relief party was prevented from entering the mine. Over 200 men perished, leaving 107 widows and more than 260 fatherless children to fend for themselves. Still, the demands of production had to be met. Days after the worst coal mine disaster in the US to date, the Pleasant Valley Coal Company reiterated its intention of meeting the demands of their contract with the Navy. Applications from all over the country flooded their offices as men, eager to earn a higher wage, sought to fill the jobs left behind by the recently deceased miners. “
This quote best represents what issue in industrial labor:
A. Workers thought the government would protect them from their employers
B. Workers would tolerate poor working conditions because they understood they could be easily replaced by other workers
C. Workers believed it had to get worse before it got better
D. Workers were tricked by their employers into taking dangerous jobs
A. Workers would tolerate poor working conditions because they understood they could be easily replaced by other workers
500
“The Chinese are represented in one breath as a rotten race; the victims of hideous immorality, and in the next as a people who are going to drive intelligent and sturdy American laborers out of the field. At one moment every man, woman, and child on the Pacific coast loathes and detests the leprous interlopers, and the next the same protesting people neglect the honest American and intrust the care of their homes and of their children to the leprous pariahs because they can be hired more cheaply. They are alleged to be a class of persons who will never assimilate with us like other foreigners. But those who assert this forget to state that our laws prevent assimilation by making the Chinese incapable of naturalization.”
What can be inferred about how the people of Chinese descent are being treated?
A. Their treatment is fair and equal to other people
B. They are held in special regard and respected above other groups
C. They are mistreated and viewed as inferior
D. They are ignored and no one even notices them
C. They are mistreated and viewed as inferior
500
In general what role did the government play in the early industrialization period?
A. The government placed restrictions on monopolies.
B. The government promoted and helped finance big businesses such as the railroad industry
C. The government passed legislation to increase workers salaries
D. The government owned major business industries like steel, oil and electricity
B. The government promoted and helped finance big businesses such as the railroad industry
500
How did the Bessemer Process impact American society during the Industrial Revolution?
A. It helped railroads be built to allow for the transportation of goods.
B. It led to the invention of the telephone allowing for easier communication.
C. Electricity became easier to use as a result of the process.
D. It purified iron to create steel, a strong but lightweight building material that allowed for skyscrapers and other buildings to be built.
D. It purified iron to create steel, a strong but lightweight building material that allowed for skyscrapers and other buildings to be built.
500
Which of the following scenarios shows all the following characteristics of the Industrial Era:
Urbanization, Immigration, and Industrialization:
A. Farmer Joe moves into the big city, and becomes corrupted by the glitz and glamour of the fast paced city life.
B. Scarlet left her daddy's struggling cotton plantation and elopes with a young entrepreneur catches a train to California where dreams come true.
C. Luigi risks it all to move from a rural town in Italy to the big city of New York, where he has a promise of a job working on the assembly line in a clock factory.
D. Dmitri immigrated to Boston ten years ago and has finally scraped together enough money for a train ticket to go west where he hopes to find land for his family to farm and take hold of the American Dream.
C. Luigi risks it all to move from a rural town in Italy to the big city of New York, where he has a promise of a job working on the assembly line in a clock factory.