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Inventions
Immigration
Labor Unions
Industrialization
Government policy
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Explain how industrialization might have affected the life of a farmer in Ohio in 1890
new inventions made farming quicker…less employees needed to farm…may move to city to look for work if farms need less employees.
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During the late 1800s, the United States placed few restrictions on immigration because
The industrial economy was creating new jobs
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Which statement best describes the status of the labor union movement in the United States in 1900?
Unions were still struggling to gain public acceptance
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Which of the following was not a change in the workplace during the nineteenth century?
an increase in the pride of the workers as most workers joined unions, such as the IWW
200
By 1915 Henry Ford, with the help of his assembly line production model, was able to offer cars for $500 each (that’s $10,000 in today’s money) and produce a car every 93 minutes. The use of the assembly line in factories would use interchangeable parts and
It allowed factories to hire unskilled workers to do simple assembly line jobs.
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“Will they[Chinese immigrants] give up their Chinese customs, assimilate with us, buy of us, and respect us? Are they not so full of deception, lies, and Chinese prejudices, and so lazy, that it is impossible for them to make true or worthy citizens?” Which of the following best describes the quote from the author Hinton Rowan Helper?
The author is making stereotypes about the Chinese
200
In the late nineteenth century, the major argument used by labor union leaders against immigrants was that immigrants
Took jobs from United States’ citizens
200
Consider the following changes that occurred in the United States in the late 19th century: *Increases in immigration *Widespread industrialization *Improvement in agricultural technology What was one result of these developments during this time period?
the growth of large cities
300
With the invention of the practical light bulb by Thomas Edison in 1880 there was a growing demand for electricity. Electricity would be used to power machinery in factories as well as lighting up houses. What is one way that electric motors could be used to make life easier for everyone?
They were used to pump water in the newly created city sewage plants
300
After 1877 many of the prejudices toward African Americans returned in the South and military troops left. With this shift came the return of strong racism and restricting the rights of African Americans. One way that these African Americans attempted to improve their way of life was to
be a part of the Great Migration and seek a better life in the industrial cities of the North as well as higher wages
300
On June 20, 1893 the American Railway Union was created. With approximately 150,000 members it was the largest union at the time. However, the ARU’s members were involved in the Pullman Strike, which saw its leader, Eugene V. Debs arrested and the union soon collapsed. What role did the federal government take in this strike that would limit the power of labor unions?
The federal government issued federal injunctions to break up a strike
300
During industrialization, a large portion of Americans (do not think about immigrants) were shifting where they were living. This shift was
people moving from rural farms to more urban settings
300
During the second half of the nineteenth century, government commitment to the principles of laissez-faire capitalism contributed to
Economic domination by business
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Explain the relationship between a country’s labor force, its natural resources, and its ability to industrialize. What factors might keep a country from industrializing?
They all need one another to work…you need workers to utilize natural resources which in turn makes a country industrialize…without one of these steps a country cannot industrialize.
400
"In its beginning, the tenant-house became a real blessing to that class of industrious poor whose small earnings limited their expenses, and whose employment in workshops, stores, or about the warehouses and thoroughfares, render a near residence of much importance." Not for long, however. As business increased, and the city grew with rapid strides, the necessities of the poor became the opportunity of their wealthier neighbors, Their "large rooms were partitioned into several smaller ones, without regard to light or ventilation, the rate of rent being lower in proportion to space or height from the street; and they soon became filled from cellar to garret with a class of tenantry living from hand to mouth, loose in morals, improvident in habits, degraded, and squalid as beggary itself." This passage best describes which of the following?
Living conditions in an ethnic enclave
400
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Magazine and other portions of the press blamed anarchists and radicals for the bomb and shooting deaths at the Haymarket Riot in which 11 people were killed and over 100 wounded. As a result of this the public became very angry with labor unions or organized labor. As a result of these actions and the public’s feelings
unions were not popular to the public and had declining membership
400
One of the major effects of the Industrial Revolution of the late nineteenth century in the United States was
An increased emphasis on speed rather than quality of work
400
The American Federation of Labor became the first long-lasting, successful labor union in the United States mainly because it
Fought for practical rights of skilled workers and was willing to strike
500
During the 1800s a major reaction to the activities of labor unions in the United States was that
Courts frequently issued injunctions to stop strikes
500
One result of the movement of workers from states such as Alabama, South Carolina, and Georgia to states such as New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio was that
African Americans helped transform northern cities both economically and culturally
500
The slogan “Eight hours for work, eight hours for sleep, eight hours for what we will” was used in the late 1800s to promote a major goal of
Organized labor unions
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One factor that furthered industrialization in the United States between 1865 and 1900 was the
The expansion of the railroad