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Test Questions II
100
What is the stopping of work by workers?
Strike
100
What is a company that has no competition?
a monopoly
100
What two things did most immigrants bring to America?
their customs and languages
100
Before labor unions people in factories worked for........
10-12 hours a day
100
Why did employers like to hire immigrants?
They worked for long hours for little pay
200
What is a business where many people own shares, or parts, of the business?
Corporation
200
What is an organization of workers that tries to improve pay and working conditions for its members?
a Labor Union
200
Why did many Americans want immigrations to end?
They were afraid they would take all the jobs.
200
Which group of immigrants faced more discrimination than other groups?
Asian immigrants
200
Why did cattle drives disappear?
Fences across the plains and the expansion of Texas railheads
300
What is a rundown, poorly built or manintained apartment building?
tenement
300
What is the amount of something that people want to buy at a certain price?
Demand
300
Why were rapid transit systems developed in the 1800's?
To move people around the cities quickly.
300
Why did cities grow so much from 1860 to 1910? Double Jeopardy: What name is given to the large number of people that moved from the South to the NOrth between 1860 and 1910?new farm machines decreased the need for many people to work on farms in rural communities
New farm machines decreased the need for many people to work on farms in rural communities. The Great Migration
300
What was one effect of overcrowding in cities at this time?
Many people lived in unsafe tenement buildings in slums
400
What do we call someone who "rakes up" unpleasant truths?
A muckraker
400
How did Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company become a monopoly?
By buying up all the competition
400
What were the working conditions in factories in the late 1800's?
workers had to work long hours in dangerous conditions
400
Why did cattle ranchers send their cattle to the North and East?
Cattle sold for more money there where the supply was low
400
Why did the invention of barbed wire change the life of cattle ranchers?
Settlers blocked the cattle trails with barbed wire fences
500
What is another name for a reformer, or someome who wants government to work to improve conditions for workers, consumers, and citizen's rights?
A progressive
500
What is the amount of something that people want to sell at a certain price?
Supply
500
What were two technologies that changed cities in the late 1800's?
Steel building frames and electricity
500
What was the new book written to help improve society by creating new laws that made food safer?
Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle"
500
How did the many inventions of this time period help the productivity of businesses?
By helping people to work at a faster pace and complete more jobs.