Gilded Age Immigration and Urbanization

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An important factor in the rapid development of industry in the United States during the last half of the 19c was?

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effective regulation of monopolistic business practices by the national government.

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The Haymarket bombing of May 4, 1886, was important to the labor movement because it?

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aroused public opposition against labor, contributed to the decline of the Knights of Labor, and caused an increase in the membership of the AFL.

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How did the spread of the factory system in the United States affect immigration?

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Large numbers of immigrants provided a cheap labor supply.

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_____made his fortune designing and building sleeper cars for railroads, which made long-distance travel more comfortable.

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George Pullman

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Method of making steel that made it faster, easier and cheaper to produce.

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Bessemer process

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What was the most lasting impact of the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869? Options: redistribution of population from the South to the North, growth of heavy industry in the South, increased settlement of the West, development of electricity as a source of power

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increased settlement of the West

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President Grover Cleveland responded to the 1894 Pullman strike by?

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intervening on the side of management.

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Which is the main reason for the percent change in agricultural jobs as shown in the graphs?

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increased farm productivity accompanied by industrial growth

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The first "big business" in America, at least in terms of finance, labor relations, and management, was?

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the railroad industry.

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Which phrase describes an immediate result of new production methods used during the industrialization of the late 1800s?

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an increase in demand for unskilled workers