Industrial Era review 2024

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19th century Chinese immigrants are known for what? Options: Work in building the Transcontinental Railroad, Work in New York factories, Contributions to the steel industry, Contributions to John D. Rockefeller

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Work in building the Transcontinental Railroad

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Which of the following did Thomas Edison NOT have a role in inventing? Sound recorders, Lasers, Motion Pictures, Light bulbs

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Lasers

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Which factor contributed to the shifting of population from rural to urban areas from 1870-1900? Options: Not enough families took advantage of the Homestead Act, Great Plains Indians left their reservations to buy new farmland, Houses in cities were less expensive than those in the countryside, Better jobs in industry attracted farmers and laborers to cities

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Better jobs in industry attracted farmers and laborers to cities

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What was an important consequence of the Haymarket Riot?

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Decline of the Knights of Labor

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During the period from 1880 to 1910, why did the majority of immigrants to the United States settle in urban areas in the North?

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Rapid industrialization had created many job opportunities.

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Why did immigrants in late nineteenth century America establish their own separate neighborhoods, such as New York's Little Italy and San Francisco's Chinatown?

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They did so in order to continue practicing the traditions that they brought over from their home countries.

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Which statement best describes working conditions in many American factories in the late nineteenth century?

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The work was hard, dirty, often dangerous, and typically was performed by unskilled workers for little pay.

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Which of the following best explains why industrialization increased dramatically in the United States during the late nineteenth century? Immigration and urbanization provided a surplus of cheap labor., Government-mandated education led to a more well-educated populace ready and able to compete with other industrial nations., The discovery of oil reserves made America the richest nation in the world., State-supported universities focused primarily on providing the skills necessary for the nation's continued industrial development.

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Immigration and urbanization provided a surplus of cheap labor.

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Which of the following caused the most prejudice against new immigrants in the United States during the late nineteenth century? Americans believed that immigrants were transient and would hurt the communities when they moved on again., The United States had tense relations with many of the nations from which the immigrants came., Heavy immigration caused overcrowding in rural areas and a rise in the price of cropland., Americans feared that immigrants would refuse to fit into American culture.

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Americans feared that immigrants would refuse to fit into American culture.

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What is a Pull Factor?

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Moving to a country because of something good it has.