Test Corrections U 1-2

Front

Which of the following was an organized union of skilled laborers? American Federation of Labor, Congress for Industrial Organization, Apprentices for Free Labor, Association of Railroad Careers

Back

American Federation of Labor

Front

Why did many labor unions form in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

Back

poor working conditions

Front

Which social issue is most closely associated with the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act?

Back

Nativism

Front

Overcrowding with unhealthy living conditions is most directly related to which social outcome?

Back

Urbanization

Front

Forced assimilation and the threat of poverty are most closely linked to which social issue?

Back

Immigration

Front

The Homestead Act of 1860 gave western settlers the chance to own 160 acres of land. How did this act change the lives of white settlers?

Back

It brought them into conflict with Native Americans who did not believe in private property ownership.

Front

The Interstate Commerce Act was the FIRST large scale attempt by government to regulate which of these?
Chinese immigration, railroads, the Grange, Robber Barons

Back

railroads

Front

All of the following were difficulties faced by immigrants in large cities EXCEPT — overcrowding, crime, famine, language barriers

Back

famine

Front

The Great Migration : ________ :: colonization : settlements.

Back

urbanization

Front

All of the following describe Andrew Carnegie EXCEPT: Industrialist, Philanthropist, Steel magnate, Reformist

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Reformist