Industrialization, Immigration, and Progressivism

The creation of the assembly line was due to the efficiency of:

• Steerage

• Division of Labor

• Class systems

• Sweatshops

What is the best description of laissez-faire economics?

• The government should leave businesses and the economy alone

• The government should heavily regulate businesses

• The government should protect small businesses from failing

• The government should prevent big businesses from expanding

What is the best weapon for a labor union to use when negotiations fail?

• Strikes

• Yellow-dog contracts

• Court injunctions

• Collective bargaining

Which of the following is an example of a push factor?

• The Homestead Act

• The Chinese Exclusion Act

• The Irish Potato Famine

• The Haymarket Riots

The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed to:

• Stop all immigration from Asia

• Deny entry to Chinese laborers for 10 years

• Set a low quota on all immigrants

• Develop a literacy test to prevent Korean immigration

Why did Nativists dislike high immigration rates?

• They felt America did not have enough workers

• They believed immigrants stole American jobs

• They wanted to increase the diversity of urban neighborhoods

• They feared immigrants would lead an uprising against democracy

What theory comes from the belief that the strongest businesses would thrive while the weak go out of business?

• Social Gospel

• Prohibition

• Referendum

• Social Darwinism

Which amendment provided women with the right to vote?

• 16th Amendment

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

Which reform to the national government was designed to give voters more power to select candidates for government offices?

• Direct primaries

• Recall elections

• Secret ballots

• Prohibition

The Jungle was written to expose problems in which industry?

• Lumberjacking in Florida

• Medicine production in Maine

• Meatpacking in Chicago

• Steel production in Pittsburgh