Unit 6 Review - Migration & Industry

1. 1. What was an effect of the high tariffs (taxes) on imported goods?

• The quality of products improved

• The cost of U.S. products increased

• Foreign competition decreased

• New business growth was discouraged

2. 2. Which of these describes the economic policy of laissez-faire

• Government control of businesses

• Government protection of workers

• Government guiding labor practices

• Government non-interference with business

3. 3. How were farms affected by the growth of big business?

• New machinery brought greater crop yield

• Farms were bought by big developers

• New machinery cost too much for commercial farmers

• Farms were sold because food products were too expensive

4. 4. Which of these in an important aspect of industrialization

• Government-owned businesses

• Machine made products

• Privately owned businesses

• Handmade goods

5. 5. How did Thomas Edison improve the quality of life in U.S. cities

• By creating an electrical distribution system

• By building tenement houses

• By improving factory conditions

• By inventing communication systems

6. 6. Mass production of goods affected life in the United States in all of these ways EXCEPT:

• More factories were built

• Working conditions were better

• More people were employed

• Products were more affordable

7. 7. Which of these was an effect of the rapid growth of cities due to industrialization?

• Immigration restrictions

• Crowded tenement housing

• Improved city services

• High unemployment

8. 8. Labor unions were organized to represent the interests of:

• Workers

• Corporations

• Consumers

• Entrepeneurs

9. 9. What did the United States offer immigrants that they could not get in their homeland?

• Clean cities

• Home ownership

• Close families

• Plentiful jobs

10. 10. What did assimilation require of immigrants?

• Working on farms

• Changing their religious beliefs

• Adapting to a new way of life

• Purchasing businesses