SW Summative Test Wk. 1-4

1. Who are the people working to create goods and services?

• consumers
• moguls
• producers
• labor force

2. Who is an individual that dominates an industry?

• tycoon
• Monopoly
• labor force
• mean person

3. Why were wealthy businessmen often called "robber barons"?

• wealthy businessmen took advantage of the poor and the land
• they robbed banks to get their wealth
• they created job and built libraries, universities, and hospitals

4. What is philanthropy?

• running for public office
• protesting against poverty
• giving money to worthy causes
• searching for new medicines

5. Why did some people consider wealthy businessmen to be "captains of industry"?

• they took advantage of the poor and the land
• they were also captains on cargo ships
• they created jobs and built libraries, universities, and hospitals
• they exploited workers to get their wealth

6. Why did so many people immigrate to the United States between the years 1880 and 1950?

• Jewish people were subjected to targeted discrimination
• battles were taking place on civilian soil causing farms to be ruined
• Many of these people were poor, hungry, unemployed and without basic freedoms
• D all of the above

7. Why were large cities good places for immigrants to settle?

• There were many poor people living in cities
• Cities were crowded and dirty.
• Cities were growing places with factories that offered jobs.
• Some anti-immigrant feelings eventually became laws.

8. What type of work did most immigrants do once they arrived in America?

• They worked in factories.
• They became nurses to help children stay healthy.
• They worked for John Dewey.
• They paved the streets with gold

9. Immigrants experienced discrimination in America in the late 1880's.

• True
• False

10. Which Supreme Court case created legal segregation (separate but equal)?

• Brown vs. The Board of Education
• Ferguson vs. Segregation
• Plessy vs. Ferguson
• Supreme Court vs. Plessy