Industrialization Quiz

What did the American Federation of Labor try to achieve in the late 1800s?

• B. Higher wages and better working conditions

• C. Employee ownership of factories and mines

• A. Control of decision making in the market

• D. Elimination of racial discrimination in the workplace

The railroad building boom during the nineteenth century contributed to

• A. Increasing agricultural production in the Northeast.

• C. Dramatic population decreases in Southern cities.

• B. The establishment of trade relations with Mexico.

• D. The rapid industrialization of the United States.

Which statement best describes the effects of the Industrial Revolution on northern and southern states?

• A. Southern states were able to diversify their economy by creating more manufactured goods.

• C. The textile industry boomed in the North, encouraging immigrants to move to work in factories and creating a greater demand for cotton from the southern states.

• D. In addition to the factory system, northern states were able to improve farming methods to include cash crops.

• B. Railroads led to the growth of southern cities, creating a greater need for slave labor.

How did government policies of the Gilded Age of the late 1800s promote industrialization?

• D. Laissez-faire economic policies allowed private businesses to operate freely.

• C. The Sherman Antitrust Act allowed for regulation of big business.

• B. New Deal policies created jobs for many of the unemployed.

• A. Imperialism fueled steel production in the United States.

During the Industrial Revolution, how did the economic hardships of immigrants influence social reform?

• A. Businesses sponsored child-care programs.

• B. Political machines demanded improved working conditions.

• C. Settlement houses were established to provide services to the poor.

• D. Federal offices distributed relief payments to unemployed workers.

What do the events in the list have in common?

• B. They are results of the policy of Manifest Destiny.

• D. They are events contributing to the increase of agricultural production.

• A. They are results of the policy of Dollar Diplomacy.

• C. They are factors contributing to the rise of industrialization.

The late 19th- and early 20th-century change from steam-powered industry to electric-powered industry resulted primarily from the work of

• B. Alexander Graham Bell.

• C. George Eastman.

• A. George Pullman.

• D. Thomas Edison.

Which factor contributed most to the rise of cities in the East between 1880 and 1900?

• A. The development of inexpensive urban housing through improved construction techniques

• B. Growth of industry and the spread of factories

• C. A wave of immigration from South America

• D. Federal highway programs helping to tie the cities together as transportation hubs

Which of the following developments helped to create a strong economic relationship between the United States and its foreign trading partners between 1877 and 1920?

• D. An increase in the production of automobiles

• C. The introduction of commercial airliners

• B. An increase in steamship transportation

• A. The expansion of railroad systems

Which factor contributed most to the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?

• A. Lack of mining jobs

• D. Rise of nativism

• C. Overcrowded neighborhoods

• B. Economic war in Asia