US History 1st 6 Weeks Test Prep

In the last half of the 19th century, the US experienced vast industrial growth. A new class of wealthy entrepreneurs and a prosperous middle class emerged. Factory jobs also increased to production demands. Which demographic change in the US is most associated with this transformation?

Increased migration to urban areas

The knights of labor and the American Federation of Labor developed in response to the:

Increased need to protect worker interests

Which best characterizes the Gilded Age?

Industrialists used their connections with corrupt government officials for material gain and political power.

The ideas contained in the Declaration of independence helped:

Inspire people in other countries to question the authority.

- Poverty - New Catholic churches built - Famine > ? > - Political Oppression - Urban areas were expanded Which sentence correctly completes this diagram?

Irish families immigrated to the United States

What was the most important diplomatic effect of the Declaration of Independence for the US?

It allowed foreign governments to officially recognize the US

When citizens can only meet in public for certain purposes, they regard such meetings as a strange proceeding of rare occurrence, and they rarely think at all about it. When they are allowed to meet freely for all purposes, they ultimately look upon public association as the universal, or in a manner the sole, means which men can employ to accomplish the different purposes they may have in view. —Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1840 Which value is best reflected in this excerpt?

Liberty

Which statement best explains how the application of electricity in the early 1900's affected the development of the US economy?

Manufacturing processes became more efficient

Which group of people most likely inspired the creation of this 1893 cartoon?

Nativists

We conclude that this overpowering, irresistible tendency toward aggregation of capital and increase of size...cannot be arrested or even greatly impeded, and...instead of attempting to restrict either, we should hail every increase as something gained... - Andrew Carnegie, The Century The business practice above eventually led to the enactment of legislation that...

Protected consumers by prohibiting monopolies

The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. What was the main reason given for the creation of these restrictions?

Reducing competition for US jobs

- To present new concepts for established products and ideas - To introduce new technology that replaces existing products - To organize and manage an enterprise with some personal risk Which title best completes this list?

Roles of entrepreneurs

State Statehood Year North Dakota 1889 Idaho 1890 Wyoming 1890 Utah 1896 Which factor facilitated statehood for the darker-shaded areas?

The expansion of railway lines throughout the West

Which of the following occurred between 1865 and 1900 as a result of the rapid industrialization of the United States.

Union membership increased as workers sought better pay and conditions.

Which civic action demonstrates the most fundamental responsibility of citizens in a democracy?

Voting in a presidential election