TOC TEST questions || A+ GRADED!!
When a union called a strike, employers would often hire replacements, called what? correct
answers scabs
V What did critics of powerful industrialists call them? correct answers robber barons
V The American Federation of Labor organized which workers? correct answers only skilled
workers
V The vast majority of immigrants arriving on the East Coast passed through a processing
center located where? correct answers Ellis Island
V During the late 1800s and early 1900s, immigration laws discriminated MOST against
which groups? correct answers Asians
V Why did many immigrants support city political machines? correct answers Political
machines provided them with jobs.
V Upon arrival at either Ellis Island or Angel Island, what procedures were common? correct
answers immigrants were subjected to a number of physical and mental tests.
V How did employers generally view unions? correct answers As conspiracies that interfered
with property rights
V In the late 1800s, why did many rural Americans moved to big cities? correct answers In
search of better-paying jobs
V What is a group of separate companies that are placed under the control of a single
managing board called? correct answers Trust
V The process of gaining control of the many different businesses that make up all phases of
a product's development is called what? correct answers Monopoly
V Complete control of a market or service is called what? correct answers Horizontal
consolidation
V During the early days of industrialization, why did many members of Congress believed
that tariffs were necessary? correct answers to protect new industries from foreign
competition
V How did nativists react to immigration in the late 1800s? correct answers by pressuring the
government to limit or cut off immigration
V What is favoritism shown to native born U.S. citizens over immigrants is called? correct
answers Nativism
V Laissez-faire relies on what to regulate prices and wages? correct answers supply and
demand
When a union called a strike, employers would often hire replacements, called what? correct
answers scabs
V What did critics of powerful industrialists call them? correct answers robber barons
V The American Federation of Labor organized which workers? correct answers only skilled
workers
V The vast majority of immigrants arriving on the East Coast passed through a processing
center located where? correct answers Ellis Island
V During the late 1800s and early 1900s, immigration laws discriminated MOST against
which groups? correct answers Asians
V Why did many immigrants support city political machines? correct answers Political
machines provided them with jobs.
V Upon arrival at either Ellis Island or Angel Island, what procedures were common? correct
answers immigrants were subjected to a number of physical and mental tests.
V How did employers generally view unions? correct answers As conspiracies that interfered
with property rights
V In the late 1800s, why did many rural Americans moved to big cities? correct answers In
search of better-paying jobs
V What is a group of separate companies that are placed under the control of a single
managing board called? correct answers Trust
V The process of gaining control of the many different businesses that make up all phases of
a product's development is called what? correct answers Monopoly
V Complete control of a market or service is called what? correct answers Horizontal
consolidation
V During the early days of industrialization, why did many members of Congress believed
that tariffs were necessary? correct answers to protect new industries from foreign
competition
V How did nativists react to immigration in the late 1800s? correct answers by pressuring the
government to limit or cut off immigration
V What is favoritism shown to native born U.S. citizens over immigrants is called? correct
answers Nativism
V Laissez-faire relies on what to regulate prices and wages? correct answers supply and
demand
