US History Chapter 8 Quiz
Prentice Hall US History Chapter 8 Quiz
- 1.Which of the following led to government regulation of businesses duirng the Gilded Age?
- A.
Declining business profits
- B.
High tariffs
- C.
Unfair business practices
- D.
Increased factory and farm production
- 2.Druing the late 1800s the port of entry for a majority of immigrants was
- A.
Boston
- B.
San Francisco
- C.
Philadelphia
- D.
New York City
- 3.Which of the following was a major result of both immigration and the increased productivity of factory jobs in the late 1800s?
- A.
The rapid expansion of urban areas
- B.
Mechanization of agriculture
- C.
High wages for factory workers
- D.
Overpopulation of the South
- 4.Why did many immigrants support city politcal machines?
- A.
Political machines were free of corruption
- B.
Political machines provided them with jobs
- C.
Political machines put powerful "bosses" out of business
- D.
Political machines fought against crime in the slums
- 5.Prohibitionists and purity crusaders shared the goal of
- A.
Making charity scientific
- B.
Redistributing the nation's wealth
- C.
Ending immigration from Asia
- D.
Improving the moral and personal behavior of individuals
- 6.During the late 1800s and early 1900s immigration laws discriminated most against
- A.
Asian
- B.
Europeans
- C.
Agricultural workers
- D.
Mexicans
- 7.In the 1890s immigration patterns shifted dramatically, with most immigrants now coming from
- A.
Northern European countries
- B.
Southern, western and eastern European countries
- C.
Mexico and Central America
- D.
China and Japan
- 8.One reason that US became more urban during the late 1800s is that
- A.
Farm machines and factory-made goods reduced the need for farm labor
- B.
Nobody wanted to live on farms anymore
- C.
Immigrants did not know how to do farm work
- D.
Union organizing of farm workers had not yet begun
- 9.The main objective of the nativists was to
- A.
Repeal laws that restricted immigration
- B.
Help immigrants adjust to American culture
- C.
Build tenement apartments for immigrants
- D.
Restrict immigration
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