Regents Prep #5

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1. In the 19th century, industrialization in the United
States became concentrated in the Northeast
primarily because
A. this region had the greatest supply of capital
and labor
B. the climate in the South was not conducive to
industrial development
C. other regions of the country lacked good
water transportation
D. the West and South had few natural resources
2. Which geographic factor had the greatest inuence
on early patterns of industrialization in the United
States?
A. scarcity of at land on which to build
factories
B. shortages of timber and coal
C. desire of workers to live in mild climates
D. availability of waterpower to operate machines
3. Base your answer to the following question on the
cartoon below on your knowledge of social studies.
What is the main idea of this cartoon?
A. The Standard Oil Company was a harmful
monopoly.
B. The best way to develop major industries was
to form proprietorships.
C. Government regulations were strangling the
Standard Oil Company.
D. Foreign competition in the oil industry was
hurting American companies.
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4. Which statement describes a result of the Industrial
Revolution in the United States?
A. Farm production decreased.
B. Slavery in the South increased.
C. The population of the cities decreased.
D. Immigration to the United States increased.
5. Which group's numbers increased the most as a
result of the Industrial Revolution?
A. skilled craftsmen
B. landed aristocracy
C. urban middle class
D. owners of small farms
6. During the late 1800's, a major purpose of pools,
trusts, and holding companies in United States
business practice was to
A. reduce competition
B. promote socialist policies
C. share management skills
D. lower corporate income taxes
7. From 1865 to 1900, how did the growth of
industry aect American society?
A. The United States experienced the
disappearance of the traditional family farm.
B. Population centers shifted from the Northeast
to the South.
C. Restrictions on immigration created a more
homogeneous culture.
D. The percentage of Americans living in urban
areas increased.
8. One eect of monopolies on the United States
economy is that they have tended to
A. reduce business competition
B. keep prices low
C. give consumers a greater choice in purchasing
goods and services
D. lead to a greater variety in the price for a
particular product or service
9. The term robber barons is used to describe
many industrialists of the late 19th century mainly
because they
A. made large charitable donations to worthy
causes
B. sought to maximize their prots by eliminating
competition and exploiting workers
C. attempted to stimulate the economy by
keeping the prices of their products as low as
possible
D. opposed the entry of poor and uneducated
immigrants into the United States
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10. In the late 19th century, owners of big businesses
generally embraced Social Darwinism because it
reinforced their belief that
A. economic success demonstrates tness to lead
B. business monopolies are contrary to the social
order
C. all wealth should be returned to society
D. economic competition should be regulated
11. Which situation resulted from the laissez-faire
economic policies followed by the Federal
Government between the Civil War and 1900?
A. Government regulation of prices in the oil
and steel industries beneted consumers.
B. Employers used their nancial gains to
improve wages and working conditions for
their employees.
C. Trusts and monopolies were created by
entrepreneurs to maintain control of the
market.
D. Lower taris stimulated foreign trade and
promoted the sale of United States goods
abroad.
12. A person who believes in the Social Darwinist
theory of survival of the ttest would agree that
A. poor people should get help from the
government
B. rich nations should give substantial aid to
help poor nations
C. individuals should succeed through their own
eorts
D. government should tax the rich to help the
poor
13. During the latter half of the 19th century, many
business organizations in the United States
combined into large corporations because
A. income levels for workers would be improved
B. government intervention in economic aairs
would decline
C. eciency in production methods could be
increased
D. economic possibilities outside the United
States could be explored
14. In the late 19th century, the major goal of trusts
was to
A. help workers improve their relations with
management
B. cooperate with government agencies
C. eliminate competition
D. encourage the formation of new businesses
15. During the late 19th century, Samuel Gompers,
Terence Powderly, and Eugene Debs were leaders
in the movement to
A. stop racial segregation of Native American
Indians
B. limit illegal immigration
C. gain fair treatment of Native American Indians
D. improve working conditions
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16. The passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and
the Meat Inspection Act was the result of the
A. application of laissez-faire economic policies
B. eorts made by the Progressive movement
C. attempts by industrialists to self-police their
companies
D. requirements of constitutional amendments
17. Mark Twain labeled the late 1800s in the United
States the Gilded Age to describe the
A. end of the practice of slavery
B. absence of international conicts
C. extremes of wealth and poverty
D. achievements of the labor movement
18. One reason John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie,
and J. Pierpont Morgan were sometimes called
robber barons was because they
A. robbed from the rich to give to the poor
B. made unnecessarily risky investments
C. used ruthless business tactics against their
competitors
D. stole money from the federal government
19. In passing the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890),
Congress intended to
A. prevent large corporations from eliminating
their competition
B. distinguish good trusts from bad trusts
C. regulate rates charged by railroads
D. force large trusts to bargain with labor unions
20. Trustbusting, the suragettes, and the Pure Food
and Drug Act are associated with the
A. New Deal
B. Progressive Era
C. return to normalcy
D. Great Society
21. Base your answer to the following question on
the table below and on your knowledge of social
studies.
Progressive Era Legislation
Date Legislation Purpose
1905 United States Forest Service
established
Manage the nation's water and
timber resources
1906 Meat Inspection Act Regulate meat processing to ensure
clean conditions
1906 Pure Food and Drug Act Outlaw dishonest labeling of food
and drugs
1913 Department of Labor
established
Promote the interests of working
people
The common purpose of these legislative acts was
to
A. protect the nation's natural resources
B. improve conditions for recent immigrants to
the United States
C. advance the growth of big business
D. promote the general welfare of the American
public
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22. The graduated income tax was favored by
Progressive reformers because it
A. fell equally on all persons
B. was based on the ability to pay
C. made possible a balanced budget
D. provided equal benets for all persons
23. Theodore Roosevelt's New Nationalism and
Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom were designed
primarily to
A. increase the power and inuence of the
United States in foreign aairs
B. reduce the role of government in the economy
C. help the United States solve problems caused
by industrialization
D. protect the constitutional rights of religious
and racial minorities
24. As a result of the Progressive Era politics, the
United States became more democratic with the
adoption of a constitutional amendment that
A. restricted the President's control over the
military
B. gave 18-year-old citizens the right to vote
C. eliminated the poll tax
D. provided for direct election of United States
Senators
25. Which two philosophies dominated the thinking of
most political and business leaders during the late
19th century in the United States?
A. social Darwinism and laissez-faire
B. utopian socialism and the social gospel
C. populism and pragmatism
D. communism and anarchism
26. President Theodore Roosevelt changed the policy
of the United States most in the area of
A. conservation of natural resources
B. Native American land claims
C. support of the arts
D. immigration
27. During the Progressive Era, Jane Addams
responded to urban conditions by working to
establish
A. settlement houses that provided assistance to
the poor
B. newspapers that helped to inform Americans
about slum conditions
C. laws that restricted certain immigrant groups
D. free public schools located in inner-city
neighborhoods
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28. Eugene V. Debs, Samuel Gompers, and John L.
Lewis all strongly supported the eorts of
A. the Federal Government to favor business in
disputes between labor and management
B. the Populist Party to make government more
democratic
C. organized labor to improve conditions for
workers
D. business leaders to avoid Federal regulation of
their activities
29. The Progressive movement supported the idea that
the federal government should
A. regulate big business
B. reduce immigration
C. build an overseas empire
D. reduce the number of farms
30. Organized labor welcomed the Clayton Antitrust
Act because this act
A. permitted a closed shop in major industries
B. declared that unions were not conspiracies in
restraint of trade
C. required the President to appoint a labor
leader to the Cabinet
D. allowed unions to contribute large sums of
money to political campaigns
31. Which president was known as a trustbuster?
A. George Washington B. Calvin Coolidge
C. Theodore Roosevelt D. Dwight Eisenhower
32. The Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman
Antitrust Act were attempts by Congress to
A. regulate the activities of big business
B. protect consumers against unsafe products
C. impose government regulations on agricultural
production
D. bring transportation activities under
government ownership
33. During the early 1900s, the term muckrakers was
used to describe
A. pacists who demonstrated against war
B. writers who exposed the evils in American
society
C. newspaper columnists who reported on
celebrities
D. politicians who criticized Progressive Era
presidents
34. In the United States, which development was a
result of the other three?
A. unsanitary working conditions in factories
B. unequal distribution of prots between
management and workers
C. formation of labor unions
D. 12-hour workday
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35. Which helped to bring about the enactment of
Federal meat inspection laws in the Progressive
Era?
A. a decline in farm exports
B. economic demands of the cattlemen
C. writings of the muckrakers
D. the unhealthy conditions of newly arrived
immigrants
36. Collective bargaining, meditation, and arbitration
are best describes as
A. methods used to resolve labor-management
disputes
B. means the government uses to enforce safety
standards in factories
C. eorts by lobbyists to bring about passage of
consumer-protection laws
D. weapons used mainly by employers in labor
disputes
37. Reform legislation of the Progressive Era provided
for
A. increased direct participation in government
B. employment for the poor
C. tax incentives for business investment
D. the elimination of racial segregation in public
places
38. A major eect of the National Labor Relations Act
(Wagner Act, 1935) was that labor unions
A. were soon controlled by large corporations
B. experienced increasing diculty in gaining
new members
C. obtained the right to bargain collectively
D. lost the right to strike
39. One reason the American Federation of Labor
(AFL) was successful was that this organization
A. focused on the needs of skilled workers
B. rejected the use of strikes and boycotts
C. ended the use of blacklists by employers
D. called for government ownership of industry
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