Friday, January 11, 2013

"Unit Exam Study Guide"

Q. Immigrants moved to cities because? A. It was cheap and had lots of jobs.

Q. What law was inacted to decrease chinese immigration to the united states? A. chinese exclusion act.

Q. Upton Synclair book the jungle was responsible for what law? A. the meat inspection act.

Q. Immigrants in the 1870's arrived in what kind of transportation? A. steamship

Q. The gentlemans agreement did what? A. it decreased japanese immigration and desegrated SF classrooms.

Q. The smaller men in the room are? A. the united states senators.

Q. Settlement house helped new immigrants assimilate. who made these houses: reformers, politicians and workers? A. social reformers.

Q. The main purpose of the americanization movement was to? A. assimilate immigrants into the dominant american culture.

Q. Industrial workers of the world was organized by? A. the radical uninoists and socialists.

Q. The illegal use of political power for personal gain is: nativism, graft and social darwinism? A. graft.

Q. This new metal allowed the us to make skyscrapers and new forms of consturction? A. steel.

Q. Which industry would most benefit the standardized time zones: telegraphs, railroad and construction? A. railroads to help train travelers.

Q. The triangle shirtwaist factory was infamous for what? A. a shameful fire that killed 146 women.

Q. What would best reduce monopolies and trust? consilidation, competition or corruption? A. competition.

Q. These people were used to breaking labor strikes by working for less money? A. scabs

Q. The sherman antitrust act was created to do what? A. to outlaw trusts and monopolies that inteferred with competiton.

Q. Tammany Hall was famous for its immigration processing stations, NYC political machines or chicago businesses? A. NYC political machines.

Q. What technology most allowed factories to locate away from rivers? A. electircity

Q. Patronage is: a Bribe or putting a friend into a job? A. putting a friend into a job.

Q. Where was angel island located? A. San Francisco.

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