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-Guarantee passing score -36 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: Emma Lazarus's poem was most likely carved onto the base of New York's Harbor's Statue of Liberty because
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The U.S. wanted to send a message of welcome to migrants fleeing poverty, war and oppression.
Question 2: Which claim is best supported by the evidence in these charts?
(Rise in immigration and people working in factories)
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Immigration to the U.S. provided a steady source of laborers for a rapidly growing manufacturing sector.
Question 3: Congress enacted the Sherman Antitrust Act so that
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business practices that attempted to eliminate competition could be regulated
Question 4: The standard Oil company... (octopus tentacles on the White House)
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Used its economic power to influence government decisions
Question 5: One way the "new immigrants" of the late 1800s differed from the "old immigrants" of the early 1800s was that the "new immigrants"
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came from southern and eastern Europe
Question 6: The overall trend on the graph was primarily the result of
(increased production of cars)
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The increased use of the assembly line Question 7: What was one result of the changes in immigration patterns shown on the charts?
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Restrictive immigration laws were passed.
Question 8: The greatest weakness of the Sherman Antitrust Act was that it
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contained vague wording and could not be easily enforced Question 9: The authors of the passage would have been most critical of the activities of which two individuals?(Against private monopolies)
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John
- Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie
Question 10: According to this poem, what factors pushed immigrants to come to the United States?
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a need to escape poverty, oppression and war in their countries of origin
Question 11: According to this cartoon, whose interests was the Senate serving?
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big business
Question 12: Which action is most closely associated with Henry Ford's attempt to realize this vision?
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Using the assembly line Question 13: Who is most likely the audience of this pamphlet? (Says how Industrial revolution workers have been taken advantage of)
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Workers who might be persuaded to sympathize with or join the IWW
Question 14: One reason for the passage of the laws shown in this chart was to
(Quotas on immigration)
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protect the jobs of workers in the United States Question 15: The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 and the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 were passed by Congress to
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control business practices that limited competition Question 16: The policy represented by this cartoon was a response to (Immigrants coming into the US)
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the growing number of immigrants arriving from Southern and Eastern Europe Question 17: How did U.S. society respond to the development described above? (Assembly line)
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Businesses adopted these faster production methods and grew exponentially.
Question 18: According to this passage, the responsibility of the wealthy is to
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share their excess wealth with the community
Question 19: Which title is most appropriate for this graphic organizer? (Open immigration, natural resources, large food supply)
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Factors Contributing to Industrialization
Question 20: Which 19th century business practice does this cartoon illustrate?
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Creating monopolies Question 21: During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, how did Congress attempt to address these practices?
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They passed antitrust legislation.Question 22: What effect did the practice described above have on industrial workers in the United States? (Assembly line)
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It reduced work to repetitive tasks easily performed by machines Question 23: The viewpoint illustrated in this cartoon increased public support for (government listened to business monopolies)
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direct election of senators Question 24: Which policy is most directly related to the point of view expressed in this cartoon?(Immigrants coming in US through a funnel)
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Quotas should be established for immigration.Question 25: The cartoonist would most likely support federal government attempts to (Letting a monopoly happen)
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Pass antitrust legislation