100% immigrants and minorities in the west quiz
1. what contribution did alexander graham bell make to industrial growth in the u. s.?
d. he patented the telephone.
2. cause effect
? companies began to prioritize advertising and use the services of professional advertising firms.
a. consumers had more choices for goods to buy from more companies than ever before.
3. why did business leaders begin the practice of vertical integration?
c. large corporations could control the cycle of a product from creation to sale.
4. which of the following laws focused specifically on regulating the railroad industry?
correct answer a. interstate commerce act
5, your hands are slippery, and your knife is slippery & and that would not be so bad, only for the deadly contagion.
6. what made the american federation of labor (afl) different from the knights of labor (kol)?
correct answer d. the afl only accepted skilled workers, while the kol represented both skilled and unskilled laborers.
7.
find gold
miners
send cattle back east
ranchers
capture cattle
cowboys
settle on land and improve it
farmers
8. what was the biggest problem miners faced?
correct answer b. illness and injury from poor working conditions
9. the picture shows native american children in front of a school. what shift in u. s. government policy does the picture best represent?
correct answer d. the change from allowing american indians to hold on to their culture to making them adopt american culture
10. correct answer c.
the battle of little bighorn
11. why did the exodusters leave the south?
correct answer c.
to escape racism and violence
12.what was the purpose of sunday laws in the southwest?
correct answer a.
ban certain cultural activities that were common in hispanic communities
13. how were people of chinese and hispanic backgrounds treated differently from each other in america in the late 1800s?
correct answer b.
hispanics were allowed to become american citizens, but the chinese people were not able to become u. s. citizens.
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