Immigration and Urban Society: Late 19 Century - Quiz 1

"Native" Americans disliked immigrants for all of the following reasons EXCEPT?

These radical Pennsylvania anthracite coal miners damaged American labor's image by using violence, intimidation, and murder to address their grievances against the mine owners.

In 1890, Jacob Riis vividly portrayed life in an American urban slum in his work?

The United States did NOT restrict immigration during most of the 19c for all of the following reasons EXCEPT?

In his book, The Theory of the Leisure Class, he said that business elites displayed conspicuous consumption.

He attacked the power of the big corporation in his book, The Octopus.

Which of the following population trends occurred in the United States from 1860 to 1910?

The control of an industry or service by a few powerful companies.

Passed in 1890, this legislation declared combinations in restraint of trade to be illegal.

Thomas Nast achieved fame and influence as a?

A company that forces a worker to sign an employment agreement which states that the worker cannot join a union before he can be employed.

This private detective agency was often used by business to intimidate workers and stop strikes.

He was the most prominent multimillionaire in the East who controlled most of the eastern railroads, including the New York Central.

This legislation empowered the I. C. C. to fix reasonable maximum railroad rates.

This multimillionaire was the largest steel producer in the country. In an article he wrote, he supported the idea of the Gospel of Wealth.

Thorstein Veblen?

The Chinese in America encountered a form of racial prejudice for all of the following reasons EXCEPT?

As a result of the introduction of mass transit in cities?

A court order obtained by a company to ban unions and stop strikes.

Political machines spread and thrived in urban areas during the late 19c because?

This legislation outlawed interlocking directorates and unfair pricing policies.

A member of the Social Gospel movement would probably?

Probably the most versatile and prolific inventor in American history, he received thousands of patents for his inventions.