Practice Test – Learning Module – History 103

Industrial World and the Laboring Class

1 The “new immigrants” whose migration to the United States increased after 1880
came mainly from

A northern and western Europe.

B southern and eastern Europe.

C southeast Asia.

D China.

2 Black Americans who lived in the North between 1865 and 1900

A enjoyed full economic opportunity with northern whites.

B experienced racial discrimination in employment.

C quickly lost interest in their religious institutions in their new urban setting.

D returned en masse to the South.

3 Unlike married white women, married black women in late nineteenth-century America

A showed greater concern that their children remain with them.

B had more favorable employment opportunities.

C were more often forced by societal conditions to work outside the home.

D were unable to marry because of their economic situation.

Capital vs. Labor

4 All of the following statements describe the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 EXCEPT:

A The strike was the first and bloodiest strike of the era.

B The strike began as a result of a reduction in wages by company owners.

C The strike spread throughout the nation.

D The strike spread to Latin America and Europe.

5 Many rural Americans entering cities had been pushed out of agricultural labor by

A Latin American labor competition.

B Asian American immigration.

C African American sharecroppers.

D the invention of machinery.

Topic: Steps Toward Empire

6 Nineteenth-century Americans tended to believe that in world affairs the United States

A should support the establishment of the League of Nations.

B had a special mission.

C should remain totally isolated.

D should commit to maintaining world order.

Topic: Expansion in the 1890s

7 The major argument used by those opposed to the annexation of the Philippines was that

A It was un-Christian to have colonies.

B it would retard America’s economic growth.

C the Filipinos did not want American rule.

D it contradicted American ideals.

8 Acquisition of the Philippine Islands by the United States

A encountered little opposition in the United States Senate.

B resulted in immediate independence for the islands.

C was generally supported by the Filipinos.

D led to guerrilla warfare against American control.