Practice Test

Question 1

Which US group was one of the first to go on strike because of wage cuts?

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D: the Lowell Mill girls

Question 2

Which of the details related to the topic of nineteenth-century immigration is the best example of an objective voice?

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B: numerous unskilled workers

Question 3

Companies hired Pinkertons to

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A: report on and bust unions.

Question 4

Which is the most engaging text with the most varied sentence structures?

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D: The experience of the new immigrants was different. By 1890, no more free land was available, so newcomers found jobs in city factories. They lived in crowded neighborhoods, where everyone shared a common language and culture.

Question 5

Which of these most accurately compares handmade products with mass-produced products?

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A: Handmade products are made slowly by skilled workers. Mass-produced products are made quickly by machines.

Question 6

Which effect of industrialization made city centers somewhat unpleasant for residents?

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C: the rise of railroads and stockyards

Question 7

Why was Carnegie Steel able to offer its product at a lower price than its competitors?

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C: Carnegie owned the raw materials, factories, and distribution.

Question 8

During the 1800s, nativists promoted the idea that immigrants contributed to unemployment by

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D: competing for jobs that they believed should go to people born in America.

Question 9

John D. Rockefeller was an entrepreneur, which means he

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A: started his own business.

Question 10

Which of these is an example of a service industry job in an urban center?

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B: a bank clerk

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