Multiple Choice 1.Between 1870 and 1900, the percentage of people working in __________ shrank. a.agriculture b.mining c.manufacturing and construction d.commerce 2.After 1870, a.American inventiveness and technological progress flourished. b.America became more dependent on European technology. c.labor unions ceased being a factor in labor-management relations. d.American engineers attended college only in either Germany or England. 3.The major significance of Elihu Thomson’s career was his a.leadership of Kodak as the world’s major photographic company. b.successful and prosperous General Electric Company. c.role in creating the first commercial telegraph. d.use of vertical integration in dominating the oil industry. 4.An effect of the rise of corporations in America was a.a decrease in the amount of long-term planning by leaders of companies. b.that shareholders were held personally responsible for corporate debts. c.a stimulation of capital investment and technological advances. d.an increase in the number of owners who became middle-management leaders as well. 5.Before the industrial boom of the late 1800s, a.monopolies harmed economic growth in the urban areas of the North. b.middle-class artisans were rare in the Northeast. c.labor was entirely organized by middle-management employees. d.labor was done by artisans who controlled the pace and output of their labor. 6.The pioneer of consolidating operations and buying out competitors was a.James B. Duke. b.Gustavas Swift. c.John D. Rockefeller. d.George Pullman. 7.One disadvantage the rise of corporations presented for American workers was that a.corporations now controlled the conditions and nature of work. b.fewer jobs were provided because of automation. c.the government decided to cut off all immigration. d.corporations refused to work in coalition with investment banks. 8.The workplace of the late 1800s included all of the following conditions EXCEPT a.large forces of unskilled laborers. b.long hours. c.increased mechanization. d.a safe and healthy environment. 9.Of the following regions, the smallest number of migrants came from _________ between 1820 and 1914. a.South America b.Asia c.eastern Europe d.western Europe 10.Of the European immigrants from 1820 to 1914, the highest number came from a.Germany b.Ireland c.Italy d.Poland Â