Question

Can someone please check my answers?

1. What effect did mechanization have on production labor in the late 1800s?

a. Skilled artisans became more important.
b. Labor was less routine and repetitive.
c. Factories could hire unskilled workers for less money.
d. Workers’ jobs were secure from the “boom and bust” cycle.

My answer: C. Factories could hire unskilled workers for less money.

Answer 1

2. What was the most important source of urban population growth in the late 1800s?

a. migration from farms in the East.
b. migration from farms in the West.
c. immigration from Asia and Europe.
d. healthy diets that increased the birth rate.

My answer: C. immigration from Asia and Europe.

Answer 2

By the 1890s, more than half of the immigrants came from

a. southern and eastern Europe.
b. Great Britain.
c. western and central Europe.
d. Japan and China.

My answer: A. southern and eastern Europe.

Answer 3

Who OPPOSED a high tariff in the late 1800s?

a. William McKinley
b. Grover Cleveland
c. Nelson W. Aldrich
d. Benjamin Harrison

My answer: B. Grover Cleveland

Answer 4

The explosion of the Maine, the confinement of Cuban civilians in concentration camps, and the Spanish minister’s denunciation of President McKinley as a weak man had what effect?

a. a desire for war with Spain
b. a desire for war with France
c. a desire to impeach President McKinley
d. a desire to support Spain against Cuban rebels

My answer: A. a desire for war with Spain

Answer 5

The United States became an imperial power after acquiring control of

a. Japan, Alaska, and the Bahamas.
b. Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico.
c. Cuba, the Virgin Islands, and Baffin Island.
d. Guam, Puerto Rico, and Alaska.

My answer: B. Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

You should have posted on Question at a time. :)

Answer 8

All the questions are good. :)