RHS 6B - Industrialization

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What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800s? Options: Cheap electric power, Fire safety standards, The invention of the elevator, New methods of making steel

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New methods of making steel

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What did industrial consolidation and trusts reduce during the 1800s?

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Competition

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Who organized the American Federation of Labor?

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Samuel Gompers

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Over the last 50 years, membership in unions in the U.S. has

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gone down dramatically

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Vertical integration, a business strategy used by steel mogul Andrew Carnegie, involves

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buying out raw material producers and distributors.

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Horizontal integration, a business strategy used by oil mogul John D. Rockefeller, involves

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merging with companies producing similar products.

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The illegal use of political influence for personal gain is called

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graft.

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The Pendleton Civil Service Act required

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applicants for government jobs to pass examinations.

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The statement on the wall says, "This is the Senate, of the Monopolists, by the Monopolists, for the Monopolists." The cartoonist's message is that the U.S. Senate

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is controlled by monopolists