US History Fall Final Review 4-7 pt.1

Match

Match the following Vocabulary words

• Free Enterprise System

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Laissez-Faire

• Bessemer Process

• John D. Rockefeller

Individuals are free to produce and sell whatever products they wish

Prohibited unfair practices by railroads such as charging higher rates for shorter routes

Theory that government should not interfere in the Free Market

Made steel more affordable and profitable

Made his fortune refining oil; founded standard oil

• Individuals are free to produce and sell whatever products they wish

• Prohibited unfair practices by railroads such as charging higher rates for shorter routes

• Theory that government should not interfere in the Free Market

• Made steel more affordable and profitable

• Made his fortune refining oil; founded standard oil

Hotspot

The following are all pro-business policies. Which one of them describes laissez-faire?

Multiple Choice

Why did the governmental practice of laissez-faire allow monopolies to form?

• business were forced to pay high taxes on all goods produced

• the government created a minimum wage for employees

• the government placed strict regulations on businesses

• businesses were not regulated by the government

Multiple Choice

Who was a famous political boss from New York City?

• William "Boss" Tweed

• Andrew Carnegie

• John Rockefeller

• Theodore Roosevelt

Match

Match the following

• introduce new legislation.

• removed from office.

• Direct Election of Senators

• Change of Policy

Initiative

Recall

17th Amendment

Referendum

• Initiative

• Recall

• 17th Amendment

• Referendum

Multiple Choice

Which of the following occurred between 1865 and 1900 as a result of the rapid industrialization of the United States?

• Social and economic class divisions began to disappear.
• Concerns about air pollution led to stricter environmental regulations.
• Union membership increased as workers sought better pay and conditions.
• Factory owners introduced wage-equality policies for women in the workplace.

Multiple Choice

The Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor developed in response to the----

• 
  Increased need to protect worker interests

• increased demand for skilled workers

• decreased power of political machines

• 
  decreased profitability of the agricultural sector.