Module 3 Lesson 3 Quizizz - Big Business

Multiple Choice

Which of the following conditions led to a favorable climate for industry in the late 1800s?

• the heavy involvement of government in business

• the negative view of entrepreneurship held by society

• the belief that a strong work ethic could make a person successful

• the belief that individuals could not better themselves through their own efforts

Match

Match the name of each business organization to the description of that organization.

• a company that has complete control over an industry’s production, wages, and prices

• Capitalism that allows companies to conduct business without government intervention

• competing companies that put control of their businesses under a single group

• The merging of companies that make similar products

• Process in which a company buys out its suppliers (ex. Suppliers, distributers, and transporters)

monopoly

laissez-faire

trust

horizontal integration

vertical integration

• monopoly

• laissez-faire

• trust

• horizontal integration

• vertical integration

Categorize

Options (4)

They put their fortunes toward the public good.

They took advantage of workers and consumers.

They profited unfairly by squeezing out competitors.

They helped to make the economy more productive.

Drag the statements to the table to show whether each statement about industrialization is an argument for them to be viewed as "Captains of Industry" or as "Robber Barons."

Captains of Industry

Robber Barons

Multiple Choice

The Sherman Antitrust Act imposed limitations upon which group?

• farmers

• Congress

• large corporations

• small-business owners