American Industrialization & Progressive Reforms

The 1st major labor union was the American Federation of Labor. The AFL was founded by

• John D. Rockefeller

• Eugene V. Debs

• Samuel Gompers

• Andrew Carnegie

A market in which one company has complete control over an indsutry is called a

• monopoly.
• trust
• horizontal integration
• pool

Which of the following marked the end of armed resistance between the US governement and the Plains Indians?

• Little Bighorn
• King Philip's War
• Wounded Knee
• Pontiac's Rebellion

He was the last great leader of the Sioux and helped defeat the US Army at Little Bighorn.

• Chief Osceola

• Chief Powahatan

• Metacomet

• Sitting Bull

Laws passed in the South to prevent white and black people from intermixing

• Jim Crow Laws
• Poll taxes
• Civil Rights Laws
• 13 Amendment

Which industries were the MOST impacted by the railroad?

• agriculture industry

• steel industry

• timber industry

• oil industry

Which group of immigrants were recruited in large numbers to come to America to help build the transcontinental railroad?

• Chinese

• Irish

• Germans

• Russians

The light bulb, phonograph and motion pictures were invented by

• Nikola Tesla

• Thomas Edison

• George Westinghouse

• Alexander Graham Bell

This man created a monopoly of the oil industry while serving as head of the Standard Oil Company.

• John D. Rockefeller
• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• Andrew Carnegie
• J. P. Morgan

In the 19th century, big business leaders such as John D. Rockefeller would have likely attempted to

• push for tougher anti-immigration laws so that American workers could get jobs.
• Consolidate many similar corporations into one giant business that controlled all of the market.
• work closely with labor unions to provide better benefits to workers.
• work with the government to ensure a safe and healthy workplace.