Industrial Age

What was one reason businesses were opposed labor unions?

• to prevent workers strikes
• to ensure equal pensions
• to make sure only skilled workers were employed
• to protect workers from injuries

Why were strikes not as effective in industries with unskilled workers?

• Unskilled workers were paid high wages.
• Unskilled workers could be replaced more easily than skilled workers.
• Unskilled workers were not allowed to join unions.
• Many unskilled workers were deported for supporting unions.

The business practice used during the late 1800's to eliminate competition was 

• developing overseas markets
• paying high wages to their workers
• forming monopolies or trusts
• increasing prices of their products

A major population trend during the late 1800's was

• sharp decline in babies being born
• movement from farms to cities
• decline in immigrants  coming to America
• people moving from North to South in great numbers

One effect of monopolies is that they

• reduce competition
• keep prices low
• give consumers greater choice in products and services
• lead to a greater variety in goods

During the late 1800's, government contributed to the growth of corporations mainly by Laissez-Faire

• giving them money when they went bankrupt
• providing low-cost housing for their workers
• allowing them to develop with few restrictions
• buying large amounts of corporate stocks

Rockefeller, Carnegie and Morgan were sometimes called 'robber barons' because

• they robbed from the rich and gave to the poor
• they stole money from the government
• they made risky investments
• they used ruthless (cruel, uncaring) business practices

Means, "survival of the fittest". Unsuccessful companies will go broke and only strong ones will remain

• Nativeism
• Melting Pot
• Social Darwinism
• Laissez-Faire

What impact did mechanization have on crop production?

• stayed the same 
• increased
• decreased
• all of these listed

Who created an empire in the steel industry?

• Rockefeller
• Morgan
• Carnegie
• Ford