OP2 Industrial and Guilded Age

What is the movement from rural to urban areas called?

• Moving
• colonization
• inflation
• urbanization

The theory or policy that the government will not interfere with business

• Entreprenuer
• National Market
• Laissez Faire
• Philanthropy

Another name for entrepreneurs who use ruthless tactics to destroy competition or to keep wages low

• Carpet Bagger

• Robber Baron

• Philanthropist

• Consolidator

To improve their labor conditions, many industrial workers formed

• Trust
• Holding company
• Monopoly
• Unions

What is the issue in this political cartoons?

• The amount of great control the government has on big business.

• The wealthy are providing a valuable service to America.

• The wealthy control US legislation

• The wealthy are profiting at the expense of the working man.

A group of companies managed by the same board of directors is called a ________.

• stock
• corporation
• trade union
• trust

Total control of an industry by a single producer is called a(n) ________.

• shareholder
• stock
• monopoly
• trust

What did Henry Flagler build, and what did he build to transport tourists to it?

• luxury hotels in Florida and railway
• family dollar and plane
• taco bell and jeep
• great mansions and steam ships

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.

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