Industrialization Quiz Part 1

One factor that furthered industrialization in the United States between 1865 and 1900 was the

• development of the airplane

• mass production of automobiles

• expansion of the railroads

• Rise in communication technology

"The growth of a large business is merely survival of the fittest . . . . . .This is not an evil tendency in business. It is merely the working out of a law of nature and a law of God.”

-John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Which concept is described by this passage?

• Capitalism

• Populism

• Utopian Socialism

• Social Darwinism

During the late 1800s, leaders of big business gave the greatest support to the passage of (CHOOSE 2)

• antitrust laws

• higher tariff rates

• immigration restrictions

• railroad subsidies

During the late 1800s, industrialization in the United States led to

• a decrease in the use of natural resources

• an increased standard of living

• an overall decline in labor union membership

• the creation of affirmative action programs

What is the main idea of this cartoon?

• The Standard Oil Company was a harmful monopoly

• The best way to develop major industries was to form proprietorships

• Foreign competition in the oil industry was hurting American companies

• Government regulations were strangling the Standard Oil Company

What was one reason John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J. Pierpont Morgan were sometimes called robber barons?

• They made unnecessarily risky investments.
• They stole money from the federal government.
• They robbed from the rich to give to the poor.
• They used ruthless business tactics against their competitors.

The total or complete control of a service, product or industry that prevents competition

• Union
• Robber Barron
• Monopoly
• Captain of Industry

A less expensive and easier way to make steel. It increased production and lowered the price of steel in the US dramatically. Allowed skyscrapers to be built.

• Industrial Revolution

• Bessemer Process

• Vertical integration

• Horizontal integration

____________ is a negative term to describe the great industrialists of the Gilded Age and __________ is a positive term to describe them.

• Robber Barons, Captains of Industry
• Captains of Industry, Robber Barons

When a company controls everything from raw materials to the distribution of the product

• horizontal integration

• vertical integration

• trust

• monopoly