Industrialization

Which group believed in survival of the fittest and people were naturally selected to succeed?

• social darwinist

• political bosses

• nativist

• political machines

During the Gilded age, workers came together to work for better pay, working conditions, and less hours. Leaders such as Samuel Gompers help led many of this workers in....

• Philanthropy
• Labor Unions
• Political Bosses
• Credit Unions

Men such as Andrew Carnegie believed in giving money to libraries, musuems and schools to help benefit people who wanted to move up in the social ladder. 

• geopolitical
• political bosses
• anthropolgy
• philanthropy

Who was the "captain of industry" who created the Standard Oil Trust?

• Andrew Carnegie
• John D. Rockefeller
• Henry Ford
• Cornelius Vanderbilt

The Bessemer Process was a more efficient way to make this product, plus it made it stronger.

• steel
• automobiles
• gasoline
• cloth

Complete control over an industry's production, wages, & prices

• monopoly
• capitalism
• socialism
• concentration of wealth

Technological development most revolutionized US steel industry?

• Electrification
• Vulcanization
• Steam power
• Bessemer Process

 Images such as this illustrate the position that many US companies were — 

• requiring vocational training programs for children
• employing children as a source of cheap labor
• seeking government regulation of child labor
• providing safe working conditions for child laborers

During the Gilded Age there was a notable increase in federal support for--

• the growth of big business
• involvement in foreign wars
• the acquisition of foreign territories
• increased temperance regulations

Which of the following occurred as a result of the Sherman Antitrust Act?

• Workers secured a greater share of company profits
• The influence of labor unions on factory owners was reduced
• The federal government could dissolve business monopolies
• Businesses were required to pay fees to open overseas locations