Industrialization

This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for it's rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.

• World War I
• Progressive Era
• Gilded age
• Roaring Twenties

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

The innovation of this transportation help open up the national market? 

• boats
• railroads
• autombils 
• horse drawn carriages 

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

During the period from 1865 to 1900, disputes between labor and management were often marked by

• the use of violence by both sides
• cooperative efforts to resolve differences
• government support of striking workers
• arbitration by the Federal Government

Which two speakers would most likely label late 19th-century industrialists as robber barons?

• A and B
• A and D
• B and C
• C and D

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.
• Government regulations were strangling the Standard Oil Company
• Foreign competition in the oil industry was hurting American companies.

What was the main benefit that labor unions of the late 19th century gained for their members?

• job security
• paid vacations
• improved wages and hours
• health insurance

He created the company known as Standard Oil

• Andrew Carnegie
• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• John D. Rockefeller
• Thomas Edison

Which of these is NOT a reason why people viewed industrial leaders as robber barons?

• wealthy manipulators of government
• unfairly squeezed out competietion
• exploited the working class
• provided progress, jobs, technolgy