Industrialization

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

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.

Which of the following was the Captain of Industry for the steel industry? 

• John D. Rockefeller
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• Andrew Carnegie

He made his fortune in the oil industry and began an oil company known as the Standard Oil Company. 

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

Which of the following was NOT a factor which led resulted in the growth of industry?

• Access to raw materials
• Larger work force
• Women's Suffrage
• New inventions

Many farm laborers left the farm to go to work in the --

• city
• general store
• rural areas
• orchards

USII.6a Henry Ford revolutionized the automobile industry with the use of what pictured above?

• Steel workers
• Railroad workers
• Child labor
• Assembly line

____________ 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

___________ refers to the Gilded Age belief that only the strong should survive and are better than the weak in society.

• Social Darwinism
• Social Evolution
• Social Adaptation

__________ became powerful organizations during the Gilded Age because workers fought to increase wages and safety in workplaces.

• Pinkertons
• Unions
• Relief Committees
• Settlement Houses