Industrial/Immigration/Progressive

Absence of government control (Hands Off). A major reason as to why Big Business grew so large in the US.

• Laissez-faire

• Truancy

• Social Darwinism

• Industrialization

A belief in the late 1800s, that certain people and/or races were superior to others and thus destined to dominate business and the world.

• social darwinism

• laissez-faire

• robber barons

• vertical integration

Which industry was Andrew Carnegie in control of?

• Steel

• Oil

• Railroads

• Textile

Which economic system does laissez faire favor?

• capitalism

• communism

• mercantilism

• socialism

Use the graphic above to help complete the following statement: The business practice used by Andrew Carnegie in creating U.S. Steel whereby he owned all the means of production for cost-saving and efficiency is known as:

• vertical integration

• horizontal integration

• industrialism

• monopoly

Which issue is addressed in the cartoon above?

• The influence of labor unions

• The excessive power of Big Business

• The dangerous conditions of factory labor

• The corruption of political machines in American cities

Which industry was John D Rockefeller in control of?

• Steel

• Oil

• Railroads

• Textile

During which period in US history were the amendments concerning the income tax, direct election of Senators, Prohibition, and women’s suffrage enacted?

• Reconstruction

• The Gilded Age

• Progressive Era

• New Deal

One reason John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J.P. Morgan were sometimes called robber barons was because they

• Robbed form the rich to give to the poor

• Made unnecessarily risky investments

• Used ruthless business tactics against their competitors

• Stole money from the federal government

The list above displays provisions of which piece of legislation?

• Pacific Railway Act of 1862

• The Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)

• The Dollar Diplomacy Act of 1911

• Interstate Commerce Act of 1887