Industrialization Quiz - Open Note

John D. Rockefeller is known for...

• Owner of Wells Fargo Bank who helped immigrants find jobs and housing

• Owner of Standard Oil and destroyed competition by using trusts & monopolies

• Owner of Stanford University and used violent tactics to combat protesters

• Owned the Vanderbilt clothing company and used sweatshops to achieve high production and low waste

A person who has become wealthy through ruthless and unethical business practices is known as a...

• Politician

• Captain of Industry

• Immigrant

• Robber Baron

J. P. Morgan was well known businessman who...

• Created monopolies out of large corporations

• Became president of the United States

• Eliminated monopolies so that "mom and pop" stores could thrive

• Signed the Declaration of Independence

A party organization, headed by a single boss or small political group group, that pushes through enough votes to maintain political and administrative control is known as a...

• Monopoly

• Immigrant

• Political Machine

• Cartoonist

Boss Tweed, the notorious political boss, fell from power due to the rise in political cartoons reaching the general public. These cartoons exposed the corruption of Tweed. Who was the cartoonist of this time?

• George Washington

• Thomas Nast

• Andrew Carnegie

• Thomas Edison

The invention of the Electric Lightbulb enabled...

• Businesses and factories to stay open longer even after sunset.

• Workers to demand better working conditions through unions

• Laissez-Faire approach to the US economy

• Boss Tweed to escape to Spain

A native citizen who dislikes immigrants and support anti-immigration laws is known as a...

• Ward Boss

• Robber Baron

• Nativist

• Captain of Industry

The migration of people from rural areas to urban areas is called...

• Suburbanization

• Western Expansion

• Immigration

• Urbanization

What problems did immigrants face in cities during the early 1900s?

• Little to no jobs or tough jobs

• Low pay

• Crowded housing with no running water or indoor plumbing

• All of these are problems they faced

What are labor unions?

• An organization of employees who work together in dealing with employers to improve working conditions.

• An organization of business owners who work together in expanding longer work hours so that production can increase

• An organization of politicians who work together in expanding political machines by helping immigrants find jobs and housing

• An organization of child laborers who work together in expanding the work force so more children can work in factories