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Industrial Age

Authored by Christine Wandell

History

7th - 8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Vertical and horizontal integration were strategies designed to

end unsafe working conditions and promote cooperatively run corporations.
eliminate competition and control every step of the production process.
involve the government in protecting workers and fair wages.
give stockholders control over corporations.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

How is a corporation different from other types of businesses?

They sell stock shares to attract investment

They share profits equally with all workers.

They were illegal in the late 1800s.

They are privately owned by one person or family.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

How did Thomas Edison affect life in America?

Edison studied science to help Americans better understand the world.
Edison created a successful lightbulb and a system for supplying electricity in big cities. 
Edison developed alternating current to send electricity over miles of wires.
Edison designed a trolley car that could run without a cable.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is a monopoly?

Everyone gets a fair share of the business

The government controls business

When one company has total control of an entire supply of goods.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

How did many strikes end during the

Industrial Revolution?

The workers got what they wanted

There was a lot of violence and the

workers lost

The businesses had to shut down

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Who made the car affordable for

most Americans by creating the assembly line?

Henry Ford

Henry Frick

Cornelius Vanderbilt

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When violence broke out during strikes, membership in unions

decreased

increased

stayed the same

unions broke apart

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