Industrial Revolution

Alexander Graham Bell was known for the invention of the __

• electric light bulb

• steam engine

• telephone

• airplane

What invention led to more steel being produced in a shorter amount of time?

• Carnegie Process

• Bessemer Process

• Vanderbilt Method

• Factory System

By buying up small railroad companies, this man made railroad travel much quicker:

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Henry Ford

The Sherman Antitrust Act was

• very effective in breaking up big business trusts

• difficult to enforce

• supported by Carnegie and Rockefeller

• none of the above

Labor Unions used this negotiation method to improve working conditions

• Collective Bargaining

• Industrial Bargaining

• Forceful Bargaining

• Aggressive Bargaining

Who was the founder of the American Federation of Labor?

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Thomas Edison

• Boss Tweed

• Samuel Gompers

Which of the following was NOT a major goal of the labor unions?

• Increase worker wages

• Provide health insurance

• Better working hours

• Safer working conditions

This United States city is known for its meatpacking plants

• Chicago

• Pittsburgh

• Boston

• Detroit

Inventions creating changes in the late 1800's included all of the following except:

• Light bulb

• Telephone

• Power Plant

• Television

A legal arrangement groping together several companies under a single board of directors is known as a ___

• union

• trust

• monopoly

• faction