Industrialization Regents Questions

During the late 1800s, which development led to the other three?

A) formation of labor unions

B) increased demand for natural resources

C) federal regulation of business trusts

D) growth of industry

What did the mechanization of agriculture in the United States lead to?

A) an increase in production

B) less dependence on railroads by farmers

C) fewer agricultural exports

D) the decreasing size of the average farm

The theory of Social Darwinism was often used to justify the

A) creation of the Ku Klux Klan

B) formation of business monopolies

C) use of strikes by labor unions

D) passage of antitrust laws

In the late 1800s, what was the creation of the Standard Oil Trust by John D. Rockefeller intended to do?

A) to protect small, independent oil firms

B) to control prices and practices in the oil refining business

C) to increase competition among oil refining companies

D) to distribute donations to charitable causes

During the late 1800s and early 1900s, the term robber baron best defined a person who

A) controlled large tracts of western lands

B) used ruthless business tactics

C) stole from the rich to give to the poor

D) encouraged the conservation of raw materials

What did the growth of big business in the late 1800s result in?

A) a reduction in child labor

B) the elimination of the middle class

C) the widening of the economic gap between rich and poor

D) a shift in transportation investment from railroads to canals

Why were business leaders John D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, and Cornelius Vanderbilt referred to as robber barons?

A) They bought titles of nobility from foreign governments.

B) They were ruthless in dealing with competitors.

C) They stole money from state and local governments.

D) They gained all of their wealth by illegal means.

Base your answer on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.

". . . This, then, is held to be the duty of the man of Wealth: First, to set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning display or extravagance; to provide moderately for the legitimate wants of those dependent upon him; and after doing so to consider all surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is called upon to administer, and strictly bound as a matter of duty to administer in the manner which, in his judgment, is best calculated to produce the most beneficial results for the community– . . ."

– Andrew Carnegie, "Wealth," North American Review, June 1889

Andrew Carnegie carried out the ideas expressed in this statement by

A) funding numerous libraries and educational institutions

B) serving many years in the federal government

C) investing his fortune in several new industries

D) promoting programs to benefit the wealthy

During the late 1800s, major improvements to a nationwide system of trade were made with the

A) construction of a network of canals

B) use of steamboats on rivers

C) completion of transcontinental railroads

D) construction of toll road

During the early 1800s, which factor contributed the most to the start of the Industrial Revolution in the United States?

A) a restriction on European immigration

B) the end of the slave labor system

C) an abundance of natural resources

D) the availability of electricity