AS1 09 (Unit 8)

What is the best English translation for 堕落した独占企業 ?

• a regulated inpection
• a corrupt monopoly
• a scorned union

In what state did the US oil industry begin?

• Texas

• North Carolina

• Pennsylvania

What resources were needed to make steel skyscrapers and railroads?

• telegraphs and telephones

• iron and coal

• steam and electricity

What advances in the late 1800s enabled businesses to operate over long distances?

• automobiles and airplanes

• corporations and monopolies

• telegraphs and steamships

What kinds of people were called 'captains of industry' or 'robber barons'?

• railroad workers

• bank robbers

• rich business owners

• army soldiers

Which of these was NOT a rich business owner?

• Andrew Carnegie
• J. P. Morgan
• John Rockefeller
• Woodrow Wilson

In 1900, how long did an average factory worker work?

• about 40 hours a week
• about 50 hours a week
• about 60 hours a week

In 1900, how much money did an average factory worker make?

• about nine dollars week

• about nineteen dollars a week

• about 59 dollars a week

Workers joined together in _______ to demand higher pay and better conditions.

• unions
• corporations
• businesses
• armies

The book “The Jungle” was about _______ .

• Theodore Roosevelt’s hunting trip
• poor conditions for workers
• high taxes on the rich