Industrialization check quiz

What was a common characteristic of the Pullman Strike, Haymarket Affair, and Homestead Strike?

• They were defeats for owners

• They were victories for unions

• They became violent

• They were victories for workers

Captains of Industry valued competition in a free market because they believed only the strongest companies would survive and result in better goods and services. This is an example of

• Unionism

• Control Market

• Socialism

• Social Darwinism

All of the following are TRUE about factory workers in the late 1800s except

• they worked 12 hour shifts for 6 days a week

• they were okay with and tolerated poor working conditions

• they had to rely on their employers to increase wages

• they worked in dangerous conditions

What are companies who dominate a specific industry (steel, oil, etc.) called?

• Monopolies

• Local Business

• Corporations

• Competitors

Why did immigrants move to cities?

• They needed a car in rural America

• Housing had a lot of space and was comfortable

• More jobs and lower cost of living

• They wanted to experience discrimination

The sometimes unethical business practices of some industrialists led them to be given this nickname

• Captains of Industry
• Tycoons
• Fat Cats
• Robber Barons

What is a Laissez-Faire economy?

• An economy that is completely controlled by the U.S. government
• An economy that is partially controlled by the U.S. government
• An economy that works best when there is very little involvement by the U.S. government
• An economy that is controlled by another country

allows products to be mass produced generally allowing the price to decrease

• assembly line
• push factor
• pull factor
• sharecropping

The man responsible for founding the biggest steel corporation in the US during the period 1865-1900 was

• JP Morgan
• Andrew Carnegie
• John D. Rockefeller
• Cornelius Vanderbilt

The main motivation for Unions during Industrialization was what?

• Promoting violent strikes against companies all of the time

• Improving wages and working conditions

• Demand that the U.S. adhere to and implement Communism

• All of the above