Industrial Revolution and the Gilded Age

Which invention was created by Alexander Graham Bell and allowed for quick communication?

• Telegraph

• Telephone

• McCormick's Reaper

• Bessemer Process

Steel made which "Robber Baron" rich when he sold his company in 1901 for $480 million?

• John D. Rockefeller

• J P Morgan

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

American Federation Labor and Knights of Labor pertain to...

• Indian Rights

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Industrialization

• Unions

What phrase best explains government interaction with business during the Gilded Age?

• c'est la vie

• laissez-faire

• e plurbius unum

What is the best definition of a strike?

• When a union files a court order to block a policy

• When employees refuse to work until conditions change

• When a business hires replacement workers

• When workers are laid off due to an economic downturn

Which law was passed to stop corporations colluding and becoming monopolies?

• Dawes Act

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Anti-monopolistic Act

Which is a drawback to a trust or a monopoly?

• limits on competition

• a lowering of prices

• better quality of goods

• more government regulations

Which of the following is the best description of the "Robber Barons?"

• Entrepreneurs who made a fortune during the Gilded Age

• Captains of Industry who always donated their fortunes

• Men who invented the Industrial Revolution

• Government workers who controlled the economy

Which of the following was NOT a cause of industrialization in the United States?

• growth of railroads

• Bessemer Process and the steel industry

• steam and electrical power

• cotton plantations

How did industrialization affect women and children?

• Women and children joined the workforce in larger numbers.

• It led to more educational opportunities for women and children.

• Women and children had access to better products for the home.

• It allowed male workers to spend more time at home with their wives and children.