Industrial and Urban America

What happened or was introduced that benefited railroad companies and train travelers the most?

• More coal

• Telephone invention

• Trade

• Use of standardized time and time zones

The term scabs is used to describe workers who

(a)  

After experiencing culture shock, immigrants in America were eventually able to..

• exasperate

• assimilate

• understand

• return home

What technique used by labor unions in the late 19th century was used to win workers rights?

• scab hiring

• blacklisting

• collective bargaining

• management dirty tricks

Urbanization is the growth of (a)  

Competition was reduced during the late 1800s.

• True 

• False

Social Darwinism was used to justify all of the following except..

• the existence of poverty

• the success of big businesses

• the power of millionaire industrialists

• government regulation of business

The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire drew attention to

• demands for higher wages

• unsafe working conditions

• management's refusal to negotiate

• the need for fire departments in the city

What did Andrew Carnegie not do?

• buy out his suppliers

• cut quality of his product

• buy out his competitors

• undersell his competitors

Factory owners such as Andrew Carnegie were able to find workers by using child labor.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Factory owners hired immigrants to help their industries.