Semester 1 Exam Review

Which of the following most allowed factories to be built away from rivers?

• Telephones

• Electricity

• Steel beams

• Railroads

Why did workers form or join labor unions in the late-1800s?

• unions increased profits & stock prices for business

• joining a union led to job promotions

• joining unions helped protect against monopolies

• realized they had to unite to improve working conditions

Which is TRUE in regards to new inventions of the late-1800s?

• led to growth of cities & decreased back-breaking labor

• led to the increase of more physical labor

• reduced the standard of living and increased work injuries

• led to the growth of the South's economy and workforce

Why were industrialists like Rockefeller considered robber barons?

• Their ingenuity led to new inventions that expanded jobs

• They used ruthless tactics to amass great wealth

• They robbed from the poor to donate to charitable causes

• The put workers on blacklists after a strike ended

According to the philosophy of Social Darwinism, it suggests that?

• Wealth and income should be more equally distributed

• The government should control the means of production

• Government should have a hands-off approach to the economy

• Survival of the fittest justifies wealth and success

How did electricity change American life?

• led to the invention of new appliances

• replaced kerosene as a source of light

• helped cities and industries grow

• all of the above

Which is TRUE of the railroad industry?

• many people died and/or suffered injury during construction

• it led to the development of new towns

• it greatly expanded the steel industry

• all of the above

Which is TRUE of the Sherman Antitrust Act?

• Made it illegal to form trusts that disrupted free trade

• Set maximum railroad rates for interstate commerce

• It created trusts as a means to make more profit

• Trusts were legal based on laissez fair economics

Which is TRUE as to how many businesses responded to labor strikes?

• Negotiated labor disputes usually through arbitration

• Used police or troops to crush strikes

• They used the courts to sue strikers for loss of profit

• Used collective bargaining to settle labor disputes

146 women died in a fire here due to unsafe working conditions

• Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

• East Lansing Coal Mine

• Chicago Meat Packing INC

• NY Textiles Factory