2nd Industrial Revolution

Who was responsible for creating the assembly line?

• George Westinghouse

• Granville Woods

• Henry Ford

• Charles Sorensen

What union leader led the Pullman Strike

• Andrew Carnegie

• Eugene V. Debs

• John D. Rockefeller

• J. Pierpont Morgan

Which of the following was Thomas Edison's most important invention

• electric lightbulb

• vacuum cleaner

• instant camera

• circuit breaker

Gaining almost total control of an industry is called

• monopoly

• vertical

  integration

• horizontal integration

• dividend

What is it called when unions represent workers in talking to management?

• collective bargaining

• injunctions

• strikebreaking

• strikes

What are people called who start businesses

• entrepreneurs

• investors

• shareholders

• trusts

Who was the steel industrialist who

donated hundreds of millions of dollars as a philanthropist

• Andrew Carnegie

• J. Edgar Thompson

• John D. Rockefeller

• J. Pierpont Morgan

Who was the philanthropist who built more than 2,000 libraries worldwide?

• George Westinghouse

• Andrew Carnegie

• Henry Ford

• John D. Rockefeller

Based on the passage, why might employees go on strike against the Pullman Company

• for a 20 percent increase in workload

• because the business is failing

• for increased wages and profit sharing

• because of sweatshop conditions

What caused a massive growth in railroads and

made shipping times/costs much more affordable

• Telegrams

• Standard Gauge

• Rebates

• Pools