History Chapter 9 QUiz 1

an economic stystem in which the people own the country's goods and businesses (a)  

• capitalism
• corporation
• social Darwinism
• philanthropist

a person who gives large sums of money to help public causes​ ​ (a)  

• philanthropist
• corporation
• social Darwinism
• labor union

a business that is owned by many people​ (a)  

• corporation
• social Darwinism
• labor union
• trust

a combination of several smaller companies into one gigantic corporation ​ (a)  

• trust
• social Darwinism
• labor union
• capitalism

a combination of several smaller companies into one gigantic corporation ​ (a)  

• trust
• social Darwinism
• labor union
• capitalism

the act passed in 1890 that limited the power of corporations​ (a)  

• Sherman Antitrust
• social Darwinism
• labor union
• capitalism

an organized group of workers that unite to go on strike to force their employers to make changes​ (a)  

• labor union
• social Darwinism
• capitalism
• philanthropist

first to patent the telephone​ (a)  

• Alexander Graham Bell
• George Pullman
• Andrew Carnegie
• Thomas Edison

invented the typewriter that first used the QWERTY keyboard​ ​ (a)  

• Christopher Sholes
• Andrew Carnegie
• Thomas Edison
• Margaret Knight

invented an air brake for trains​ (a)  

• George Westinghouse
• Andrew Carnegie
• Thomas Edison
• Margaret Knight