Industrial Age Quiz

Which of the following industries had the greatest effect on the economy in the 19th century?

• Oil

• Railroads

• Steel

• Agriculture

How did Andrew Carnegie vertically integrate the steel industry?

• persuading laborers and managers to cooperate

• buying iron mines and means of transportation

• bribing government officials to allow a monopoly

• buying out competing steel companies

In which type of 19th century organization were businesses combined in order to reduce competition?

• sole proprietorship

• partnership

• trust

• joint-stock company

How did the distribution of wealth in the United States change due to industrialization in the late 19th century?

• Congress passed legislation to require industries to pay a minimum wage.

• Industrialists grew rich while factory workers remained poor.

• Women's wages for factory jobs became equal to men's wages.

• Many industrialists created profit-sharing plans for their employees.

Use the list below to answer the question.

The Formation of Trusts in the Late 1800s:

• * Control of resources and transportation needed for production

• * Lack of government regulation or oversight

• *_____________________________?

Which additional factor contributed to the formation of trusts in the late 1800s?

• Decreased prices to force competitors out of business

• Desire to establish a uniform system of mass production

• Limited access to credit needed by small businesses

• Concern for rising prices of consumer products

The main purpose for this poster was to organize a meeting for workers to

• Demonstrate the need for limitations on labor unions

• stand against immigrants taking jobs from American workers

• Show support for police protecting workers

• Protest against police brutality towards workers

What was one result of the 1894 Pullman Strike?

• The federal government outlawed unsafe forms of public transportation

• Business owners appealed to the federal government during labor disputes

• Workers appealed to the federal government for minimum wage legislation

• The federal government required unions to engage in collective bargaining

Which labor organization would MOST advocate the abolition of capitalism?

• American Federation of Labor supported raising wages for skilled laborers

• Congress of Industrial Organizations encouraged admission of unskilled workers into unions

• Industrial Workers of the World endorsed liberating the working class

• United Farm Workers in California wanted to improve working conditions for farmworkers

Which of the following BEST describes 'The Gospel of Wealth'?

• Self-determination would uplift all Americans morally and economically

• Surplus wealth should be administered by wealthy paternalists

• Capitalism generated a worker utopia

• Protestant Evangelicals should spend money to finance missionaries

Who is credited as the founder of the Inudstrial Workers of the World (IWW)?

• Thomas Edison

• Eugene V. Debs

• Samuel Gompers

• A. Philip Randolph