The main idea of the following cartoon is:

Big business was more powerful than labor unions

The government should support the expansion of railroads

Unions are gaining power over big businesses

Most Americans supported unions

A worker hired to take the place of a worker on strike

Refusing to buy or use a product

Refusing to work until all demands are met

sharing the name of trouble workers with other businesses

How did the Haymarket Strike affect the Knights of Labor Union?

Members dropped out b/c newspapers blamed violence on them

The government issued an injunction

All their common goals were met

Newspapers printed positive stories about them

In social studies, the term radical means:

Far different than the current system

Slightly different than the current system

All of the following are reasons unions were not successful during industrialization EXCEPT:

Unskilled workers required a lot of training to do their job

The government issued injunctions to break up strikes

Unskilled workers were easily replaced

People associated unions with violence and radicals

The main idea of the cartoon is that

Monopolies are harmful to society

Standard Oil created thousands of jobs

Rockefeller was a captain of industry

The government should be laissez faire

Philanthropy was used by businessmen during industrialization to:

Donate large amounts to charity

Drive competition out of business

One reason so many workers died at the Triangle Factory fire was

Owners locked a door to stop workers from taking a break

The government was not laissez faire, made too many laws

Someone held the door closed on purpose

The sprinkler system did not work

The MAIN idea of this cartoon is

Greed led to the death of workers

The government should be laissez faire

All of the following are reasons why monopolies are bad EXCEPT:

They make the U.S. economy one of the strongest in the world

The can control and raise prices

They have power over laws and government

Going against its original purpose, the Sherman Antitrust act was used in the 1890s to

Break up labor strikes that interfered with free trade

Effectively break up powerful monopolies

Create more competition in business

Destroying the government and not replacing it

Moving from cities to rural areas

Making large amounts of goods fast & cheap using machines

Changing from a farming society to a manufacturing society

All of the following are reasons owners took advantage of workers EXCEPT:

The government passed too many laws to protect workers

Laissez faire gov't; Few/no laws protected workers

Unskilled workers were too easily replaced

Which reason does not support the idea that John Rockefeller was a CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY?

He was greedy and treated his workers poorly

He donated large amounts of money to charity

One reason why unskilled workers were so easy to replace was because:

Their jobs required little training or education

Almost all the work was done by hand and not by machines

Most people lived in rural areas

Their was a shortage of workers in the economy

process where each worker performs one step in the making of a product as it moves along is:

a skilled worker that requires a lot of training

The following cartoon shows Andrew Carnegie in a positive way because he is:

Using philanthropy to benefit the public

helping small steel companies compete with him

creating a monopoly in the steel industry

Unions will picket in order to:

Raise awareness of their demands and make the business look bad

Raise support for the company they work for

Get lunch provided for them by the company

According to this cartoon, the government will stay laissez faire towards business because

The monopoly controls the government

Big businesses that are "fittest" should not be held back

Monopoly is good for the country

What is one reason why urbanization happened as the U.S. industrialized?

Factories were in cities so workers moved there for jobs

Steel was to expensive to use for construction of buildings

Railroads made it harder to ship goods around the country

Inventions and innovations helped the U.S. industrialize for all the following reasons EXCEPT:

Jobs in factories were for skilled workers who needed a lot of training

Communication and transportation got faster

More factories were built to mass produce the inventions

Machines were created to make goods faster and cheaper

What was the Bessemer Process?

A new way of mass producing steel cheaper and faster

A governmental act to move Native Americans to reservations

A way to implement Vertical Integration

A way to implement Horizontal Integration

All of the following were problems facing workers during industrialization EXCEPT:

Child labor laws forced children to go to school

Dangerous conditions; injuries and death

Long hours; 12 hours a day average

Industrialization

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The term business monopoly can best be described as:

the most common form of business in the United States

Free market capitalism

government control of the means of production

one company that controls or dominates an industry

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.8.4A

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Between 1865 and 1920, railroads helped drive industrialization by:

creating a demand for steel, coal, lumber and other goods

Reducing travel times for goods and people

Creating thousands of jobs

All answers correct

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The term "robber barons" was used during Industrialization to describe:

carpetbaggers

Big businessmen and monopoly owners

Union leaders

Corrupt politicians

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The 19th-century philosophy of Social Darwinism states that:

Unions needed to be strong to help the economy

the government should have control over business

The rich should pay more in taxes

economic success comes to those who are the fittest

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What idea is being expressed in the following cartoon?

Unions are too powerful

Laissez faire capitalism is beneficial for all

Monopolies have too much power over the government

Constitutional separation of powers is important

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

One major reason labor unions failed during industrialization was:

There were too few workers for available jobs

The government protected workers and ended child labor

Mass production created the need for skilled workers

The government usually sided with the owners

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.8

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Sherman Antitrust Act was an attempt by Congress to:

protect consumers against unsafe products

Pass laws to regulate farming

Regulate big business and monopolies

Make nativists happy by regulating immigration

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CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

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Industrialization

The term business monopoly can best be described as:

Between 1865 and 1920, railroads helped drive industrialization by:

The term "robber barons" was used during Industrialization to describe:

The 19th-century philosophy of Social Darwinism states that:

What idea is being expressed in the following cartoon?

One major reason labor unions failed during industrialization was:

The Sherman Antitrust Act was an attempt by Congress to:

The main idea of the following cartoon is:

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How did the Haymarket Strike affect the Knights of Labor Union?

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