Industrialization

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

• carpetbaggers

  
  

• Big businessmen and monopoly owners

  
  

• Union leaders

  
  

• Corrupt politicians

  
  

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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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

  
  

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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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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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The main idea of the following cartoon is:

• The government should support the expansion of railroads

  
  

• Unions are gaining power over big businesses

  
  

• Big business was more powerful than labor unions

  
  

• Most Americans supported unions

  
  

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A scab is

• Refusing to buy or use a product

  
  

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

  
  

• Refusing to work until all demands are met

  
  

• sharing the name of trouble workers with other businesses

  
  

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

• The government issued an injunction

  
  

• All their common goals were met

  
  

• Newspapers printed positive stories about them

  
  

• Members dropped out b/c newspapers blamed violence on them

  
  

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