U.S. History: The Industrial Age Test

Who used monopolies and trusts to dominate the steel industry in the United States?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Thomas Edison

• J.P. Morgan

• Andrew Carnegie

Who used monopolies and trusts to dominate the oil industry in the United States?

• Thomas Edison

• Andrew Carnegie

• J.P. Morgan

• John D. Rockefeller

What is the process of industrialists buying out all of their suppliers in order to control raw materials and transportation systems?

• Corporations

• Horizontal integration

• Trusts

• Vertical integration

What is the process industrialists used when they bought out other companies making similar products (competition)?

• Vertical integration

• Horizontal Integration

• Corporations

• Trusts

Was the Sherman Anti-trust Act heavily used to stop companies from forming monopolies and trusts?

• True

• False

What right did union leaders want?

• Better Pay

• Collective bargaining

• Socialism

• Safer working conditions

Did the government typically side with the workers during labor-management disputes and strikes?

• True

• False

At the turn of the century, which union turned to socialism as a solution to their work-related issues?

• National Labor Union

• American Federation of Labor

• Knights of Labor

• Industrial Workers of the World

Who are people hired by companies to replace workers on strike?

• Socialists

• Unionists

• Scabs

• Laborers

Who invented the telephone which revolutionized both personal communication and business?

• George Pullman

• Edwin Drake

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison