Chapter 20:Industrial Age Study Guide

complete control of an industry

• dividend

• monopoly

• collective bargaining

• shareholder

people who invest in corporations by buying stock

• bondholders

• corporation bosses

• shareholders

• stocktraders

unions representing workers in talks with management

• monopoly

• shareholder

• dividend

• collective bargaining

True or False: The railroads allowed American industry to expand into the western part of the country.

• true

• false

What did railroad companies offer as incentives for their biggest customers.

• rebates

• company stocks

• coupons

• volume discounts

Which of the following was Thomas Edison's most important invention?

• vacuum cleaner

• instant camera

• electric lightbulb

• circuit breaker

After consolidation of the railroads, who controlled the nation's rail traffic?

• railroad barons

• railroad commissioners

• railroad unions

• government officials

Who was the industrialist who donated hundreds of millions of dollars as a philanthropist?

• Andrew Carnegie

• J. Edgar Thompson

• J P Morgan

• John D. Rockefeller

A __________ occurs when two or companies combine into one?

• corporation

• merger

• trust

• stock

What is the name of a court order to stop a labor union from striking?

• infiltration

• injunction

• innovation

• intervention