*UPDATED* Chapter 8 U.S. History Practice

During the Industrial Revolution, which two inventors most directly contributed to innovation in communication?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Samuel Morse

• Andrew Carnegie

Steel existed before the Bessemer process, but the Bessemer process (multiple solutions):

• made steel production cheaper

• made better quality steel

• made steel production faster and more efficient

• made steel conduct electricity

The development of Morse Code is most closely associated with which Industrial Revolution innovation?

• the electric light bulb

• the telephone

• the telegraph

• refined oil

If J.D. Rockefeller agrees to only sell his oil to Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Cornelius Vanderbilt agrees to only allow Rockefeller's oil on his trains, and Andrew Carnegie agrees to provide steel only to Rockefeller and Vanderbilt, then the three entrepreneurs have formed a ________ with the goal of starving out all competition.

• trust

• union

• monopoly

• coalition

Who was a famous entrepreneur and philanthropist in the steel industry?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Samuel Gompers

• Thomas Edison

What is the term for the act of negotiating as a group for better working conditions (hint: keyword NEGOTIATING)?

• Picketing

• Boycotting

• Collective Bargaining

• Strike

Which act was designed to prevent anti-competitive practices?

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Immigration Act

• American Federation of Labor Act

If an entrepreneur attempts to buy up all other businesses that sell similar products or provide similar services, these buy-outs would be:

• vertical mergers

• horizontal mergers

• monopolies

• trusts

Which term refers to the forced assimilation of immigrants into American culture?

• Nativism

• Americanization

• Immigration

• Ghetto

What is the name of the act that restricted Chinese immigration to the United States?

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Immigration Act

• Ellis Island Act