Industrialization Learning Check

Which of the following most allowed manufacturers to build their factories away from rivers?

• electricity

• steel beams

• railroads

• the telephone

Why was Pullman, Illinois, an unusual town?

• It had one main industry.

• It specialized in a regional product.

• It owed its prosperity to the railroads.

• It was built by a company to house its workers.

Why were scabs unpopular with striking workers during the late 1800s?

• They were socialists.

• They were federal troops.

• They were part of management.

• They were workers used to break strikes.

What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800s?

• cheap electric power

• fire safety standards

• the invention of the elevator

• new methods of making steel

Which of the following resulted from the investigation of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire?

• the imprisonment of company officials

• the passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act

• the adoption of equal wages for men and women

• changes in local labor laws for women and children

What was the goal of the Interstate Commerce Act?

• to build new railroads

• to destroy the railroad industry

• to lower excessive railroad rates

• to increase the power of railroads

The main purpose of the company known as Crédit Mobilier was to

• build the transcontinental railroad.

• steal railroad money for its shareholders.

• obtain a monopoly of the railroad industry.

• obtain political positions for its shareholders.

All of the following factors contributed to the immense industrial boom of the early 1900s except

• a. a wealth of natural resources.

• b. government support for business.

• c. a growing urban population.

• d. the emergence of the middle class.

Andrew Carnegie gained control of a large percentage of the steel industry by doing all of the following except

• buying out his suppliers.

• cutting the quality of his products.

• buying out his competitors.

• underselling his competitors.

The Sherman Antitrust Act

• outlawed the formation of trusts that interfered with free trade.

• was supported by millionaire industrialists.

• was used by labor unions to fight for workers' rights.

• encouraged the establishment of large-scale businesses.