Unit 3 Test: Industrialization

In the late 1800s, workers tolerated poor wages because they

• Believed it had to get worse before it got better

• Could be replaced easily by other workers, usually immigrants

• Were tricked by employers into taking dangerous jobs.

• Believed in Social Darwinism

Cornelius Vanderbilt was the tycoon of what industry?

• Railroads

• Coal

• Steel

• Oil

Mark Twain called this time the “Gilded Age” because of

• The end of slavery

• The amount of gold mined in the West

• Peace in foreign countries

• Extreme wealth and extreme poverty because of the growth of industry

Geographic area located outside of cities or towns (countryside) (a)  

• Rural

• Competition

• Industrial Revolution

• Suppliers

Which labor leader began the AFL?

• Samuel Gompers

• Terence Powderly

• Eugene Debs

• Uriah Smith Stephens

11. ____ millionaire tycoon who made his riches in the steel industry. Known for donating millions to create public libraries.

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• J.P. Morgan

• Henry Ford

12. ____ supporter and ally to labor unions and the Child Labor Movement.

• Mother Jones

• Eugene Debs

• Samuel Gompers

• John L. Lewis

13. ____ Law that made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states or with other countries.

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• Clayton Antitrust Act

• Federal Trade Commission Act

• Robinson-Patman Act

14. ____ millionaire tycoon who made his riches in the oil industry. Many felt he was a "robber baron".

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• J.P. Morgan

15. ____ designed and manufactured the Sleeper Car. Founded a company town for the workers who manufactured it. His company town eventually was the site of a large strike.

• George M. Pullman

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Ford

• Andrew Carnegie