Unit 14 Vocabulary Quiz #1

Who is best known for inventing the telephone in 1876?

• Andrew Carnegie

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Benjamin Harrison

• Boss Tweed

The American Federation of Labor was established in 1886 and led by Samuel Gompers. It only allowed skilled workers who were white men to join the union. They did not strike, and instead used ________ to reach their goals.

• collective bargaining

• protests

• strikes

• negotiations

Who was the 21st president of the United States?

• James Garfield

• Chester A. Arthur

• Grover Cleveland

• Henry Ford

The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed in ____.

• 1880

• 1882

• 1890

• 1892

Who wrote the book 'How the Other Half Lives'?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Jacob Riis

• Lewis Hine

• Nikola Tesla

The process of allowing a foreigner to become a citizen of a country is called ________.

• Monopoly

• Naturalization

• Socialism

• Radical

Who was Thomas Edison?

• A) A famous musician

• B) An American inventor known for the phonograph, motion picture camera, and light bulb

• C) A renowned painter

• D) A famous chef

A Trust is a group of corporations that unite to ______.

• increase competition

• reduce competition and control prices

• form a new government

• create a new product

What is a Union?

• A group of corporations

• An organization of workers formed to protect working conditions

• A type of city growth

• A process of production

Urbanization refers to the growth of ______.

• industries

• cities

• technology

• agriculture