Unit 2: Industrialization and The Gilded Age

A worker who does not have a specific skill or training

• Skilled labor

• scab

• unskilled labor

• migrant workers

The term industrialization refers to which of the following?

• A political movement aimed at addressing social problems caused by industrial growth.

• An economic policy that advocates for minimal government intervention in business.

• The process of developing a manufacturing-based economy.

• The movement of people from rural areas to cities.

The Bessemer Process is best described as a way to:

• Process raw cotton into thread in textile mills.

• Mass-produce automobiles invented by Henry Ford.

• Refine oil into gasoline and other products.

• Produce steel in a fast and efficient way by blowing air through molten iron.

The term monopoly is used to describe a business that has:

• A group of workers who unite to bargain for better wages and working conditions.

• Is the exclusive control of a market by a single company or group.

• Practiced combining competing companies in the same industry.

• Controlled all aspects of production from raw materials to final distribution.

Urbanization* is best described as the process of:

• A period of rapid economic growth and industrial expansion.

• The development of new inventions and technologies.

• People moving from rural, agricultural areas to cities.

• A policy of protecting the interests of native-born citizens against those of immigrants.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire was a deadly event that led to:

• A factory being burned down by striking workers as a protest.

• Major reforms in workplace safety laws.

• A confrontation between steelworkers and company-hired guards.

• A riot by immigrants in New York City's tenements that resulted in a fire.

The term Robber Barons was used to describe industrialists who were seen as:

• Amassing wealth through ruthless and unethical business practices.

• Positive contributors to the nation's economy and philanthropy.

• Philanthropists who used their money to create public goods.

• Politicians who took bribes and engaged in corrupt schemes.

Which of the following is an accurate description of the Chinese Exclusion Act?

• A law that suspended the immigration of Chinese laborers.

• A law that prohibited American businesses from trading with China.

• A law that provided free land to Chinese immigrants who moved to the United States.

• A law that required Chinese immigrants to live in designated neighborhoods or 'Chinatowns.'

A strike is best defined as:

• An agreement between employers and workers that ends a labor dispute.

• A process where a third party mediates a dispute between workers and management.

• The hiring of replacement workers during a labor dispute.

• A collective refusal by workers to work, usually to protest a grievance or enforce demands.

Shut down much of the nation's railway system and was ended by a federal court injunction and military intervention.

• The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

• The Pullman Strike

• The Haymarket Affair

• The Battle of Blair Mountain