Industry and Immigration Quiz

A type of business leader who became successful through dishonest methods

• Baron of Industry

• Industry Robber

• Captain of Industry

• Robber Baron

United States businessman who accumulated great wealth from railroad, bought out most of the railroads.

• Henry Ford
• Andrew Carnegie
• John D. Rockefeller
• Cornelius Vanderbilt

A Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist who created his own steel company, this company dominated the American steel industry.

• Andrew Carnegie
• John D. Rockefeller
• Henry Ford
• Thomas Edison

Steel changed people’s lives by making possible the 

• development of agricultural tools
• construction of skyscrapers

• introduction of electric power
• creation of advanced weaponry

Which innovation extended the number of hours in a day that Americans could work and play?

• The radio
• The telephone
• The electric light bulb
• The steam engine

Important processing station on the east coast for European immigrants 

• Angel Island
• Ellis Island
• Liberty Island
• Castle Garden

Important processing station on the west coast for Chinese immigrants

• Angel Island
• San Francisco Bay
• Seattle Harbor
• Ellis Island

The Sherman Antitrust Act imposed limitations upon which group?

• Large corporations

• Government agencies
• Non-profit organizations
• Individual consumers

Which labor leader began the American Federation of Labor?

• Samuel Gompers
• A. Philip Randolph
• John L. Lewis
• Cesar Chavez

In which system does one company control the businesses that make up all phases of a product’s development?

• Vertical integration
• Market segmentation
• Horizontal integration
• Product diversification