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WorksheetsChapter 4: The Triumph of Industry
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following helped fuel economic growth by encouraging people to buy American goods?
a)
Patents
b)
Tariffs
c)
Laissez-faire
d)
Monopolies
2.
Steel changed people's lives in making possible the...
a)
Building of Skyscrapers
b)
Establishment of Time Zones
c)
Development of Electricity
d)
Invention of the Radio
3.
A cartel differs from a monopoly in that...
a)
All the firms involved in the same business merge into one
b)
One firm set the prices for all goods in an industry
c)
One corporation has complete control of a product or service
d)
Businesses making the same product agree to limit production
4.
Cartels, monopolies, trusts and horizontal and vertical integration all share the goal of...
a)
Driving up costs
b)
Raising wages
c)
Combining resources
d)
Increasing profits
5.
Capitalism fueled industrialization by...
a)
ensuring that all workers received high wages
b)
giving the country many natural resources
c)
encourage entrepreneurs to establish businesses for profit
d)
requiring inventors to file patents
6.
Which innovation extended the number of hours in a day that Americans could work or play?
a)
Telegraph
b)
Electricity
c)
Bessemer Process
d)
Refrigeration
7.
Negotiating as a group for higher wages and better working conditions is known as…
a)
A Trust
b)
A Monopoly
c)
Collective Bargaining
d)
A Corporation
8.
The elimination of competition within an industry is known as a(n) …
a)
Trust
b)
Corporation
c)
Collective Bargaining
d)
Monopoly
9.
What is it called when an industry makes a large quantity of goods very quickly using machines?
a)
Patent
b)
Mass Production
c)
Trust
d)
Cartel
10.
What is it called when a number of people share ownership of a business?
a)
Cartel
b)
Corporation
c)
Monopoly
d)
Patent
11.
Which of the following strikes was in response to Carnegie’s poor wages and working conditions, and led to an assassination attempt towards his business partner?
a)
Haymarket Square Riot
b)
Homestead Strike
c)
Pullman Strike
d)
Railway Strike
12.
Which Chicago strike led to a public backlash towards violent union strikes due to its violence and ensuing chaos?
a)
Haymarket Square Riot
b)
Homestead Strike
c)
Pullman Strike
d)
Railway Strike
13.
Which of the following was the first governmental organization created to regulate business?
a)
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
b)
Knights of Labor (KoL)
c)
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)
d)
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
14.
What is the best comparison to an early industrial age strike?
a)
Business Meeting
b)
Peaceful Demonstration
c)
War of Words
d)
Violent Battle
15.
Which of the following companies was NOT a product of the turn of the century boom in entrepreneurship?
a)
General Electric
b)
US Steel
c)
Boeing Aircraft
d)
Standard Oil
16.
Where was most of the industrialization during the industrial age?
a)
North / New England
b)
Deep South
c)
Great Plains
d)
West Coast
17.
Which of the following entrepreneurs was in the steel industry?
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
Thomas Edison
18.
Which of the following entrepreneurs was in the oil industry?
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
Thomas Edison
19.
What entrepreneur was in basic electricity and electronics?
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
Thomas Edison
20.
Which of the following entrepreneurs was involved in the shipping and railroad industry?
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
Thomas Edison
21.
Which of the following is an economic system that favors public ownership of property and income?
a)
Capitalism
b)
Socialism
c)
Libertarianism
d)
Nihilism
22.
Having a minimum wage, child labor laws, and safety inspectors would be a violation of which economic system?
a)
Socialism
b)
Capitalism
c)
Libertarianism
d)
Nihilism
23.
Laissez-faire is another name for which economic system?
a)
Capitalism
b)
Socialism
c)
Nihilism
d)
Libertarianism
24.
Which of the following places would NOT be a source of old immigrants?
a)
Germany
b)
England
c)
Ireland
d)
Serbia
25.
What product advanced by the Bessemer Process was necessary to construct skyscrapers and suspension bridges?
a)
Concrete
b)
Timber
c)
Glass
d)
Steel
26.
Which is NOT an invention of Thomas Edison?
a)
Telephone
b)
Record Player
c)
Motion Picture Camera
d)
Practical Lightbulb
27.
Which of the following was an invention of Samuel F.B. Morse?
a)
Telegraph
b)
Automobile
c)
Telephone
d)
Practical Lightbulb
28.
Which was the invention of Alexander Graham Bell?
a)
Automobile
b)
Telegraph
c)
Telephone
d)
Practical Lightbulb
29.
When multiple owners or companies pool their money together to share ownership of multiple other businesses, it is known as a(n)…
a)
Trust
b)
Corporation
c)
Monopoly
d)
Cartel
30.
What is the belief that smarter, stronger businesses beat out weaker, smaller businesses?
a)
Socialism
b)
Social Darwinism
c)
Protectionism
d)
Laissez-faire
31.
Which entrepreneur pioneered vertical integration?
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
J.P. Morgan
32.
Which entrepreneur pioneered horizontal integration?
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
Andrew Mellon
33.
What is a factory with poor working conditions and low-paid workers called?
a)
Sweat Shop
b)
Family Farm
c)
Trade Union
d)
Conglomerate
34.
Someone who invests money into a business to make a profit is...
a)
an Entrepreneur
b)
A Union Member
c)
A Cartel
d)
A Representative
35.
Which argument supports the perception of big business leaders as "captain of industry"?
a)
Monopolies forces small companies out of business
b)
Consumers were harmed by inflated prices
c)
Industrialists' support for technology benefitted the economy
d)
Workers' rights' were abused in the workplace
36.
In which system does one company control everything that makes up all phases of a development?
a)
Vertical Integration
b)
Horizontal Integration
c)
Trust
d)
Cartel
37.
In what field did significant technological innovation occur in the late 1800s?
a)
Transportation
b)
Communications
c)
Building Materials
d)
All of the Above
38.
How did the federal government support employers during times of labor unrest?
a)
called on the Pinkertons to stop strikes
b)
denied unions recognition as legally protected groups
c)
imprisoned Eugene Debs and other labor leaders for life
d)
make company towns illegal
39.
Which labor leader began the Knights of Labor?
a)
Terence V. Powderly
b)
Uriah Smith Stephens
c)
Samuel Gompers
d)
Eugene V. Debs
40.
In the late 1800s, workers tolerated poor wages and working condition because they...
a)
were tricked by employers into taking dangerous jobs
b)
believed it had to get worse before it got better
c)
could be replaced easily by other workers
d)
thought that the government would protect them
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