WorksheetsIndustrialization & Gilded Age
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Economic philosophy based on "Survival of the fittest"
a)
Social Darwinism
b)
National Market
c)
Knights of Labor
d)
Free Enterprise System
2.
designed to prevent companies from engaging in unfair practices that eliminated fair competition
a)
Gospel of Wealth
b)
Corporation
c)
Interstate Commerce Act
d)
Sherman Antitrust Act
3.
complete control of a product or service; the elimination of fair competition
a)
Robber Barons
b)
Bessemer Process
c)
Monopoly
d)
Philanthropy
4.
act of “ charitable giving”
a)
Union
b)
Philanthropy
c)
Monopoly
d)
Sherman Antitrust Act
5.
inventor known for the telephone and the company that later becomes AT&T
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Knights of Labor
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
John D. Rockefeller
6.
founded “AFL” in 1881
a)
Samuel Gompers
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Thomas Edison
7.
Scottish immigrant made his fortune in steelmaking, known for “Gospel of Wealth”
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Samuel Gompers
d)
Thomas Edison
8.
sometimes used ruthless tactics to destroy competition and keep worker wages low
a)
Laissez-Faire
b)
Robber Barons
c)
Gospel of Wealth
d)
Union
9.
limited membership to crafts and skilled workers creating a federation of unions
a)
AFL
b)
Knights of Labor
c)
Child Labor
d)
IWW
10.
theory that rich were obligated to help communities by giving back in the form of libraries, school, universities but not giving directly to individuals
a)
National Market
b)
Philanthropy
c)
Gospel of Wealth
d)
Laissez-faire
11.
used to move, clean or fix large machines since they were small enough to fit between the parts
a)
Child Labor
b)
Free Enterprise System
c)
Robber Barons
d)
Social Darwinism
12.
hoped to create a single national union of skilled and unskilled workers, demanding a 8 hour work day, safety codes, better pay and organizing strikes to get companies to grant demands
a)
Free Enterprise System
b)
Knights of Labor
c)
AFL
d)
Captains of Industry
13.
completed in 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah making it possible to travel by land to California
a)
Transcontinental Railroad
b)
Interstate Highway
c)
Route 66
d)
Henry Ford's Model T
14.
linked goods and services through technology and transportation making commerce more affordable.
a)
National Market
b)
Interstate Commerce Act
c)
Robber barons
d)
Child Labor
15.
a company chartered by a state and recognized in law as a separate person
a)
Gospel of Wealth
b)
Corporation
c)
Robber Barons
d)
Philanthropy
16.
made his fortune refining oil; founded Standard Oil
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
J.P. Morgan
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Samuel Gompers
17.
process which made steel more affordable and profitable
a)
Gospel of Wealth
b)
Bessemer Process
c)
Smelting
d)
Monopoly
18.
inventor best known for his invention of the electric light bulb
a)
Nikola Tesla
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
J.P. Morgan
d)
Elias Lightbulb
19.
theory that government should not interfere in the operation of the free market
a)
Cul-de-sac
b)
Laissez-Faire
c)
Fleur de Lis
d)
Achtung
20.
prohibited unfair practices by railroads such as charging higher rates for shorter routes
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Child Labor Laws
c)
Philanthropy
d)
Sherman Antitrust Act
21.
individuals are free to produce and sell whatever products they wish
a)
Free Enterprise System
b)
Social Darwinism
c)
Gospel of Wealth
d)
National Market
22.
businessmen known for their positive contributions to the modern industrial economy
a)
Robber Barons
b)
Monopolists
c)
Captains of Industry
d)
Union
23.
organized workers to act as a group not as an individual to leverage for better working conditions
a)
Union
b)
Robber Barons
c)
Captains of Industry
d)
Knights of Labor
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