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WorksheetsUS History Quiz 2
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
An 1890 law that made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states or with other countries.
a)
Bimetalism
b)
Populism
c)
Social Darwinism
d)
Sherman Antitrust Act
2.
In which of the following places did 146 female workers die in a fire?
a)
Haymarket Square
b)
The Pullman Factory
c)
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
d)
Carnegie Steel's Homestead Plant
3.
Founder of the Standard Oil Company who used a trust to gain total control of the oil industry in America.
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Eugene V. Debs
d)
George Pullman
4.
Vertical Integration, a business strategy used by steel mogul Andrew Carnegie, involves…
a)
Buying raw material producers and distributors
b)
Merging with companies producing similar products
c)
Forming trusts
d)
Using new methods to increase production
5.
What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800s?
a)
Cheap electrical power
b)
Fire safety standards
c)
The invention of concrete
d)
New methods of making steel
6.
“We shall have an ideal state, in which the surplus wealth of the few will become, in the best sense, the property of the many, because administered for the common good; and this wealth, passing through the hands of the few, can be made a much more potent force for the elevation of our [human] race than if distributed in small sums to the people themselves.” -Andrew Carnegie, The Gospel of Wealth
This philosophy led Carnegie to do which of these?
This philosophy led Carnegie to do which of these?
a)
Fund libraries and educational institutions during his lifetime
b)
Bequeath his fortune to his daughter with instructions on how to invest it
c)
Spend most of his money on stocks and property to avoid taxes
d)
Leave his estate to the federal government to develop social programs
7.
Which was a major goal of 19th century industrialist in merging their companies?
a)
To create higher wages so workers did not need to unionize
b)
To provide better service to consumers
c)
To gain complete control over an industry
d)
To encourage competition in the marketplace
8.
A cheap and efficient process for making steel, developed around 1850
a)
Bessemer Process
b)
Bimetallism
c)
Populism
d)
Grange
9.
A railroad line linking the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States, completed in 1869
a)
Grange
b)
Social Darwinism
c)
Transcontinental Railroad
d)
Sherman Antitrust Act
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