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Chapter 19: 2nd Indust. Rev Study Guide

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This important historical figure was known as "the miner's angel" for all of her efforts to win better conditions for coal miners.

a)

Mary Harris Jones

b)

Mother Theresa

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Harriet Tubman

2.

An exclusive right to make or sell an invention.

a)

Patent

b)

Corporation

c)

Monopoly

d)

Trust

3.

The business practice of owning all of the businesses involved in each step of a manufacturing process.

a)

Vertical Integration

b)

Monopoly

c)

Corporation

d)

Horizontal Integration

4.

Owning all the business in a certain field.

a)

Horizontal Integration

b)

Vertical Integration

c)

Collective Bargaining

d)

Monopoly

5.

A number of companies legally grouped under a single board of directors.

a)

Trust

b)

Monopoly

c)

Corporation

d)

Collective Bargaining

6.

A complete control over the entire supply of goods or a service in a particular market.

a)

Monopoly

b)

Trust

c)

Corporation

d)

Patent

7.

The Homestead Strike was a protest...

a)

In Colorado demanding safer working conditions.

b)

In Chicago demanding an eight-hour workday.

c)

Against the Pullman Palace Car Company’s unsafe working conditions.

d)

Against the Carnegie Steel Company’s plan to cut jobs.

8.

The telephone is the most well-known of __?__’s inventions.

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Thomas Edison

9.

Terence V. Powderly became leader of the __?__ in 1879.

a)

American Railway Union

b)

Knights of Labor

10.

At a protest in Chicago’s __?__, a bomb killed eight police officers and injured many others.

a)

Haymarket Square

b)

Lincoln Square

11.
Which inventor’s most important invention was the electric lightbulb?
a)
A. Thomas Edison
b)
B. Granville Woods
c)
C. Henry Ford
d)
D. George Eastman
12.
Who was responsible for creating the assembly line?
a)
A. George Westinghouse
b)
B. Granville Woods
c)
C. Henry Ford
d)
D. Charles Sorenson
13.
John D. Rockefeller made a fortune in the _____ business.
a)
A.steel
b)
B.machinery
c)
C.railroad
d)
D.oil
14.
Who was the steel industrialist who donated hundreds of millions of dollars as a philanthropist?
a)
A. Andrew Carnegie
b)
B. J. Edgar Thompson
c)
C. John D. Rockefeller
d)
D. J. Pierpont Morgan
15.
Unhappy workers forms groups called __________ to demand better pay and working conditions.
a)
A. board of trustees
b)
B. shareholders
c)
C. entrepreneurs
d)
D. labor unions
16.
In 1886 a group of national trade unions formed the AFL or
a)
A. American Founders League.
b)
B. American Federation of Labor.
c)
C. Association of Federal Law.
d)
D. Association of Factory Laborers.
17.
He used the Bessemer Process in a factory in Pittsburg Pennsylvania, to mass produce stronger steel
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Terrence Powderly
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
18.

Who invented the telephone?

a)

Cyrus Field

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

Lewis Latimer

d)

Jan Matzeliger

19.

What is each worker performing an assigned production task again and again?

a)

Mass Production

b)

Assembly Line

c)

Boring

d)

Assembly Process

20.

What was the purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act?

a)

Created competitions

b)

Combined small companies into large ones

c)

Prohibited trusts and monopolies

d)

Encouraged trusts and monopolies

21.

Bessemer Process quickly turned Iron into

a)

Gold

b)

Silver

c)

Steel

d)

Diamond

22.

The Oil industry was largely under the control of which person

a)

Andrew Carneige

b)

John Rockerfeller

c)

Leland Stanford

23.

Business leaders loved labor unions

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Andrew Carnegie was the industry leader of

a)

Steel

b)

Oil

c)

Communications

25.

Oil used at home was refined and converted to

a)

Gasoline

b)

Nictone

c)

Kerosene

d)

Lithium

26.

The first official labor union

a)

Knights of Columbus

b)

Knights of Labor

c)

Knights of Jamaica

27.

The wright brothers invented the first

a)

airplane

b)

automobile

c)

copy machine

28.
What was the effect of the Bessemer Process on American industry and manufacturing?
a)
increased steel production, made steel cheaper
b)
led to the development of the light bulb
c)
advanced refrigeration techniques, allowing people to preserve food longer
d)
allowed Americans to harness nuclear power
29.
Most lighting in the 1800s was through kerosene-based lamps. What is kerosene made out of?
a)
filament
b)
refined form of petroleum
c)
whale oil or grease
d)
wax
30.
What contribution did Wilbur and Orville Wright make to transportation?
a)
invented the Model T, the first affordable car
b)
created a type of steel that could be used on railroad tracks
c)
invented a lightweight airplane, pioneering air travel
d)
invented a type of engine that made ships go faster.
31.
Which is NOT true of the Knights of Labor?
a)
they were the first national labor union
b)
they pushed for an 8 hour work day
c)
it was only open to skilled workers
d)
they pushed for an end to child labor
32.
_____________________ led the American Federation of Labor, a union who limited membership to skilled workers only.  They fought for better working conditions
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
Leland Stanford
c)
Samuel Gompers
d)
Alexander Graham Bell
33.
Why did the Homestead Strike start? (it occurred at Andrew Carnegie's Steel factory in Pittsburgh)
a)
workers were protesting the purchase of machinery that they thought would cut jobs
b)
workers were protesting crowded factory floors by walking outside to get fresh air
c)
workers were fighting for healthcare since the steel mill was causing lung problems
d)
workers head Andrew Carnegie was donating to charity instead of raising their pay
34.
Which of the following is true of working conditions in the Second Industrial Revolution?
a)
factories competed with one another to offer the highest wages
b)
factories were often crowded, poorly ventilated, and prone to accidents
c)
all factories used Assembly Lines to make production more efficient
d)
management made sure workers were so well-trained and educated they were irreplaceable
35.

What is it called when a company has total or almost total control of an industry?

a)

Vertical Integration

b)

Holding Company

c)

Monopoly

d)

Trust

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