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Industrialization and Captains of Industry

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Andrew Carnegie was head of what industry?

a)

Mining

b)

Oil

c)

Construction

d)

Steel

2.

Cornelius Vanderbilt became the leader of what industry?

a)

Boating

b)

Fishing

c)

Railways

d)

Textiles

3.

How was steel produced quickly and cheaply?

a)

Ore Coring process

b)

Bessemer Process

c)

Steely Dan refinement

d)

Steel Bender

4.

What did Carnegie invest in for the public following retirement?

a)

Sports stadiums

b)

Education

c)

Public transit

d)

Aviation

5.

John D. Rockefeller became the leader of what industry?

a)

Automobile

b)

Aviation

c)

Railways

d)

Oil

6.

What was the name of Rockefeller's company?

a)

British Petroleum (BP)

b)

Standard Oil Company of Ohio

c)

Exxon

d)

Wawa of Pennsylvania

7.

Who became the leader in banking?

a)

J.P Morgan

b)

James Wells and Brent Fargo

c)

Michael Visa

d)

James Chase

8.

Henry Ford developed what idea of mass production?

a)

Wholesale

b)

More the Merrier

c)

Cut out the retailer

d)

Assembly Line

9.

What industry was Henry Ford?

a)

Automobile

b)

Aviation

c)

Shipping

d)

Railways

10.

Where is the home of the steel industry?

a)

Pittsburg

b)

Chicago

c)

Detroit

d)

Boston

11.

someone who uses money and power to exploit workers and make huge profits

a)

captain of industry

b)

robber baron

c)

pilot

d)

barista

12.

business leader who uses money and power to promote industry and create jobs

a)

captain of industry

b)

robber baron

c)

cartoonist

d)

cartographer

13.

Andrew Carnegie was a poor immigrant who worked his way to own this industry which used the Bessemer process?

a)

US Steel

b)

Vanderbilt Railroad Lines

c)

Standard Oil

d)

Old Dominion Freight

14.

JP Morgan invested in Thomas Edison's light bulb and built this company that would put electricity in every house.

a)

US Steel

b)

Vanderbilt Railroad Lines

c)

Standard Oil

d)

General Electric

15.
Between the Civil War and WWI the US was transformed from an agricultural to an _____ nation.
a)
industrial
b)
civilized
c)
archaic
d)
agrarian
16.
What were the four reasons Big Business prospered
a)
Faster planes, higher cost, internet, suffragist
b)
faster transportation, lower cost, advertising, entrepreneurs
c)
overproduction, limited resources, sanitation, political machines
17.
Before the Civil War what percentage of Americans were farmers?
a)
60%
b)
70%
c)
80%
d)
90%
18.
The use of machines to replace human labor is called_____.
a)
work
b)
mechanization
c)
integration
d)
liberation
19.
Easy access to materials and energy, immigrant labor, new inventions and financial resources were all reasons why ________ grew in America.
a)
poverty
b)
farming
c)
industries
d)
agriculture
20.
The theory or policy that the government will not interfere with business
a)
Entreprenuer
b)
National Market
c)
Laissez Faire
d)
Philanthropy
21.
The total or complete control of a service, product or industry that prevents competition
a)
Union
b)
Robber Barron
c)
Monopoly
d)
Captain of Industry
22.
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
23.
Name for entrepreneurs who use ruthless tactics to destroy competition or to keep wages low
a)
Captain of Industry
b)
Robber Baron
c)
Philanthropist
d)
Consolidator
24.
Most "new" immigrants of the industrial era came from:
a)
Asia
b)
Western Europe
c)
Southeastern Europe
d)
Latin America
25.
Religious persecution, political instability, exhausted resources, and war.  These are examples of:
a)
Push Factors
b)
Pull Factors
26.
A business owned by investors
a)
Stock
b)
Trust
c)
Monopoly
d)
Corporation
27.
Shares in a business
a)
Stock
b)
Trust
c)
Monopoly
d)
Corporation
28.
A group of corporations run by a single director
a)
Stock
b)
Trust
c)
Monopoly
d)
Corporation
29.
Controlling all of the business in an industry
a)
Stock
b)
Trust
c)
Monopoly
d)
Corporation
30.
Buying up smaller, weaker companies to get rid of competition
a)
Consolidation
b)
Collective Bargaining
c)
Trust
d)
Monopoly
31.
The right to negotiate with management
a)
Consolidation
b)
Collective Bargaining
c)
Trust
d)
Monopoly
32.
Kept workers' wages low
a)
Rockefeller
b)
Morgan
c)
Carnegie
d)
All of them
33.
Led by Samuel Gompers
a)
National Labor Union
b)
Knights of Labor
c)
American Federation of Labor
d)
Industrial Workers of the World (Wobblies)
34.
Which is NOT a cause of industrial growth?
a)
available work force
b)
abundant supply of new inventions
c)
lack of financial resources
d)
access to raw materials and energy sources
35.
What era is represented by the desire for improved safety conditions, reduced work hours, and restrictions on child labor?
a)
Progressive Movement
b)
Modern Social Movement
c)
Civil Rights Movement
d)
Realism Movement
36.
Negative effects of industrialization:
* Child labor
* Low wages
* Long hours
* ?
Which best replaces the question mark?
a)
Increased production
b)
Unsafe working conditions
c)
High employment
d)
Limited profits
37.
What device did Alexander Graham Bell create that changed communication forever?
a)
Telephone
b)
Electrical systems
c)
Internet
d)
Telegraph

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