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SSUSH11 Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This process enabled steelmakers to produce strong steel at lower costs.

a)

Cheap Steel process

b)

Bessemer Process

c)

Urbanization

d)

Due Process

2.
Who controlled the Standard Oil Company?
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
J.P. Morgan
3.
Who started a steel company that became the first billion dollar company in 1904?
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
J.P. Morgan
4.
What is another example of horizontal integration?
a)
monopoly
b)
factory
c)
schools
d)
churches
5.

Vertical Integration is when a company _____________.

a)

Eliminates a company from the top down

b)

Controls all the aspects of the manufacturing process

c)

Promotes people from within the company

d)

Integrates new technology into the steel industry

6.

WHEN A COMPANY HAS COMPLETE CONTROL OVER AN INDUSTRY IT HAS CREATED A

a)

dividend.

b)

merger.

c)

monopoly.

d)

trust.

7.

Standard Oil combined all businesses of refined oil into one corporation. What is this strategy called?

a)

vertical integration

b)

horizontal integration

c)

trust

d)

monopoly

8.
Which innovation used the railroads and electricity to send news across the
country?
a)
transcontinental railroad
b)
pony express
c)
telegraph
d)
stagecoach
9.
Who purchased Carnegie Steel and turned it into U.S. Steel, the first billion dollar company in America?
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
J.P. Morgan
10.
Who invented the telephone?
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Nikolai Tesla
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
George Westinghouse
11.
Who perfected the lightbulb?
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Nikolai Tesla
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
George Westinghouse
12.
Who is responsible for the telegraph?
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Nikolai Tesla
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Samuel F.B. Morse
13.

A Large Business with significant market power

a)

Monopoly

b)

Trust

c)

Philanthropy

d)

Unions

14.
What is the main purpose of a strike?   
a)
to create a social media following, and gain support for their fight against unfair working conditions
b)
to get an extended paid vacation  
c)
to force management to come to a compromise, which the dissatisfied workers on strike judge to be more fair
d)
to get free publicity for your business in order to increase sales and public interest 
15.
The process by which unions and management negotiate the provisions of a new contract, including benefits and pay is referred to by what term?
a)
Union Organizer
b)
Arbitration
c)
Collective Bargaining 
d)
Collective Agreement
16.

Which was the first labor union in the country?

a)

American Federation of Labor

b)

Railroad Worker's Union

c)

American Labor Union

d)

Knights of Labor

17.

Which labor union was led by Samuel Gompers?

a)

American Federation of Labor

b)

Knights of Labor

c)

American Railway Union

d)

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union

18.
A ___________________ worker is one with specialized training.
a)
professional
b)
semi-skilled
c)
skilled
d)
unskilled
19.
A __________________ worker is a person with no training.
a)
unskilled
b)
semi-skilled
c)
skilled
d)
professional
20.
Capitalism is based on the _______ ownership of wealth.
a)
private
b)
public
21.
The ____________________ made it easier to travel, communicate, and trade. 
a)
Comstock Lode
b)
Transcontinental Railroad
c)
Vigilantes
d)
Chinese Exclusion Act
22.
This law specifically barred Chinese laborers from entering the US, and was in place for more than 60 years.
a)
The Chinese Exclusion Act
b)
The Ban on Foreign Labor Act
c)
The Asian Immigration Act
d)
The Chinese Labor Law
23.
Which of the following men was largely responsible for initial large scale investments that helped railroads grow west of the Mississippi River?
a)
Jay Gould
b)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
c)
Thomas Durant
d)
Leland Stanford
24.
What was Ellis Island?
a)
An amusement park
b)
An immigration center in New Jersey
c)
An immigration center in New York
d)
The first capital of the United States
25.
Where was Angel Island located?
a)
San Antonio, Texas
b)
New York, New York
c)
San Francisco, California
d)
Los Angeles, California

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