WorksheetsChapter Four Industrial Age
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 45mins
Andrew Carnegie managed to keep costs for his steel low by
using government loans and corporate tax breaks.
giving away most of his money to charity
moving all of his steel plants to foreign countries
owning the businesses involved in each step of the manufacturing of steel.
Of which of these actions would business leader John D. Rockefeller support?
buying all of the businesses in a single field to control production
preventing one company from getting a monopoly in one industry
letting the government monitor and manage business deals
setting a minimum wage for workers and requiring safe work conditions
How did Henry Bessemer's process for making steel affect the US?
Cheap steel built railroads, skyscrapers, and eventually cars.
More expensive steel meant copper was the metal of choice.
He proved that steel could not be made any quicker or more cheaply.
He developed a way to make steel without polluting the air.
Total control of an industry by one person or one company
Carnegie
Monopoly
Stockholder
Bell
A person who uses their wealth and money to benefit the community is a:
Monopoly
Robber Baron
Philanthropist
Entrepreneur
Who was the president of the American Federation of Labor?
Andrew Carnegie
Samuel Gompers
John D. Rockerfeller
Steven Wilson
The first light weight airplane invented by the Wright brothers led to the increased demand for which natural resource?
coal
wind
lumber
oil
What was the main effect of the expansion of railroads across the U.S.?
rapid growth of cities
increase in the price of steel
decrease in interstate trade
movement of city dwellers to the suburbs
Social Darwinism is the idea that....
business is becoming less and less human
only the fittest individuals succeed in society
successful businessmen must aid the poor
all men should share the profits of business
The decline of working conditions in the late 1800s occurred because
the government wanted to regulate monopolies
laborers used collective bargaining to get better pay and working conditions
business owners valued money over workers safety
many people viewed factory conditions as perfect
Collective bargaining is the
practice used by employers to find large groups of laborers.
practice used by employers to get the cheapest labor possible.
idea that laborers working in groups are more productive in the workplace.
idea that laborers acting together as a group could improve working conditions
The government responded to the Pullman Strike in the late 1800s by
ignoring the conflicts between strikers and business owners
sending in federal troops to break up the strikes
forcing big business owners to raise the workers' pay
passing legislation that made working in factories safer
