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The Growth of Industry

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Railroad barons were created because the industry....

a)

concentrated

b)

condensed

c)

consolidated

d)

collated

2.

Who invented the telephone?

a)

George Westinghouse

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

George Washington

d)

Alexander Graham Bell

3.

Identify this image

a)

The McDonaldʻs assembly line

b)

The Ford automotive assembly line

c)

The Ford bank line

d)

The automotive industry

4.

In order to create a literate nation, the famous philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie, built many of these in the U.S.

a)

Department stores

b)

Movie theatres

c)

Ships

d)

Libraries

5.

Child labor laws did not apply to which industry, although it employed 1 million children.

a)

textile

b)

steel

c)

agriculture

d)

mining

6.

In 1911 almost 150 workers died in a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company because the doors were locked. This is an example of what type of working conditions?

a)

A workshop

b)

A shirt factory

c)

A sweatshop

d)

A trade union

7.

A corporation sells partial ownership, or shares, of its business to public investors.

a)

False

b)

True

8.

Corporate mergers benefit the business owners and the customers.

a)

False

b)

True

9.

Strikebreakers are ....

a)

workers that break the strike

b)

nonunion workers hired by an employer

c)

employees who strike against the business

d)

people who need jobs and money

10.

What invention in the 1900s ushered in a new era of transportation?

a)

the telephone

b)

the airplane

c)

the railroad

d)

the ship