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WorksheetsThe Growth of Industry
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Railroad barons were created because the industry....
concentrated
condensed
consolidated
collated
Who invented the telephone?
George Westinghouse
Thomas Edison
George Washington
Alexander Graham Bell
Identify this image
The McDonaldʻs assembly line
The Ford automotive assembly line
The Ford bank line
The automotive industry
In order to create a literate nation, the famous philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie, built many of these in the U.S.
Department stores
Movie theatres
Ships
Libraries
Child labor laws did not apply to which industry, although it employed 1 million children.
textile
steel
agriculture
mining
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 workshop
A shirt factory
A sweatshop
A trade union
A corporation sells partial ownership, or shares, of its business to public investors.
False
True
Corporate mergers benefit the business owners and the customers.
False
True
Strikebreakers are ....
workers that break the strike
nonunion workers hired by an employer
employees who strike against the business
people who need jobs and money
What invention in the 1900s ushered in a new era of transportation?
the telephone
the airplane
the railroad
the ship
