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Chapter 4 - The Industrial Age

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 2hrs 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Andrew Carnegie managed to keep costs for his steel low by
a)
using government loans and corporate tax breaks.
b)
giving away most of his money to charity
c)
moving all of his steel plants to foreign countries
d)
owning the businesses involved in each step of the manufacturing of steel.
2.

What is a monopoly?

a)

Everyone gets a fair share of the business

b)

The government controls business

c)

When one company has total control of an entire supply of goods.

3.
How did Andrew Carnegie keep production costs for his steel mills low?
a)
using assembly lines
b)
owning all businesses involved in each step of manufacturing
c)
purchasing machinery to produce steel instead of workers
d)
applying for government loans
4.
Who invented the telephone?
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Orville Wright
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Henry Bessemer
5.
Who held more than 1000 patents and invented the light bulb?
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Lewis Latimer
c)
Thomas Edison
6.
The first light weight airplane invented by the Wright brothers was powered by?
a)
steam
b)
wind
c)
coal
d)
gasoline
7.
Which Chicago event led to the weakening of the Knights of Labor and killed 8 police officers injured many?
a)
Haymarket Square Riot
b)
Homestead Stike
c)
Pullman Strikes
d)
Steelworkers' Strike
8.
What option did stockholders have when owning shares?
a)
They must pay the corporations debts
b)
They can sell their stock shares at any time
c)
They make day-to-day company decisions
d)
They vote directly for the corporation president 
9.
New technologies in the steel industry led to increased productivity in the _______?
a)
textile industry
b)
oil industry
c)
electricity industry
d)
railroad industry
10.
The Sherman Anti-trust Act was a law passed by Congress in 1890 that ________.
a)
Allowed businesses to charge more than market value for products
b)
Protected the rights of laborers working for large corporations
c)
Prevented any corporation from creating a monopoly
11.
What was Samuel Gompers' role in the labor union movement?
a)
He organized the Pullman Strike
b)
He founded the Knights of Labor
c)
He was the chairman of the American Railway Union
d)
He was the President of the American Federation of Labor
12.
Which of the following was an effect of factory specialization in the late 1800s?
a)
Factories produced only a single product
b)
Workers repeated the same step over and over, becoming tired, bored, or injured
c)
Managers paid attention to working conditions and attracting workers
13.
What effect did the moving assembly line, introduced by Henry Ford, have on the automobile industry?
a)
The reduced profits
b)
It made cars safer
c)
It improved working conditions in factories
d)
It decreased the cost of production
14.
How did the telegraph differ from the telephone?
a)
The telegraph could carry only coded messages
b)
The telegraph was much more expensive then the telephone
c)
The telegraph could only work in large cities
d)
The telegraph could not send messages over long distances
15.
How did the labor force change during the industrial revolution?
a)
Industries began to hire highly educated workers
b)
Workers began to receive health benefits
c)
Skilled craftspeople were replaced with unskilled machine operators
d)
Experienced workers replaced children who had been working in factories
16.
Who encouraged managers to view workers as interchangeable parts and Why?
a)
Terence V. Powderly; to create emplyment opportunities
b)
Henry Ford; to speed automobile production
c)
Andrew Carnegie; to encourage firing disruptive workers
d)
Frederick W. Taylor: to increase efficiency and productivity
17.
What does the cartoon illustrate?
a)
The struggle between big business and the government
b)
Rockefeller's financial control of the government
c)
The government's attempt to regulate big business
18.
Which of the following is the name for the system of making steel fast and cheap?
a)
the Renaissance
b)
Black Gold
c)
Bessemer Process
d)
laissez-faire
19.

The first light weight airplane invented by the Wright brothers led to the increased demand for which natural resource?

a)

coal

b)

wind

c)

lumber

d)

oil

20.

What was the main effect of the expansion of railroads across the U.S.?

a)

rapid growth of cities

b)

increase in the price of steel

c)

decrease in interstate trade

d)

movement of city dwellers to the suburbs

21.

Social Darwinism is the idea that....

a)

business is becoming less and less human

b)

only the fittest individuals succeed in society

c)

successful businessmen must aid the poor

d)

all men should share the profits of business

22.

Collective bargaining is the

a)

practice used by employers to find large groups of laborers.

b)

practice used by employers to get the cheapest labor possible.

c)

idea that laborers working in groups are more productive in the workplace.

d)

idea that laborers acting together as a group could improve working conditions

23.

When violence broke out during strikes, membership in unions

a)

decreased

b)

increased

c)

stayed the same

d)

unions broke apart

24.

Who was the president of the American Federation of Labor?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Samuel Gompers

c)

John D. Rockerfeller

d)

Steven Wilson

25.
Henry Ford was able to produce an affordable car by implementing a(n) __________.
a)
labor union
b)
apprentice program
c)
assembly line
d)
employee assistance program
26.

partial owners of a company

a)

shareholders

b)

monopoly

c)

stock

d)

dividend

27.

during this time period, who used this type of integration?

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

George Westinghouse

d)

Thomas Edison

28.

during this time period, who used this type of integration?

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

George Westinghouse

29.

What businessman controlled 90% of the oil refining industry and practiced horizontal integration?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

Leland Stanford

d)

J.P. Morgan

30.

What was the name of the first national labor union?

a)

American Federation of Labor

b)

Mineworkers union

c)

Knights of Labor

d)

First National Labor Union

31.

Who owns a corporation but does not make it's day-to-day business decisions?

a)

Entreprenuers

b)

Stockholders

c)

CEOs

d)

Robber Barons

32.

Who was the leader of the Knights of Labor?

a)

Samuel Gompers

b)

Cornelius Vanderbuilt

c)

Frederick W. Taylor

d)

Terence V. Powderly

33.

Name the strike that took place at Andrew Carnegie's Steel Mill.

a)

Homestead Strike

b)

Pullmand Strike

c)

Haymarket Riot

d)

Colorado Miners Strike

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