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Industrial Era Vocabulary Part One

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The process of combining multiple things into one

a)

consolidation

b)

robber baron

c)

standard gauge

d)

rebate

2.

railway with a track gauge of 1,435 mm

a)

consolidation

b)

standard gauge

c)

robber baron

d)

rebate

3.

A person who became rich by playing the system and taking advantage of the rules. They usually were big bullies who treated their workers super rude.

a)

consolidation

b)

robber baron

c)

standard gauge

d)

rebate

4.

a partial refund to someone

a)

consolidation

b)

robber baron

c)

standard gauge

d)

rebate

5.

Physical or mental work

a)

Labor

b)

Model T

c)

mass production

d)

assembly line

6.

The first car that was invented by Henry Ford, was developed using the assembly line system and was super affordable

a)

labor

b)

model t

c)

assembly line

d)

mass production

7.

the production of large quantities of a standardized article by an automated mechanical process

a)

labor

b)

model t

c)

assembly line

d)

mass production

8.

a series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled.

a)

labor

b)

assembly line

c)

model t

d)

mass production

9.

an American entrepreneur and engineer based in Pennsylvania who created the railway air brake

a)

George Westinghouse

b)

Eli Janney

c)

Gustavus Swift

d)

George Pullman

10.

the inventor of the modern knuckle coupler that replaced link and pin couplers on North American railroads

a)

George Westinghouse

b)

Eli Janney

c)

Gustavus Swift

d)

George Pullman

11.

He founded a meat-packing empire in the Midwest during the late 19th century, over which he presided until his death

a)

George Westinghouse

b)

Eli Janney

c)

Gustavus Swift

d)

George Pullman

12.

He designed and manufactured the Pullman sleeping car and founded a company town, Pullman, for the workers who manufactured it

a)

George Westinghous

b)

Eli Janney

c)

Gustavus Swift

d)

George Pullman

13.

inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Cyrus Field

d)

Lewis Latimer

14.

an American industrialist and business magnate, founder of the Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production.

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Lewis Latimer

d)

Cyrus Field

15.

an American businessman and financier who, along with other entrepreneurs, created the Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Lewis Latimer

d)

Cyrus Fields

16.

an American patent draftsman for the patents of the incandescent light bulb, among other inventions.

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Lewis Latimer

d)

Cyrus Field

17.

a legal entity or an organization that is separate and distinct from its owners

a)

corporation

b)

stock

c)

monopolies

d)

Sherman Anti-Turst Act

18.

Pieces of a public industry that go for sale and allow for various stakeholders within the company

a)

corporation

b)

stock

c)

monopolies

d)

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

19.

the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service

a)

corportion

b)

stock

c)

monopolies

d)

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

20.

A formal law created to help interfere with with development of monopolies. It also helps increase trade and competition among companies.

a)

corporation

b)

stocks

c)

monopolies

d)

Sherman Anti Trust Act

21.

an American business magnate and philanthropist. He made his riches off of oil

a)

John D Rockefeller

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

Eugene V. Debs

d)

Samuel Gompers

22.

Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry

a)

John D Rockefeller

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

Eugene V Debs

d)

Samuel Gompers

23.

an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World and ran for president five times

a)

John D Rockefeller

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

Eugene V Debs

d)

Samuel Gompers

24.

the first and longest-serving president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)

a)

John D Rockefeller

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

Eugene V Debs

d)

Samuel Gompers

25.

an organization made up of members (a membership-based organisation) and its membership must be made up mainly of workers

a)

Trade Union

b)

Knights of Labor

c)

American Federation of Labor

26.

an American labor group active in the late 19th century,

a)

Trade Union

b)

Knights of Labor

c)

American Federation of Labor

27.

was a national federation of labor unions in the United States founded in Columbus, Ohio, in December 1886 by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor union

a)

Trade Union

b)

American Federation of Labor

c)

Knights of Labor