WorksheetsUS Unit 2 - Industrialization & Unions
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Why did many business leaders support high tariffs during the Industrial Era in the United States?
How did the government eventually respond to the Great Railroad Strike?
President Hayes used state militias and federal troops to suppress the strike and restore railroad service.
What was an important effect of automated textile machinery?
Less manual labor was needed to produce clothing. It was also cheaper and more accessible.
What is a lockout in reference to the Industrial Era?
Employers preventing workers from entering company property in response to union actions.
A lockout occurs when employees permanently dismiss their managers after a union organizes their workplace.
What is horizontal integration?
Gaining control over competing companies in the same industry
Owning every stage of production
Allowing workers to own factories
Selling products exclusively overseas
John D. Rockefeller built his industrial empire primarily through what business?
Standard Oil.
U.S. Steel.
General Electric.
the American Railway Union.
Which was a major source of U.S. population growth during industrialization?
Immigration
Declining birth rates
Emmigration
Migration out of the United States
What happened during the Homestead Strike?
Violence occurred when striking workers resisted replacement workers.
Workers peacefully gained control of the steel mill.
The federal government gave the factory to the union.
Henry Clay Frick increased wages by 20 percent.
What were major priorities of the American Federation of Labor?
Wages, hours, and working conditions
Government ownership of all factories
Ending industrialization
Eliminating skilled labor
Why were corporations important to the growth of big business?
They could raise large amounts of capital from investors.
They prevented companies from expanding.
They prohibited industrial consolidation.
They eliminated private investment.
What group did the American Federation of Labor primarily represent?
Skilled workers
Factory owners
Government employees
Farmers
What triggered the Great Railroad Strike?
Railroad workers faced repeated wage cuts.
Railroad companies dramatically increased wages.
Congress outlawed railroad unions.
Workers demanded ownership of the railroads.
What major change occurred in the American workforce after the Civil War?
More Americans left farms to work in factories.
Most factory workers returned to farming.
Most Americans began working for the government.
Immigration caused the industrial workforce to decline.
Why did the federal government intervene in the Pullman Strike?
Workers prevented the transportation of U.S. mail.
Pullman workers seized Washington, D.C.
The strike stopped petroleum production.
The workers demanded an end to immigration.
Which reform was supported by the Knights of Labor?
An eight-hour workday
Longer working hours
Child labor
Lower wages for women
Which employer tactic attempted to prevent union organizers from finding future employment?
Blacklisting
Arbitration
Vertical integration
Collective bargaining
Alexander Graham Bell is most closely associated with which invention?
Telephone
Telegraph
Mechanical reaper
Electric generator
What was one important effect of new inventions during industrialization?
New industries and jobs were created.
Production became less efficient.
Manufacturing returned to hand production.
Communication became more difficult.
Why was steel particularly important to industrialization?
It was essential for railroads, bridges, buildings, and machinery.
It was primarily used for clothing.
It replaced petroleum as a lighting fuel.
It was mainly exported rather than used domestically.
What was one major result of corporate mergers during industrialization?
Economic power became more concentrated.
Corporations became smaller.
Competition dramatically increased.
Industrial production declined.
Thomas Edison's improvements to electrical technology helped
expand the use of electricity in homes and businesses.
eliminate mass production.
end the use of machinery in factories.
reduce communication between cities.
How did the Industrial Workers of the World differ from the AFL?
The IWW represented both skilled and unskilled workers.
The IWW only represented business owners.
The IWW opposed strikes under all circumstances.
The IWW only represented skilled craft workers.
What is a strikebreaker?
A worker who takes the place of striking employees.
Edwin Drake is associated with the growth of which American industry?
The petroleum industry
