WorksheetsTopic_9_Triumph_of_Industry
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which of the following helped fuel economic growth by encouraging people to buy American goods?
Monopolies
Patents
Protective Tariffs
Laissez Faire
Steel changed people's lives by making possible the . . .
Invention of the radio
Construction of skyscrapers
Development of electricity
Establishment of time zones
A cartel differs from a monopoly in that . . .
One corporation has complete control of a product or service
Businesses making the same product agree to limit production
One firm sets the prices for all goods in an industry
All the firms involved in the same business merge into one entity
Cartels, monopolies, trusts, and horizontal and vertical integration all share the goal of . . .
Driving up costs
Raising wages
Increasing profits
Combining resources
Capitalism fueled industrialization by . . .
Requiring inventors to file patents
Encouraging entrepreneurs to establish businesses
Giving the country many natural resources
Ensuring that all workers received high wages
Which innovation extended the number of hours in a day that Americans could work and play?
Bessemer process
Telegraph technology
Refrigeration
Electricity
Which industry most spurred economic growth and innovation in related industries?
Railroads
Food
Oil
Steel
As farms became mechanized . . .
Immigrants bought more land
More people became farmers
Farmers moved to urban areas
Farm workers became rural entrepreneurs
The Sherman Antitrust Act imposed limitations upon which group?
Farmers
Congress
Large corporations
Small-business owners
Corporations had the important advantage of . . .
Being run by an individual or a family
Developing into monopolies
Reducing the financial risk for individual investors
Keeping prices high
In the late 1800s, workers tolerated poor wages and working conditions because they . . .
Thought that the government would protect them
Believed it had to get worse before it got better
Could be replaced easily by other workers
Were tricked by employers into taking dangerous jobs
Which labor leader began the American Federation of Labor?
Samuel Gompers
Terence V. Powderly
Eugene V. Debs
Uriah Smith Stephens
What was one effect of the events in Haymarket Square?
Americans turned away from radicalism
Employers gained powers over unions' actions
Membership in unions generally increased
Strikes became more violent than they had been previously
How did the federal government support employers during times of labor unrest?
Called on the Pinkertons to stop strikes
Denied unions recognition as legally protected groups
Imprisoned Eugene Debs and other labor leaders for life
Made company towns illegal
In what field did significant technological innovation occur in the late 1800s?
Building materials
Communications
Transportation
All of the above
In which system does one company control the businesses that make up all phases of a product's development?
Horizontal integration
Cartel
Trust
Vertical integration
Which argument supports the perception of big business leaders as "captains of industry"?
Industrialists' support for technology benefited the economy
Monopolies forced small companies out of business
Consumers were harmed by inflated prices
Workers' wages rose as industrialists profited
The ICC (Interstate Commerce Commission) was formed to . . .
Oversee railroad operations
Control interstate commerce
Make new transportation laws
Regulate communications across state lines
Horizontal integration differs from vertical integration in that it . . .
Combines different businesses involved in all phases of a product's development
Merges stocks from multiple businesses into a new organization
Consolidates many firms involved in the same business into one giant company
Requires investment from a number of people who share ownership in the firm
The federal government formed the Interstate Commerce Commission to oversee. . .
Labor union activity
Interstate communications
Patent awards
Railroad operations across the nation
Which of the following limited membership to skilled craftspeople and focused on economic reforms?
Knights of Labor
American Railway Union
American Federation of Labor
Industrial Workers of the World
Which event resulted in the execution of four anarchists and the decline of the Knights of Labor?
Railroad Strikes of 1877
Haymarket Riot of 1886
Homestead Strike of 1892
Pullman Strike of 1893
In the late 1800s, industrial workers . . .
Faced low wages and long hours in unsafe working conditions
Took control of the factories in which they worked
Collaborated with employers to reform labor laws
Increased the amount of time they had available for recreation and leisure
Which labor organization was founded first?
International Workers of the World
American Federation of Labor
American Railway Union
Knights of Labor
What was one result of the Haymarket Riot?
Steelworkers' wages increased
Public support for unions grew
The AFL (American Federation of Labor) ceased to exist
Membership in the Knights of Labor declined
Who was the oil tycoon who used horizontal integration to decrease costs and increase profits?
Andrew Carnegie
Eugene V. Debs
John D. Rockefeller
Thomas Edison
Who was the steel tycoon who used vertical integration to increase profits?
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Eugene V. Debs
Thomas Edison
