WorksheetsInudstrial Revolution Helper
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which of the following best describes a Monopoly?
A few companies dominate a product or service
Complete control of a product or service, by buying out all competitors
Managing multiple companies as a single unit
What two inventions increased the work day and helped machinery run more powerfully?
Telephone
Electricity
Oil
Transcontinental Railroad
A person who builds their fortune but still gives back to their community in the process(ex. raising standard of living, universities, libraries) would be considered?
Captain of Industry
Labor Boss
Robber Baron
What is Alexander Graham Bell most known for inventing?
Oil
Electricity
Telephone
Telegraph
"The government will stay out of business affairs and leave it to the most "fit" to survive and become rich." Which of the following best represents this quote?
Robber Baron
Captain of Industry
Social Darwinism
After founding the U.S. Steel Company, and giving over 80% of his fortune to education, this man was known as "captain of industry?"
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
An organization crated that is meant to help protect the workers rights in the company from their employer
Socialism
Trust
Labor Unions
What does a patent do for an inventor?
Makes the invention
Gives them all rights to the invention and its sales
Gives them money for the inventions without them selling it
A person who builds their fortunes by giving the average working person a "worse" daily life( ex. poor working conditions, low wages) could be considered...
Captain of Industry
Robber Baron
Labor Boss
Which of the following BEST describes Capitalism?
A system in which the labor and production is controlled by the public
A system in which all means of production are equally shared and controlled by the government
a system in which all means of production are privately owned and competition drives supply and demand
