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US HY 2 Ch. 6 Test

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This Industrial Revolution discovery brought the carbon out of iron.

a)

The Kelly Process

b)

The Bessemer Process

c)

The Carnegie Process

d)

The Pittsburgh Process

2.

This man founded the world’s first research laboratory in New Jersey:

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

George Westinghouse

c)

Nikola Tesla

d)

Thomas Alva Edison

3.

Who developed the telephone in 1876?

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Steve Jobs

c)

Antonio Marconi

d)

George Westinghouse

4.

Professor Charles F. Dowd proposed what to help the railroad industry?

a)

Steel rail lines

b)

Electric engines

c)

24 time zones across the world

d)

More bridges over rail lines to avoid wrecks

5.

After Munn v. Illinois was overturned, the Federal government began controlling shipping costs with the…

a)

Federal Bureau of Investigation

b)

Interstate Commerce Act

c)

Price Control Committee

d)

Federal Reserve

6.

Steel was the business/industry Robber Baron ___________ was in.

a)

Ray Evernham

b)

Jay Gould

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

7.

Vertical Integration involves buying out competitors. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

8.

John D. Rockefeller was in the __________ business.

a)

Stock market

b)

Oil

c)

Steel

d)

Rail

9.

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act made it illegal for what to form?

a)

Interstate passenger rail companies

b)

Large banks

c)

Monopolies

d)

Conglomerate cooperations

10.

This strike was at one of Andrew Carnegie’s steel mills.

a)

The Homestead Strike

b)

The Great Strike of 1877

c)

The Haymarket Affair

d)

The Pinkerton Strike

11.

This person organized the United Mine Workers of America.

a)

Eugene V. Debs

b)

Caesar Chavez

c)

Ricky B. Craven

d)

Mary Harris Jones

12.

This “Robber Baron” donated a large sum of money to a University in Tennessee.

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

J.P Morgan

c)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

d)

John D. Rockefeller

13.

In the late 19th century Industrial period, most emigrants to America came from-

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

Central America

d)

Africa

14.

Which of the following factors helped lead to a period of industrial growth during the late 1800s?

a)

The increase in the cost of hiring labor

b)

The decline in the population of urban areas

c)

The decline in government spending for business and innovation

d)

The increase in the development of new uses for natural resources like coal, iron and oil.

15.

Why were the Grangers upset with the railroad companies? Choose the two correct answers.

a)

The railroads charged all customers the same price.

b)

The railroad companies set maximum passenger rates.

c)

The railroads engaged in formal agreements to fix prices.

d)

The railroad companies misused government land grants.

e)

The railroads allowed the government to regulate their business.

16.

When a company buys out the suppliers to make their products:

a)

Vertical Integration

b)

Horizontal Integration

c)

Monopoly

d)

Joint Stock Company

17.

When a company buys out competing companies in their industry or economic sector:

a)

Vertical Integration

b)

Horizontal Integration

c)

Monopoly

d)

Joint Stock Company

18.

Which of the following correctly describes the working conditions that most workers faced?

a)

Safe environments with few accidents

b)

Equal pay for men and women

c)

A variety of tasks to perform

d)

Long hours with low pay

19.

When a company that has complete control over an industry’s production, wages, and prices it has a...

a)

Holding

b)

Monopoly

c)

Pool

d)

Trust

20.

Competing companies that put control of their businesses under a single group form a:

a)

Holding Group

b)

Monopoly

c)

Pool

d)

Trust

21.

Companies in the same industry that divide up the business among each other form a:

a)

Holding Group

b)

Monopoly

c)

Pool

d)

Trust

22.

A corporation that buys out the stock of competing companies:

a)

Holding Company

b)

Monopoly

c)

Pool

d)

Trust

23.

Why did public support for organized labor die down after the Haymarket Affair?

a)

The labor march was weak

b)

Unpopular President Grover Cleveland backed the protesters

c)

A bomb was set off during the protests and blame was mostly directed at the demonstrators.

d)

The mayor of Chicago was killed in the event

24.

The period of advancement and big business from the 1870s to 1900 is also known in the U.S. as the...

a)

New Union Period

b)

Gilded Age

c)

The Second Republic

d)

The "Big Money" era

25.

The American Federation of Labor (AFL) consisted of many _________ that banded together.

a)

Masonic Lodges

b)

Unions

c)

Pro-industry politicians

d)

Veterans Associations