WorksheetsSecond Industrial Revolution
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 3mins
Policy of minimal government interference in the economic affairs of individual businesses or society at large.
Social Darwinism
Laissez Faire Economics
Vertical Integration
Horizontal Integration
All of the following led to massive industrialization during the late-1800s in America EXCEPT:
Large, cheap labor force
Bessemer Process
Low tariffs
Abundant natural resources (oil, coal, etc.)
What enabled for the mass production of steel?
Vertical integration
Horizontal integration
Bessemer Process
High tariffs
The tactic of buying out a businesses supplier in order to increase profits.
Horizontal integration
Vertical integration
Bessemer process
Monopoly
Complete control over an industry and its prices.
Monopoly
Philanthropy
Unionizing
Integration
Giving to charities, libraries, schools, museums or other organization that aims to help humanity. Used to defend the massive wealth accumulated by the "titans of industry."
Trust
Monopoly
Unionization
Philanthropy
Who is this?
John D. Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
J.P. Morgan
Ardrew Carnegie
All of the following were problems faced by workers during the Gilded Age EXCEPT:
Government interference
Low Wages
Long work days
No weekends
The most significant weapon laborers used against poor working conditions/low wages.
Blacklist
Yellow Dog Contracts
Strikes
Violence
