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Chapter 4 Sec. 2

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the benefits of investing in stocks?

a)

Winning fun prizes

b)

Helping out a friend

c)

Making money

d)

Using stocks as a tax write off.

2.

Who was the steel company owner that was also a great philanthropist?

a)

Carnegie

b)

Vanderbilt

c)

Rockefeller

d)

Stanford

3.

Who believed that industries should be owned and managed cooperatively by the workers?

a)

Carnegie

b)

Rockefeller

c)

Vanderbilt

d)

Stanford

4.

What law was passed by congress in 1890that was designed to prevent any corporation from creating a monopoly?

a)

Social Darwinism

b)

Sherman Anti-trust Act

c)

No Trust Act

d)

Jive Turkey Act

5.

Was the Sherman Antitrust Act successful?

a)

Yes

b)

No

6.

What is a monopoly?

a)

An open trade stock

b)

A group of business partners

c)

Total ownership of a product or service

d)

A business where competition is encouraged

7.

Why were monopolies criticized?

a)

They reduced necessary competition

b)

They provided necessary competition

c)

It did not provide much of a profit for shareholders

d)

They were government controlled

8.

Is competition good for consumers?

a)

Yes

b)

No

9.

New technologies in the steel industry in the late 1800s increased productivity in the

a)

textile industry

b)

railroad industry

c)

oil industry

d)

electricity

industry

10.

The _________ process made the manufacturing of steel quicker and cheaper.

a)

firing

b)

Bessemer

c)

Iron

d)

Vulcan

11.

The invention of the plane, the car, and other machinery increased the demand for ____ production.

a)

steel

b)

rubber

c)

oil

d)

applesauce