WorksheetsUSH 2. Industrialization
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is the message that this political cartoon is trying to express.
Foreign competition in the oil industry was hurting American companies
Government regulations were strangling the Standard Oil Company.
The best way to develop major industries was to form proprietorships.
The Standard Oil Company was a harmful monopoly.
Laissez-faire is a French word that means “to let do.” How did laissez-faire politics relate to business principles during the Industrial Revolution and Gilded Age?
the government made no policies to regulate business principles
labor union membership was outlawed
the government was allowed to implement legislation on businesses as it pleased
employees could join as many labor unions as they liked
The 1881 cartoon shows one artist’s perspective on the relationship between industry and the government. How does the artist believe industry has affected politics in the United States?
By expanding the power of political machines.
By forcing politicians to seek campaign contributions.
By jeopardizing the legitimacy of the Executive Branch.
By threatening the independence of the Legislative Branch.
One reason John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J. Pierpont Morgan were sometimes called robber barons was because they
stole money from the federal government
used ruthless business tactics against their competitors
made unnecessarily risky investments
robbed from the rich to give to the poor
This philosophy was the belief that natural competition weeds out the weak and the strong will survive.
Social Pruning
The Purge
Social Darwinism
Social Security
This monopolistic practice involves buying up similar companies to reduce competition.
Horizontal Integration
Vertical Integration
Diagonal Integration
Hexagonal Integration
This monopolistic business practice involves buying up companies that produce the raw supplies for a product, ultimately creating cheaper prices that can undercut other competitors.
Horizontal integration
Vertical Integration
Diagonal Integration
Octagonal Integration
The development that this illustration represents helps explain which of the following?
Government efforts to limit large business combinations
Government affirmation of laissez-faire principles
The adoption of the gold standard
The settlement house movement
These were early 20th century trends
-Growth of monopolistic business practices
-The growth of social Darwinism as a philosophy
-The growing influx of immigrant labor
What was the result of these developments
Electoral reform
Population decline
Increasing income inequality
Greater educational opportunity
During the industrial revolution, how did the economic hardships of immigrants influence social reforms
Business sponsored child care programs
Political machines demanded improved working conditions
Settlement houses were established to provide services to the poor
Federal offices distributed relief payments to unemployed workers.
Which statement describes how electricity affected industry in the early 1900s
Factories used electricity to power machines and produce more goods.
Electricity was so costly to use it drove up prices.
Electricity was seldom used because coal was so cheap.
Factories tried to use electricity for their machines but it proved too dangerous.
During the late 1800’s the United States rapidly became an urban nation. One reason for the transformation was:
Farm machinery and factory production caused the necessity of farm labor to decrease.
Immigrants were unwilling to do farm labor
Farm life became extinct
Many farm workers had not started joining and organizing unions
Which characteristics of the Industrial Revolution contributed to the rise of labor unions?
The influence of political machines on company towns.
The results of mass production on agricultural prices.
The working conditions found in many factories.
The competition created by immigrant workers.
According to the graph, which was the first year in which more Americans lived in urban areas than in rural Areas?
1860
1890
1920
1930
The increase in US population caused by immigration in the late 1800s led to new types of construction, which included:
dumbbell tenements
boarding houses
skyscrapers
all of these
