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WorksheetsChapter 6 Industrial Rev
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 11mins
What industry was John D. Rockefeller involved in
coal
finance
railroad
oil
Munn vs Illinois was a court case that
permitted States to regulate the oil industry
permitted States to regulate the finance industry
permitted States to regulate the railroad industry
permitted States to regulate child labor
Which person was NOT the President of the United States between 1870 and 1900?
Rutherford B, Hayes
Theodore Roosevelt
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
Which President was elected TWICE between 1870 and 1900?
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
Chester Arthur
Warren G. Harding
The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in what State?
Wyoming
California
Colorado
Utah
When a company purchases suppliers, distributors, and other aspects of an industry to gain complete control of the market, the company is using
Horizontal integration
Vertical integration
monopoly
What industry was the first to use large quantities of steel?
Mining
ship building
construction
railroad
What law was created to stop the creation of monopolies?
Interstate Commerce Act
Sherman Anti Trust Act
15th Amendment
Anti Trust Act of 1903
By 1890, How many miles of railroad track did the United States have?
30,000
50,000
180,000
100,000
J. P. Morgan worked in what industry?
Railroad
Steel
shipping
Finance
A political system in which the government controls business and property and distributes wealth equally is called
Capitalism
Communism
Monarchy
Socialism
Which industrialist first witnessed the Bessemer Process in England in 1873?
George Pullman
John D. Rockefeller
Jay Gould
Andrew Carnegie
In what 20th century decade did the United States become the world's leading manufacturer
1910s
1920s
1930s
1950s
The first successful oil drilling operation in the United States was in what State?
Pennsylvania
Texas
Ohio
Virginia
In what year was the concept of time zones proposed?
1860
1863
1901
1869
What immigrant group built the western portion of the Transcontinental Railroad?
Irish
Japanese
Russian
Chinese
Buying out the competition in order to dominate a market is called
monopoly
vertical integration
horizontal integration
standard business practices
What invention used injected air to remove carbon and other impurities from molten iron ore?
petroleum refining
dynamite
underground coal mining
steel making
Which zone is NOT a time zone used on the mainland of the United States?
Eastern
Pacific
Atlantic
Mountain
The United States government officially adopted railroad time when it was initially proposed
True
False
The employees of the Pullman sleeper car company went on strike due to
dangerous work conditions
to support another railroad union strike
high rent and layoffs
reduced wages and high rent
The construction company, Credit Mobilier, was a scheme developed by stock holders of which company?
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad
Illinois Central Railroad
Munn vs Illinois upheld what type laws?
anti trust laws
anti monopoly laws
child labor laws
granger laws
When did Congress pass the Interstate Commerce Act?
1868
1887
1877
1900
When did Andrew Carnegie sell Carnegie steel?
1901
1899
1885
1905
What industrialist established Standard Oil Company?
Jay Gould
George Pullman
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John D. Rockefeller
Who led a children's march to President Roosevelt's home to protest child labor?
Eugene V. Debs
Samuel Gompers
Mary Harris Jones
Edwin L. Drake
Which industrialist made his fortune in shipping and railroads?
J.P. Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Jay Gould
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Which labor leader ran for President five times as a socialist?
Samuel Gompers
Mary Harris Jones
Chester Arthur
Eugene V. Debs
Which labor strike involved a Carnegie Steel plant?
Haymarket Affair
Great strike of 1877
Homestead strike
Wobblies strike
Which labor strike involved The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad?
Haymarket Affair
Great Strike of 1877
Homestead Strike
Pullman Strike
Who was the last President of the nineteenth century?
Benjamin Harrison
Woodrow Wilson
James Garfield
William McKinley
Which President, from 1870-1900, served the shortest time in office?
James Garfield
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
James Carter
