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Rise of Industry

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 2hrs 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What major change was brought about by the rise of industry?

a)

Decreased production of goods

b)

Changed how goods are produced and the relationship between workers and bosses

c)

Diminished the ability to transport goods.

d)

Reduced the number of goods available

2.

What is a rebate in the context of railroad companies?

a)

A penalty for late payments

b)

Discounts offered by railroad companies

c)

A type of train ticket

d)

A fee for using the railway

3.

What does it mean to consolidate?

a)

To separate

b)

To expand

c)

To combine

d)

To reduce

4.

Which of the following inventions is Thomas Edison known for?

a)

The telephone

b)

The light bulb

c)

The lightweight camera

d)

The flying machine

5.

Who invented the telephone?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

George Eastman

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Henry Ford

6.

What did George Eastman invent?

a)

The phonograph

b)

The lightweight camera

c)

The electric power plant

d)

The moving assembly line

7.

What innovation did Henry Ford introduce to the auto industry?

a)

The electric car

b)

The moving assembly line

c)

The steam engine

d)

The flying machine

8.

What is a corporation?

a)

A small family-owned business

b)

A company that sells its shares of stock and is owned by many investors

c)

A government agency

d)

A non-profit organization

9.

What is a trust?

a)

A single company with no competitors

b)

A group of corporations run by a single board of directors

c)

A type of bank account

d)

A legal agreement between two individuals

10.

I had a monopoly on the steel industry.

a)
Thomas Edison
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
The Wright Brothers
d)
Andrew Carnegie
11.

I am the founder of the Standard Oil Company.

a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Wright Brothers
d)
Thomas Edison
12.

I am the captain of the Railroad industry.

a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
JP Morgan
13.

Henry Ford is credited with creating the _____________________, which revolutionized the way cars were made.

a)
Assembly Line
b)
Airplane
c)
Incandescent Lamp
d)
Telephone
14.

____________ is a negative term to describe the great industrialists of the Gilded Age and __________ is a positive term to describe them.

a)
Robber Barons, Captains of Industry
b)
Captains of Industry, Robber Barons
15.

To say an industrialist is a Captain of Industry or Robber Baron is opinion or fact?

a)

Opinion

b)

Fact

16.

What was an outcome of the Triangle factory fire?

a)

Fire safety laws were created

b)

The company owners were arrested and found guilty

c)

Clothing factories implemented no new safety precautions

d)

JP Morgan's daughter became the factory owner

17.

Who Am I?

I am a labor union organizer and founder of the American Federation of Labor who wanted fair treatment for American workers

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

c)

Samuel Gompers

d)

Terrence Powderly

18.

Who Am I?

I developed the assembly line technique of mass production.

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Henry T. Ford

c)

Samuel Gompers

d)

John D. Rockefeller

19.

What organization helped workers to obtain better working conditions?

a)

a labor union

b)

a monopoly

c)

a business

d)

a strike

20.

Which of the following inventor or inventors created the flying machine (airplane)?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

The Wright Brothers

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

George Washington Carver

21.

JP Morgan was the head of what industry?

a)

Steel

b)

Coal

c)

Railroads

d)

Banking

22.

Read the list of goals.


• Collective bargaining

• 8 hour work days

• Higher wages for laborers


Which person would most likely have this list of goals because he was the founder of the American Federation of Labor?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Samuel Gompers

c)

John D. Rockefeller

d)

Thomas Edison

23.

A refusal to work as a protest against wages or working conditions.

a)

Strike

b)

Switchboard

c)

Streetcar

d)

Scrip

24.
The leader of the union known as  the American Federation of Labor
a)
Samuel Gompers
b)
Terrence Powderly
c)
John P. Morgan
d)
Henry Bessemer
25.
The total or complete control of a service, product or industry that prevents competition
a)
Union
b)
Robber Barron
c)
Monopoly
d)
Captain of Industry
26.

Who served as president of the Knights of Labor and fought for fair working conditions?

a)

Samuel Gompers

b)

Terrance Powderly

c)

Jane Addams

d)

Henry Ford

27.

What did the the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire show?

a)

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire showed how important it is to practice fire safety at work.

b)

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire showed how good practices do not always keep workers safe.

c)

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire showed how bosses protected their workers.

d)

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire showed the dangerous consequences that unsafe working conditions and corrupt business owners could have for workers.

28.

Which of the following was a common labor condition during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Short working hours

b)

High wages

c)

Safe working environments

d)

Long working hours and unsafe conditions