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Industrialization America

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 17mins

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Class
Date
1.

What option below is contributing to the action seen in the cartoon?

a)

Communism

b)

Laissez-Faire Economics

c)

Socialism

d)

Increased Unions

2.

Which Robber Baron below does this image most likely depict?

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

d)

Jay Gould

3.

Which term below would most likely match the image here?

a)

Horizontal Integration

b)

Interstate Commerce Act

c)

Sherman Anti-trust Act

d)

Protective Tariff

4.

The figure in the cartoon would most likely have positive sentiments toward which of the following?

a)

Labor Unions

b)

Collective Bargaining

c)

Interstate Commerce Act

d)

Social Darwinism

5.

Which term below would connect the most to the message of this simple political cartoon?

a)

Big Business Owners

b)

Philanthropy

c)

Labor Unions

d)

Social Darwinism

6.

"...broadly prohibits (1) anti-competitive agreements and (2) unilateral conduct that monopolizes or attempts to monopolize the relevant market..." These words most likely come from which term below?

a)

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

b)

Interstate Commerce Act

c)

McKinley Tariff

d)

Laissez-Faire

7.

The image here shows two business strategies. The one on the right would most likely coincide with which name below?

a)

NBA Youngboy

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

d)

John D. Rockefeller

8.

"Wealth is not to feed our egos, but to feed the hungry and help others help themselves". Which person below would have said this? (*Think Gospel of Wealth)

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

c)

Donald Trump

d)

Jay Gould

9.

Which term below would connect with the image seen here?

a)

collective bargain

b)

scab

c)

trust company

d)

tariff

10.

According to history, in the years following the Civil War, railroads were privately owned and entirely unregulated. The railroad companies held a natural monopoly in the areas that only they serviced. Which vocabulary term below addressed this issue?

a)

Sherman Anti-trust Act

b)

Interstate Commerce Act

c)

Social Darwinism

d)

Horizontal Integration

11.

Which quote below would echo the mindset behind the McKinley, Payne-Aldridge, & Smoot-Hawley Tariffs from the 18th & 19th centuries? (*Hint...think if these raised tariff rates...)

a)

"Hire American & buy American"

b)

"More products lead to competitive prices"

c)

"Let's compete freely...free trade & free seas"

d)

"A protective tariff is a typical conspiracy in restraint of trade"

12.

Look at the image provided. Which branch truly holds the power to create laws in order to bring change in our society?

a)

Executive Branch

b)

Judicial Branch

c)

Legislative Branch

d)

All of the above

13.

Which option below was often unjustifiably connected to the image seen here? (In the early 20th cent.)

a)

Union Members

b)

Selfish Business Owners

c)

Gilded Age Presidents

d)

Jax Teller

14.

Which term below could correlate with the cartoon seen here?

a)

Social Darwinism

b)

Socialism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Laissez-Faire

15.

Which answer choice below would most likely connect to the image seen here?

a)

Deportation

b)

Immigration

c)

Laissez-Faire

d)

Social Darwinism

16.

During the Gilded Age, politics were riddled with corruption as presidents awarded government positions to political supporters through the patronage or spoils system. What term below ended this practice?

a)

Interstate Commerce Act

b)

Sherman Anti-trust Act

c)

17th Amendment

d)

Pendleton Act

17.

Which answer choices below would depict the idea of Nativism? (Hint- more than one, but not all)

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.

Along with direct primaries & amendments like the 17th, what key figure below helped to take down the corrupt Political Machine in Tammany Hall, NY led by Boss Tweed by using political cartoons?

a)

Thomas Nast

b)

James Garfield

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Uncle Sam

19.

Which labor union was often know for accepting nearly anyone to join their ranks? (Skilled, unskilled, minorities, women, etc.)

a)

American Federation of Labor

b)

Industrial Workers of the World

c)

Knights of Labor

d)

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

20.

Which answer choice below would best complete the web diagram seen here?

a)

Gospel of Wealth Theory

b)

Social Gospel Theory

c)

Socialism

d)

Laissez-Faire Capitalism

21.

Which options enabled America to shift from agrarian-dependent nation to one more industrially driven?

a)

large work pool (immigrants)

b)

abundance of natural resources

c)

laissez-faire style government

d)

socialism

22.

What answer choice comes to mind when you see the following image?

a)

A tiny amount of poverty covered by a ton of wealth

b)

The pollution issue produced by gold refineries

c)

A time when gold was struck out West in the 1800s

d)

An absurd amount of poverty covered by a small amount of prosperity