Economic philosophy based on "Survival of the fittest"
Social Darwinism
National Market
Knights of Labor
Free Enterprise System
2. Multiple Choice
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designed to prevent companies from engaging in unfair practices that eliminated fair competition
Gospel of Wealth
Corporation
Interstate Commerce Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
3. Multiple Choice
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complete control of a product or service; the elimination of fair competition
Robber Barons
Bessemer Process
Monopoly
Philanthropy
4. Multiple Choice
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act of “ charitable giving”
Union
Philanthropy
Monopoly
Sherman Antitrust Act
5. Multiple Choice
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inventor known for the telephone and the company that later becomes AT&T
Alexander Graham Bell
Knights of Labor
Thomas Edison
John D. Rockefeller
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founded “AFL” in 1881
Samuel Gompers
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Thomas Edison
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Scottish immigrant made his fortune in steelmaking, known for “Gospel of Wealth”
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Samuel Gompers
Thomas Edison
8. Multiple Choice
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sometimes used ruthless tactics to destroy competition and keep worker wages low
Laissez-Faire
Robber Barons
Gospel of Wealth
Union
9. Multiple Choice
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limited membership to crafts and skilled workers creating a federation of unions
AFL
Knights of Labor
Child Labor
IWW
10. Multiple Choice
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theory that rich were obligated to help communities by giving back in the form of libraries, school, universities but not giving directly to individuals
National Market
Philanthropy
Gospel of Wealth
Laissez-faire
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used to move, clean or fix large machines since they were small enough to fit between the parts
Child Labor
Free Enterprise System
Robber Barons
Social Darwinism
12. Multiple Choice
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hoped to create a single national union of skilled and unskilled workers, demanding a 8 hour work day, safety codes, better pay and organizing strikes to get companies to grant demands
Free Enterprise System
Knights of Labor
AFL
Captains of Industry
13. Multiple Choice
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completed in 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah making it possible to travel by land to California
Transcontinental Railroad
Interstate Highway
Route 66
Henry Ford's Model T
14. Multiple Choice
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linked goods and services through technology and transportation making commerce more affordable.
National Market
Interstate Commerce Act
Robber barons
Child Labor
15. Multiple Choice
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a company chartered by a state and recognized in law as a separate person
Gospel of Wealth
Corporation
Robber Barons
Philanthropy
16. Multiple Choice
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made his fortune refining oil; founded Standard Oil
Andrew Carnegie
J.P. Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Samuel Gompers
17. Multiple Choice
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process which made steel more affordable and profitable
Gospel of Wealth
Bessemer Process
Smelting
Monopoly
18. Multiple Choice
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inventor best known for his invention of the electric light bulb
Nikola Tesla
Thomas Edison
J.P. Morgan
Elias Lightbulb
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theory that government should not interfere in the operation of the free market
Cul-de-sac
Laissez-Faire
Fleur de Lis
Achtung
20. Multiple Choice
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prohibited unfair practices by railroads such as charging higher rates for shorter routes
Interstate Commerce Act
Child Labor Laws
Philanthropy
Sherman Antitrust Act
21. Multiple Choice
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individuals are free to produce and sell whatever products they wish
Free Enterprise System
Social Darwinism
Gospel of Wealth
National Market
22. Multiple Choice
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businessmen known for their positive contributions to the modern industrial economy
Robber Barons
Monopolists
Captains of Industry
Union
23. Multiple Choice
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organized workers to act as a group not as an individual to leverage for better working conditions