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- 1. Multiple ChoiceJohn D. Rockefeller used this method; when companies that produce a similar product merges togetherhorizontal integrationvertical integrationscientific managementtime-study analysis
- 2. Multiple ChoiceAndrew Carnegie used this method; when a company owns the raw materials & transportation systems of a productvertical integrationhorizontal integrationtime-study analysistaylorism
- 3. Multiple ChoiceComplete control over an industry's production, wages, & pricesmonopolycapitalismsocialismconcentration of wealth
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the first permanent labor union; it used strikes as a tactic?American Federation of LaborKnights of LaborInternational Workers of the WorldKnights of Columbus
- 5. Multiple ChoiceRobber Barons used this theory to justify their actions in businessSocial Darwinismconspicuous consumptionGospel of Wealthnativism
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat was an American capitalist of the Gilded Age whose contributions benefited society?Captain of IndustrySocial DarwinistSocialistFundamentalist
- 7. Multiple Choice
What was an entity that runs several companies as one large corporation? (like Standard Oil or Carnegie Steel)
Trust
Merger
Corporation
Holding company
- 8. Multiple ChoiceHe created the company known as Standard OilAndrew CarnegieCornelius VanderbiltJohn D. RockefellerThomas Edison
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe law created to prevent monopolies, and break up large companies like Standard OilInterstate Commerce ActHomestead ActDawes ActSherman Anti-Trust Act
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe leader of the union known as the American Federation of LaborSamuel GompersTerrence PowderlyJohn P. MorganHenry Bessemer
- 11. Multiple ChoiceName for entrepreneurs who use ruthless tactics to destroy competition or to keep wages lowCaptain of IndustryRobber BaronPhilanthropistConsolidator
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe labor union that only accepted skilled workers who were difficult to replace during strikes.Knights of LaborAmerican Federation of LaborWorld Wide Federation of LaborNights and Days of Labor
- 13. Multiple ChoiceDuring the Gilded age, workers came together to work for better pay, working conditions, and less hours. Leaders such as Samuel Gompers help led many of this workers in....PhilanthropyLabor UnionsPolitical BossesCredit Unions
- 14. Multiple Choice
The innovation of this transportation help open up interstate commerce?
boats
railroads
autombiles
horse drawn carriages
- 15. Multiple Choice
Who was the "captain of industry" who created the Standard Oil Trust?Andrew CarnegieJohn D. RockefellerHenry FordCornelius Vanderbilt - 16. Multiple Choice
Described as a time marked by gross income inequality and corrupt practices by corporations and abuse of workers, the late 1800s were called what?
the Gilded Age
the Progressive Era
Reconstruction
Imperialism
- 17. Multiple ChoiceImages such as this illustrate the position that many US companies were —requiring vocational training programs for childrenemploying children as a source of cheap laborseeking government regulation of child laborproviding safe working conditions for child laborers
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThe Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act were efforts by the federal government to –regulate aspects of businessexpand the positive features of the trustsfavor big businesses over small companiesmove toward government ownership of key industries
- 19. Multiple ChoiceInvolved privately hired Pinkerton detectives who became involved in an altercation with strikersThe Great Strike of 1877The Haymarket AffairThe Homestead StrikeThe Pullman Strike
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWere the most radical and socialist union of the time periodNational Labor UnionAmerican Federation of LaborAmerican Railway UnionThe Wobblies (IWW)
- 21. Multiple ChoiceFor for an equal distribution of wealthNational Labor UnionAmerican Federation of LaborAmerican Railway UnionThe Wobblies (IWW)
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThe process by which unions and management negotiate the provisions of a new contract, including benefits and pay is referred to by what term?Union OrganizerArbitrationCollective BargainingCollective Agreement
- 23. Multiple ChoiceBecause of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire in 1911, today it is illegal to _______ any doors of a building from the inside.closelockopen
- 24. Multiple Choice
Most workers lived in run-down older apartment buildings called
projects
slums
low rent housing
tenements
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a good title for this list?
Child Labor
Low Wages and Long Hours
Unsafe Working Conditions
Monopolies
PollutionNegative Effects of IndustrializationProgressive Movement ReformsReasons for the End of Labor UnionsThe Price of Women's Suffrage - 26. Multiple ChoiceThe Acme Widget Factory went out of business, and now the Greedy Widget Company is the only widget maker in the U.S.
The situation above is an example of:pollutionmonopolieslow wagesunsafe working conditions - 27. Multiple ChoiceWhich event was a result of unsafe working conditions?the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory firea negative impact on the environmentwhen one company has complete control of an industrypeople who work for 12 hours a day, 6 days per week
- 28. Multiple Choice
___________________ was a Scottish immigrant who made his fortune in steel
John D. Rockefeller
Henry Ford
Alexander Graham Bell
Andrew Carnegie
- 29. Multiple Choice
When a company has exclusive control over the production of a product it is called a
monopoly
trust
stock
subsidy
- 30. Multiple Choice
People that start up their own business are called
stock holders
entrepreneurs
capitalists
investors
- 31. Multiple Choice
How did ‘robber barons’ get their name?
They invested heavily in barons’ stock
They robbed the rich industrialists and distributed their stock to investors
They had made their fortunes by crushing their competitors.
They robbed investors of their stocks
- 32. Multiple Choice
Which group made up the work force at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?
African American women
Irish American men
Native American women
young immigrant women
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