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Chapter 24 Test Review
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1) Labor unions represent the interests of:
A
entrepreneurs
B
corporations
C
workers
D
consumers
2) Who was the founder of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
A
Henry Frick
B
Thomas Edison
C
Samuel Gompers
D
John Rockefeller
3) Who made millions in the U.S. steel industry?
A
Andrew Carnegie
B
John D. Rockefeller
C
Samuel Gompers
D
Cornelius Vanderbilt
4) Who made millions in the U.S. oil industry
A
Cornelius Vanderbilt
B
John D. Rockefeller
C
Andrew Carnegie
D
Henry Ford
5) Who improved life in U.S. cities by inventing the electrical power system?
A
Alexander Graham Bell
B
Thomas Edison
C
Cornelius Vanderbilt
D
Andrew Carnegie
6) What is a group of corporations that joins together for the purpose of controlling prices?
A
laissez-faire
B
trust
C
entrepreneurship
D
investment
7) How did the mass production of goods affect life in the U.S?
A
Working conditions improved
B
Goods were more affordable
C
Fewer people had jobs
D
More factories closed
8) Which of the following is an entrepreneur?
A
a factory worker
B
a business owner
C
a government employee
D
a farm worker
9) Craftsman or Assembly Line? Employees were often injured on the job.
A
Assembly Line
B
Craftsman
10) Which of the following best describes the economic policy of laissez-faire?
A
Government controls prices
B
Government protects workers
C
Government protects the environment
D
Government does not interfere with business
11) How were monopolies a threat?
A
eliminated competition from other businessess
B
encouraged labor unions to go on strike
C
increased trade with foreign countries
D
lowered prices to help consumers
12) Which of the following would have helped prevent the tragedy at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in 1911?
A
keeping factory doors unlocked
B
buying more up-to-date equipment
C
hiring more workers
D
allowing people to join labor unions
13) Who invented the telephone?
A
Andrew Carnegie
B
Thomas Edison
C
Alexander Graham Bell
D
Orville and Wilbur Wright
14) Why were tenements common during the Industrial Revolution?
A
Discrimination against immigrants led to poor living conditions.
B
Rapid growth increased the need for cheap housing
C
Increase in factory production led to high unemployment
D
Improved city sewage systems prevented diseases.
15) Cost or Benefit of Industrialization? New inventions and technology improved life.
A
Benefit
B
Cost
16) Cost or Benefit of Industrialization? Politicians became corrupt (dishonest).
A
Benefit
B
Cost
17) Cost or Benefit of Industrialization? Workers could easily lose their jobs.
A
Benefit
B
Cost
18) Craftsman or Assembly Line? Unskilled workers doing same task over and over.
A
Assembly Line
B
Craftsman
19) Craftsman or Assembly Line? Often had poor working conditions.
A
Assembly Line
B
Craftsman
20) Craftsman or Assembly Line? Goods were made very slowly--one at a time.
A
Craftsman
B
Assembly Line
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