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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
John Rockefeller
B
Thomas Edison
C
Henry Frick
D
Samuel Gompers
3) Who made millions in the U.S. steel industry?
A
John D. Rockefeller
B
Samuel Gompers
C
Cornelius Vanderbilt
D
Andrew Carnegie
4) Who made millions in the U.S. oil industry
A
Andrew Carnegie
B
John D. Rockefeller
C
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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
Andrew Carnegie
D
Cornelius Vanderbilt
6) What is a group of corporations that joins together for the purpose of controlling prices?
A
entrepreneurship
B
investment
C
laissez-faire
D
trust
7) How did the mass production of goods affect life in the U.S?
A
Fewer people had jobs
B
More factories closed
C
Working conditions improved
D
Goods were more affordable
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 the environment
C
Government does not interfere with business
D
Government protects workers
11) How were monopolies a threat?
A
lowered prices to help consumers
B
encouraged labor unions to go on strike
C
eliminated competition from other businessess
D
increased trade with foreign countries
12) Which of the following would have helped prevent the tragedy at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in 1911?
A
buying more up-to-date equipment
B
hiring more workers
C
keeping factory doors unlocked
D
allowing people to join labor unions
13) Who invented the telephone?
A
Orville and Wilbur Wright
B
Andrew Carnegie
C
Alexander Graham Bell
D
Thomas Edison
14) Why were tenements common during the Industrial Revolution?
A
Increase in factory production led to high unemployment
B
Discrimination against immigrants led to poor living conditions.
C
Improved city sewage systems prevented diseases.
D
Rapid growth increased the need for cheap housing
15) Cost or Benefit of Industrialization? New inventions and technology improved life.
A
Cost
B
Benefit
16) Cost or Benefit of Industrialization? Politicians became corrupt (dishonest).
A
Cost
B
Benefit
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
Craftsman
B
Assembly Line
19) Craftsman or Assembly Line? Often had poor working conditions.
A
Craftsman
B
Assembly Line
20) Craftsman or Assembly Line? Goods were made very slowly--one at a time.
A
Assembly Line
B
Craftsman
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