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Chapter 24: Rise Of Industry Unit Review
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1) Labor unions were organized to represent the interests of:
A
consumers
B
entrepreneurs
C
corporations
D
workers
2) Who was the founder of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
A
Samuel Gompers
B
Henry Frick
C
John Rockefeller
D
Thomas Edison
3) Which of the following made millions in the steel industry?
A
Andrew Carnegie
B
John D. Rockefeller
C
Thomas Edison
D
Samuel Gompers
4) Which of the following made millions in the oil industry?
A
Andrew Carnegie
B
Henry Frick
C
Samuel Gompers
D
John D. Rockefeller
5) Who improved the quality of life in cities by inventing the electrical power system?
A
Thomas Edison
B
Samuel Gompers
C
Henry Frick
D
Andrew Carnegie
6) How did the mass production of goods affect life in the United States?
A
Products were more affordable
B
Working conditions improved
C
Fewer people had jobs
D
More factories were closed
7) Which of these is an entrepreneur?
A
a farm worker
B
A successful business owner
C
a factory worker
D
a government employee
8) Which of these best describes the economic policy known as laissez-faire?
A
Government passes laws to protect the environment
B
Government controls the prices of goods
C
Government does not interfere with business
D
Government passes laws to protect workers
9) How were monopolies a threat to the free-enterprise system?
A
By eliminating competition from other businesses
B
By increasing trade with foreign countries
C
By encouraging labor unions to go on strike
D
By lowering prices to help consumers
10) Which of these would have prevented the 1911 tragedy at the Triangle Factory in New York?
A
Allowing people to join labor unions
B
Keeping factory doors unlocked
C
Buying more up-to-date equipment
D
Hiring more workers
11) Who invented the telephone?
A
Henry Ford
B
Thomas Edison
C
Orville Wright
D
Alexander Graham Bell
12) Why were crowded tenements common during the time of Industrialization?
A
Improved city sewage systems caused less disease
B
Rapid growth increased need for cheap housing
C
Discrimination against immigrants led to poor living conditions
D
Increase in factory production led to high unemployment
13) New inventions and technology improved life.
A
Cost
B
Benefit
14) Politicians became corrupt (dishonest).
A
Benefit
B
Cost
15) Workers could easily lose their jobs.
A
Benefit
B
Cost
16) Many workers lived in poverty.
A
Benefit
B
Cost
17) Goods were made very slowly--one at a time.
A
Assembly Line
B
Craftsman
18) Unskilled workers doing same task over and over.
A
Craftsman
B
Assembly Line
19) Employees were often injured on the job.
A
Assembly LIne
B
Craftsman
20) Produced high quality unique goods.
A
Assembly Line
B
Craftsman
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