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Gilded Age
Test Description: Industrial Revolution
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) How did Henry Ford Impact American society?
A
He connected New York City and Chicago by creating a railroad.
B
His assembly line used specialization and division of labor to produce many cars at once.
C
He used vertical integration to produce steel efficiently.
D
He made everyone in America wealthy.
2) What is another way Henry Ford impacted American society?
A
He created over 300 products made from sweet potatoes and peanuts.
B
He contributed to the creation of the middle class.
C
He invented the telephone, so people could talk over long distances.
D
His invention of the light bulb allowed people to entertain in their homes at night.
3) What was another way Henry Ford contributed to American society?
A
He created the Transcontinental Railroad.
B
He paid his workers fair wages, and they in turn put that money back into the economy.
C
He used vertical integration to produce steel efficienclty.
D
He was a world known banker.
4) John D. Rockefeller was an industrial capitalist in the field of
A
banking
B
steel
C
railroads and shipping
D
oil
5) Andrew Carnegie was an industrial capitalist in the field of
A
steel
B
railroads and shipping
C
oil
D
banking
6) J.P. Morgan was an industrial capitalist in the field of
A
railroads and shipping
B
banking
C
steel
D
oil
7) Cornelius Vanderbilt was an industrial capitalist in the field of
A
railroads and shipping
B
steel
C
banking
D
oil
8) George Washington Carver invented
A
more than 300 products that can be produced from peanuts and sweet potatoes.
B
the telephone.
C
the Model T car.
D
the phonograph.
9) What do you call the method Carnegie used for his business where he owned everything the business needed to produce his product from start to finish?
A
vertical integration
B
collective bargaining
C
child labor
D
assembly line
10) Why did George Washington Carver work so hard to invent ways to make products from peanuts and sweet potatoes?
A
to increase demand for new crops farmers could grow to replenish their soil.
B
to increase western settlement.
C
to make money for himself.
D
to decrease costs for Americans.
11) Why was the U.S. called the Gilded Age during the Industrial Revolution?
A
Many U.S. citizens were becoming wealthy and hardly anyone was poor.
B
U.S. Society was in a Golden Era of new inventions and economic growth.
C
Underneath its glittery growth and success, U.S. society was struggling with poverty and corruption.
D
The U.S. joined European countries in backing its currency with gold.
12) How was the Gilded Age a time of economic disparity?
A
Most people became wealthy.
B
Wealth was redistributed so that everyone had the same amount of money.
C
Everyone was able to but whatever they wanted.
D
A few people became very wealthy, but most people were very poor.
13) What were some of the negative effects of the Industrial Revolution?
A
Family income increased, companies made more money.
B
The workplace was safer than it had ever been.
C
Child labor, low wages, long hours, and unsafe working conditions.
D
Children got a better education.
14) Which invention allowed people to be able to listen to recorded concerts and speeches?
A
telephone
B
Model T car
C
lightbulb
D
phonograph
15) Which invention allowed information and ideas to be spread much more rapidly than in the past/
A
steel
B
telephone
C
Model T car
D
lightbulb
16) Labor unions worked to ____________wages.
A
lower
B
decrease
C
subtract
D
increase
17) Labor unions worked to _________working hours.
A
increase
B
decrease
C
eliminate
D
add to
18) This was a tactic used by labor unions to increase wages and decrease working hours.
A
Vertical Integration
B
Collective Bargaining
C
Assembly Lines
D
Division of Labor
19) If collective bargaining didn't work, labor unions would sometimes use _______ as a way to bargain.
A
investment
B
assembly lines
C
redistribution
D
strikes
20) Who started the American Federation of Labor which included skilled workers and tried to avoid strikes?
A
Thomas Edison
B
Cornelius Vanderbilt
C
Andrew Carnegie
D
Samuel Gompers
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