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