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Cost or Benefit of Industrialization? Politicians became corrupt (dishonest).
a) Cost
b) Benefit
c)
d)

Cost or Benefit of Industrialization? New inventions and technology improved life.
a) Cost
b) Benefit
c)
d)

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

Who invented the telephone?
a) Thomas Edison
b) Andrew Carnegie
c) Orville and Wilbur Wright
d) Alexander Graham Bell

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

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

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

Which of the following is an entrepreneur?
a) a factory worker
b) a government employee
c) a business owner
d) a farm worker

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

What is a group of corporations that joins together for the purpose of controlling prices?
a) trust
b) laissez-faire
c) entrepreneurship
d) investment

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

Who made millions in the U.S. oil industry
a) Henry Ford
b) Andrew Carnegie
c) Cornelius Vanderbilt
d) John D. Rockefeller

Who made millions in the U.S. steel industry?
a) John D. Rockefeller
b) Andrew Carnegie
c) Cornelius Vanderbilt
d) Samuel Gompers

Who was the founder of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
a) Henry Frick
b) Thomas Edison
c) Samuel Gompers
d) John Rockefeller

Labor unions represent the interests of:
a) workers
b) entrepreneurs
c) consumers
d) corporations

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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