Unit 2 Industrial Revolution Question Preview (ID: 39436)


Industrialization, Big Business, And Labor Unions. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Which industry was dominated by Andrew Carnegie?
a) Oil
b) Railroad
c) steel
d) banking and finance

Which Thomas Edison invention changed American business and social life the most?
a) electric automobile
b) electric trolley
c) electric telephone
d) electric lightbulb

What did workers form to fight for better working conditions in the late 1800s?
a) paramilitary groups
b) labor unions
c) gangs
d) worker's guilds

What is it called when a labor union refuses to work until they are paid higher wages?
a) closed shop
b) boycott
c) strike
d) collective bargaining

Who founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
a) Eugene Debbs
b) Samuel Gompers
c) Karl Marx
d) J.P. Morgan

What did business leaders use to weaken the labor unions?
a) yellow dog contracts and black lists
b) collective bargaining and strikes
c) injunctions and trusts
d) Collective Bargaining and Negotiation

Which labor union leader is associated with supporting socialism?
a) Eugene Debbs
b) Samuel Gompers
c) Uriah Stephens
d) Andrew Carnegie

Which act was passed to regulate railroad freight rates?
a) Sherman Anti Trust Act
b) Interstate Commerce Act
c) Pendleton Civil Service Act
d) Alien and Sedition Act

Which act was passed to prevent trusts from forming monopolies?
a) Sherman Anti Trust Act
b) Interstate Commerce Act
c) Pendleton Civil Service Act
d) Alien and Sedition Act

Which industry was improved by the Bessemer process?
a) oil
b) steel
c) mining
d) banking

What government policy reduced business regulations?
a) communism
b) socialsim
c) laissez-faire capitalism
d) Social darwinism

Donating funds to libraries, schools, and hospitals was associated with Andrew Carnegie and his _________________________.
a) Gospel of Wealth
b) Social Darwinism
c) White Man's Burden
d) The Communist Manifesto

What process do labor unions try to use to secure a contract with good wages and better working conditions?
a) collective bargaining
b) Yellow dog contracts
c) Black lists
d) Lock Outs

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