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