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What was the purpose of the Pacific Railroad Act?
a) To build a transcontinental railroad binding California to the rest of the Union
b) To complete the consolidation of US railroads
c) To rebuild railroads in the South and link them to California through the Gadsden Purchase
d) To build a railroad utilizing the Gadsden Purchase to link California to the Union

What groups made up most of the labor force to build the railroads?
a) Irish, freed slaves, and Chinese
b) Irish, Italian, freed slaves
c) Irish, Italians, and Chinese
d) Chinese, Japanese, Irish

What did the railways change regarding a town’s location?
a) Towns no longer dependent on water
b) Towns no longer dependent on waterways
c) Towns no longer dependent on industry
d) Towns no longer dependent on lines of communication

What gave the Federal government the authority to regulate trade affecting more than one state?
a) Interstate Commerce Act
b) Sherman Antitrust Act
c) Interstate Regulations Act
d) Granger Act

What is vertical integration (example Rockefeller and oil industry)?
a) Combination of all phases of manufacturing into one company
b) Allying competitors to establish a monopoly over industry
c) Owning all the varied factories/production and/or products and resources that impact the manufacture of a product
d) Combining companies using shadow companies and trust to control an industry

Impact of Social Darwinism?
a) Justified harsh tactics in business and not helping poor; also encouraged contempt for poor
b) Applies the perception of evolution to society
c) Mandates Darwin’s laws of intervention
d) Applies Darwin’s view of environmental impact on the species development to business

What was one of the government’s first actions to control Robber Barons?
a) Sherman Antitrust Act
b) Interstate Commerce Act
c) Sheridan Antitrust Act
d) Clayton Antitrust Act

How was the South viewed during the 2nd Industrial Revolution?
a) A region akin to a third world country, where cheap labor was available and prices kept high to inhibit growth
b) A region ripe for change and opportunity
c) region requiring vast investment needed to rebuild from the War
d) The South was still largely under Reconstruction and unable to gain any benefit from the Industrial Revolution

What is “wage slavery”?
a) A person is tied to a job regardless of wage due to a need for any job and a burden of debt
b) A person is bonded to the industry and unable to leave due to legal obligation
c) A person has contracted him or herself to industry for a given period and wage
d) A person is made a slave for money much like an indentured servant.

What are labor unions and why were they created?
a) Organizations composed of industrialist to control trade
b) Organizations composed of workers to improve conditions in the workplace
c) Organizations composed of workers and administration to improve conditions in the workplace
d) Organization composed of only skilled workers to control industry.

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