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Who created the Standard Oil Trust?
John Rockefeller
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Andrew Carnegie
2
What was the 1st labor union called?
United Strikers
World Workers Union
American Federation of Workers
Knights of Labor
3
What is a powerful industrialist who uses dishonest means to become wealthy called?
Entrepreneur
Robber Baron
Philanthropist
Tycoon
4
What is a legal body created to hold stock in many companies often in the same industry?
Philanthropist
Trust
Tycoon
Corporation
5
What was the time period called when the U.S. saw a rapid increase in the number of factories?
Industrialization
Urbanization
Assimilation
Colonization
6
What is a factory where people work long hours for low wages in dangerous conditions called?
monopoly
corporation
labor union
sweatshop
7
Who was a philanthropist and steel tycoon during the industrialization of the U.S?
John Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
8
Privately owned businesses compete freely in this economic system.
Free Enterprise
Democracy
Monopoly
Labor Union
9
What is a gov't certificate giving an inventor rights to their invention for a period of time?
patent
Tycoon
Stock
trust
10
What were corrupt organizations that bribed people for votes in order to control city gov'ts?
Entrepreneurs
Labor Unions
Political Machines
Robber Barons
11
What is the government legislation used to break up trusts?
Anti-Monopoly Laws
Anti-Trust Laws
Business Regulation Laws
Amendments
12
What is a wealthy and powerful business owner called?
Tycoon
Philanthropist
Knight of Labor
Robber Baron
13
What is a share in a company called?
stock
union
patent
wages
14
What is it called when workers refuse to work until their demands are met?
Lassez-faire
Strike
regulate
Collective Bargaining
15
What is a risk taker in business called?
Entrepreneur
Philanthropist
Shareholder
Tycoon
16
What is a person called who gives away large sums of money to charity called?
Tycoon
Labor Union
Nomad
Philanthropist
17
What is a business owned by investors called?
Sweatshop
Corporation
Trust
Monopoly
18
Which is an example of a government regulation of business?
Labor Unions
Strikes
Buying shares of stock
Minimum Wage
19
Period the U.S had growing wealth, political corruption, masked serious social problems.
Gilded Age
Westward Expansion
Urbanization
Reconstruction
20
What is a company that wipes out its competitors to control an industry called?
Trust
Corporation
Labor Union
Monopoly
21
Group of workers who negotiate with business owners to obtain more money/better conditions?
Free enterprise
Corporation
Robber Baron
Labor Union
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What is it called when unions negotiate with management for workers as a group?
Free Enterprise
Laissez-faire
Knights of Labor
Collective Bargaining
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What means no government regulation of business?
Assimilation
Laissez-faire
Trust
Industrialization