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Industrialization humanities
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According to this cartoon, the government will stay laissez faire towards business because
Monopolies limit competition
The monopoly controls the government
Big businesses that are "fittest" should not be held back
Monopoly is good for the country
2
process where each worker performs one step in the making of a product as it moves along is:
Urbanization
A Bessemer steel process
an assembly line
Skilled work that requires a lot of training
3
The main idea of the following cartoon is:
Most Americans supported unions
Unions are gaining power over big businesses
The government should support the expansion of railroads
Big business was more powerful than labor unions
4
What idea is being expressed in the following cartoon?
Monopolies have too much power over the government
Unions are too powerful
Laissez faire capitalism is beneficial for all
Constitutional separation of powers is important
5
How did the Haymarket Strike affect the Knights of Labor Union?
All their common goals were met
Members dropped out b/c newspapers blamed violence on them
The government issued an injunction
Newspapers printed positive stories about them
6
The term business monopoly can
best
be described as:
one company that controls or dominates an industry
the most common form of business in the United States
Free market capitalism
government control ofthe means of production
7
All of the following are reasons owners took advantage of workers EXCEPT:
Laissez faire gov't; Few/no laws protected workers
Unskilled workers were too easily replaced
The government passed too many laws to protect workers
Owners were greedy
8
Socialism is a mix of some gov't control of the economy + ability of citizens to own their own businesses + make $
True
False
9
All of the following were problems facing workers during industrialization EXCEPT:
Long hours; 12 hours a day average
Child labor laws forced children to go to school
Low pay/no minimum wage
Dangerous conditions; injuries and death
10
One reason so many workers died at the Triangle Factory fire was
Someone held the door closed on purpose
The government was not laissez faire, made too many laws
Owners locked a door to stop workers from taking a break
The sprinkler system did not work
11
In social studies, the term radical means:
Slightly different than the current system
Super cool
hands off the government
Far different than the current system
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Which of the following big businessmen created a monopoly in the railroad industry?
Mr. Krabs
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
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All of the following are reasons unions were not successful during industrialization EXCEPT:
People associated unions with violence and radicals
Unskilled workers required a lot of training to do their job
Unskilled workers were easily replaced
The government issued injunctions to break up strikes
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A scab is
A worker hired to take the place of a worker on strike
Refusing to work until all demands are met
Refusing to buy or use a product
sharing the name of trouble workers with other businesses
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The MAIN idea of this cartoon is
Greed led to the death of workers
The owners did nothing wrong
Don't smoke
The government should be laissez faire
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union leaders negotiating with owners to on behalf of all members of the union is known as
hiring scabs
Striking
Collective bargaining
Boycotting
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The main idea of the cartoon is that
The government should be laissez faire
Monopolies are harmful to society
Standard Oil created thousands of jobs
Rockefeller was a captain of industry
18
Andrew Carnegie is best known for creating a monopoly in the:
Oil Industry
Railroad industry
Steel industry
Cell phone industry
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One reason why unskilled workers were so easy to replace was because:
Most people lived in rural areas
Their was a shortage of workers in the economy
Their jobs required little training or education
Almost all the work was done by hand and not by machines
20
Which reason does not support the idea that John Rockefeller was a CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY?
He donated large amounts of money to charity
He was a genius businessman
He was greedy and treated his workers poorly
He created millions of jobs
21
What was the Bessemer Process?
A way to implement Horizontal Integration
A way to implement Vertical Integration
A governmental act to move Native Americans to reservations
A new way of mass producing steel cheaper and faster
22
Mass production is
Making goods by hand
Making large amounts of goods fast & cheap using machines
The rapid growth of cities
Changing from a farming society to a manufacturing society
23
One major reason labor unions failed during industrialization was:
The government protected workers and ended child labor
There were too few workers for available jobs
The government usually sided with the owners
Mass production created the need for skilled workers
24
When the government keeps it's "hands off" the economy and does not pass laws to limit business
It is known as socialism
It is known as democracy
It is known as laissez faire
It is known as urbanization
25
Urbanization means
The growth of unions
Destroying the government and not replacing it
Moving from cities to rural areas
The rapid growth of cities
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Between 1865 and 1920, railroads helped drive industrialization by:
Reducing travel times for goods and people
All answers correct
Creating thousands of jobs
creating a demand for steel, coal, lumber and other goods
27
The 19th-century philosophy of Social Darwinism states that:
Unions needed to be strong to help the economy
The rich should pay more in taxes
the government should havecontrol over business
economic success comes to those who are the fittest
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Economy in which businesses are owned by the gov't, all workers work for the gov't + all profits are split w/ citizens
Capitalism
Socialism
Communism
Slackerism
29
Inventions and innovations helped the U.S. industrialize for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
Jobs in factories were for skilled workers who needed a lot of training
Machines were created to make goods faster and cheaper
Communication and transportation got faster
More factories were built to mass produce the inventions
30
Philanthropy was used by businessmen during industrialization to:
Form monoplies
Donate large amounts to charity
Drive competition out of business
Destroy labor unions
31
What is one reason why urbanization happened as the U.S. industrialized?
More people got jobs on farms
Factories were in cities so workers moved there for jobs
Steel was to expensive to use for construction of buildings
Railroads made it harder to ship goods around the country
32
The Sherman Antitrust Act was an attempt by Congress to:
protect consumers against unsafe products
Make nativists happy by regulating immigration
Pass laws to regulate farming
Regulate big business and monoplies
33
The term "robber barons" was used during Industrialization to describe:
carpetbaggers
Union leaders
Big businessmen and monopoly owners
Corrupt politicians
34
The following cartoon shows Andrew Carnegie in a positive way because he is:
helping small steel companies compete with him
creating a monopoly in the steel industry
Using philanthropy to benefit the public
a robber baron
35
Unions will picket in order to:
Be lazy
Raise support for the company they work for
Raise awareness of their demands and make the business look bad
36
In capitalism, people own their own businesses + can keep all profit earned; the gov't is laissez faire
True
False
37
Going against its original purpose, the Sherman Antitrust act was used in the 1890s to
Regulate railroads
Effectively break up powerful monopolies
Break up labor strikes that interfered with free trade
Create more competition in business
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All of the following are reasons why monopolies are bad EXCEPT:
They have power over laws and government
They eliminate all competition
They make the U.S. economy one of the strongest in the world
The can control and raise prices
