Ch. 6 Review: American History (Schoch)

What happen to the gap between the rich and the poor during the Second Industrial Revolution?

TRUE/FALSE: Social Darwinism argued that government should be laissez-faire towards businesses.

Buying out competitors of a similar industry is called

The MAJORITY of Americans viewed industrialists like Rockefeller and Carnegie with ____ .

During the Homestead Strike, the striking labor union lost popularity after a(n)

According to the "Gospel of Wealth,"

Survival of the fittest applied to humans and human society is known as

Of the choices below, which group had the LOWEST pay in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

What precedent was set by the Pullman strike?

After which strike did the fed. govt. refuse to legally recognize labor unions (in court) for 30 yrs?

Overall, did the federal government support labor unions during the late 1800s and early 1900s?

Hired many Irish workers

What type of monopoly did Rockefeller manage? Standard Oil _______

Labor unions were denied legal recognition by the fed. govt for 30 years., what did this mean?

Which of the following helped with communication in the United States?

Several companies managed as a single unit is called ____

John D. Rockefeller created a monopoly using ______ .

Built through the Sierra Nevada Mountain range out of Sacramento, California

Which of the following does NOT describe a captain of industry?

Efficiency was improved in factories when bosses used _______

Which person did NOT work to perfect electricity and/or the light bulb?

Who created that monopoly called Standard Oil and Trust? What did this monopoly sell?

Why did children of families in poverty in the late 1800s and early 1900s have to work?

Which of the following does NOT describe the members of the Knights of Labor?

Which businessman created a monopoly by buying out competitors and creating a trust?

The more a company produces, the cheaper it is to make that product, this is called ___ .

Which of the following MOST helped American industrial growth in the late 1800s?

What was the #1 reason the American Federation of Labor was AGAINST women working?

Built across the Great Plains

Which of the following does NOT describe a robber baron?

TRUE /FALSE: Social Darwinism argued that govt should raise taxes on the rich to help the poor.

Technique to mass produce steel in an affordable way was called ___ .

Andrew Carnegie created a monopoly using ______ .

A loose associations of businesses (like OPEC) that produce the same product and agree to set prices is called ____

What does the gap between the rich and the poor indicate about a nation?

True or False: Social Darwinism argued that government should protect the rights of workers.

How did the U.S. government help in the building of the Transcontinental Railroad?

The first MAJOR labor strike, which quickly spread to cities across the U.S. was started by

Which of the following was NOT impacted by the Bessemer Process?

Many workers in the U.S. believed that ___would help end poor working conditions and low pay.

This inventor is best known for his work with electricty

Controlling EVERY part of the production of a product is called

True or False: Social Darwinism argued that government should regulate businesses.

Which group was paid the HIGHEST wage in a factory?

An agreement with an employer to never join a labor union was called ____ .

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was created to regulate

License to make, sell, or use an invention for a set period of time is called a

Who had a steel monopoly in the United States?

Who was the first to CREATE and practice the "Gospel of Wealth" philosophy?

Hired many Chinese laborers