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US history review on Gilded Age
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1
The 1st "big business" in America, at least in terms of finance, labor relations and management
movie industry
oil refining industry
steel industry
railroad industry
2
Which of the following inventions led to more urban growth?
trolleys
subways
all of the above
telegraphs
3
What was tactic used by business owners who created lists of known union members and not hire?
blacklist
strike
pinkertons
sweatshop
4
This theory related to evolution theory and said weaker people will be at bottom of society?
capitalism
laissez-faire
social darwinism
5
This is an image of a
monopoly
sweatshop
labor strike
research lab
6
Which events are in order?
End Civil War, Transcontinental RR, Pullman strike, Haymarke
Transcontinental RR, Pullman strike, End Civil War,Haymarket
Pullman strike, Haymarket, Transcontinental RR, endcivilwar
EndCivil War, Haymarket, Pullman Strike, Transcontinental RR
7
Which law did Congress pass in 1890 to make it illegal to form trusts and monopolies?
Pendleton Reform act
Cleveland reform
Sherman Anti-trust act
Anti-monopoly act
8
Identify this person who was a railroad tycoon? (hint the Commodore)
Vanderbilt
Pullman
Carnegie
Rockefeller
9
Who was the Scottish immigrant who started US Steel?
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Pullman
Vanderbilt
10
Who designed railroad cars that made riding trains comfortable?
Rockefeller
Pullman
Carnegie
Vanderbilt
11
Which of the following was NOT invented by Thomas Edison?
phonograph
incandescent lightbulb
telephone
1st major research lab-Menlo park
12
When a trust eliminates it's competition or has complete control of an industry its called
laissez-faire
monopoly
corporation
franchise
13
What is the term that means government should keep it's "hands off" business
entrepeneurs
blacklist
regulation
laissez-faire
14
Which of the following retail stores started as a successful mail order catalog?
Macy's
Woolworths
Wal-Mart
Sears & Roebuck
15
What is the labor union founded by Samuel Gompers that consisted of skilled workers?
American Federation of Labor
Knights of Labor
American Labor Union
16
What was Samuel Gompers was most noted for helping what movement?
business regulation
anti-discrimination
environmental
Labor
17
Why was the building of the Transcontinental railroad so important?
it promoted trade between the east&west and provided new job
it prevented the West from being developed too quickly
it encouraged the development of ways of assisting Natives
18
An individual who owns shares in a corporation is a
stockholder
robber baron
entrepeneur
owner
19
What was the purpose of the Dawes Act(1887) for the Native Americans?
encourage Native Americans to adopt the ways of white people
to preserve the traditions of the tribe
to set up large reservations so tribal groups could interact
to set up game preserves
20
What is the name of individuals who take the risk and start their own companies?
captain of industry
moguls
entrepeneurs
robber barons
21
Andrew Carnegie gained control of a large % of steel industry be doing all the following EXCEPT
buying out his competitors
cutting the quality of his products
buying out his suppliers
22
Vertical integration, which was used by Andrew Carnegie involved
forming trusts
buy businesses that supplied raw materials and transportati
using new methods to increase production
23
Which is the purpose of the Bessemer Process?
to extract oil from deep wells
to move through the air in a machine
to purify molten iron and convert it to steel
to extract gold or silver ore from solid rock
24
Which of the following strikes took place in Chicago and resulted in a bomb going off?
Great Railroad Strike
Haymarket
Homestead Strike
Pullman
25
The name of the economic system where businesses are controlled by individuals not gov is
socialism
privatism
capitalism
democracy
26
Who founded Standard Oil?
Pullman
Carnegie
Vanderbilt
Rockefeller