What is a stock market?

A market where shares of a company are bought and sold.

In an assembly line, workers...

perform one step in the process of making a product.

making goods in large quantities

How did Hazen Pingree try to help the poor?

He cut the costs of street cars and gas heat.

What is a closed shop?

Only union workers can work there.

What was lowered during the Great Depression?

The number of jobs in the economy.

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Social Studies - Chapter 7

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1
What is a stock market?
A change that is made to a rule.
A store that sells stocks.
A market that allows you to stock up on groceries.
A market where shares of a company are bought and sold.
2
In an assembly line, workers...
assemble to get instructions from the factory owner.
perform one step in the process of making a product.
make products by each doing one task and then another task.
assemble in small teams to make something.
3
What word means "Not having a job"?
employed
reform
depression
unemployed
4
Which of the following caused many workers to lose their jobs?
Olds started a car company.
The UAW was formed.
Ford used mass production.
The Great Depression hit.
5
What was the name of the group who worked to make changes to help the neediest people.
suffragists
reformists
progressives
abolitionists
6
Mass Production =
making goods in large quantities
Coca Cola
Making goods in small quantities
Producing massive items.
7
The United Autoworkers was formed in part through the efforts of...
Walter Reuther
Frank Murphy
Henry Ford
Franklin D. Roosevelt
8
What industry did Caroline Bartlett Crane of Kalamazoo help to reform?
auto making
oil drilling
steel manufacturing
meatpacking
9
Thomas Palmer and Anna Howard Shaw were both supporters of what?
the need to improve education
the right of women to vote.
The Green Bay Packers
the right of women to sew.
10
A union tries to win benefits for ________________.
consumers
workers
business owners
unemployed people
11
How did Hazen Pingree try to help the poor?
He cut the costs of street cars and gas heat.
He started a new car company.
He gave women the right to vote.
He raised the wages of poor people.
12
Which means about the same as strike?
Refusal to work
Demand for more money
Refusal to buy products
A group of united workers.
13
After Congress passed a law in 1924 limiting immigration, Michigan factories tried to attract..
Italians and Poles
African Americans
Canadians
Germans
14
What is a closed shop?
The factories will shut down.
Only union workers can work there.
There is no one working, so they closed the shop.
Only non-union workers can work there.
15
Which group of Americans came under suspicion of being spies during World War I?
Irish Americans
African Americans
German Americans
Italian Americans
16
Which word means "the right to vote"?
amendment
suffrage
progressive
women
17
What word means a change to a law made according to official rules.
reform
changes
unemployed
amendment
18
What was lowered during the Great Depression?
Ther number of workers willing to work.
The number of jobs in the economy.
The voting age for women.
The depth of the Great Lakes
19
What did Henry Ford do to change the auto industry?
Started a car company.
Invented the Oldsmobile.
Invented the assembly line.
He hired union workers first.
20
What was the period called when America suffered due to a bad economy and not enough jobs?
The great time with bad jobs.
The Great Depression
The sad time with no jobs.
Unemployment

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