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A legal arrangement grouping together a number of companies under a single board of directors.
a patent
a stock
a corporation
a trust
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What is collective bargaining?
Employers use this to find large groups of laborers.
Laborers working in groups are more productive in workplace.
Laborers acting together negotiating with management.
Employers use this to get the cheapest labor.
3
Who invented a quicker and cheaper way to create steel?
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Henry Bessemer
Leland Stanford
4
Owning all businesses in a certain field.
vertical integration
horizontal integration
trust
stockholding
5
The Knights of Labor Actively recruited women and black workers
False
True
6
Who led the American Federation of Labor?
Henry Ford
Charles Darwin
Frederick W. Taylor
Samuel Gompers
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The exclusive right to make or sell an invention or product.
a patent
a trust
vertical integration
a corporation
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Businesses that sell portions of ownership called stock shares.
investments
trusts
stocks
corporations
9
How did the telegraph differ from the telephone?
The telegraph was much more expensive than telephone.
The telegraph could work only in big cities.
The telegraph could not send messages over long distrances.
The telegraph could carry only written messages.
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A disadvantage of the Sherman Antitrust act was
Enabled congress to regulate interstate trade
Levied fines
Was hard to enforce
Eliminated hidden trusts
11
Americans opposed socialism because
They saw it as a threat to their property rights
they saw it as a threat to their living conditions
They saw it as a threat to their working conditions
They saw it as a unreasonable request
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The American government took a ___________ approach to handling industry
Hands-on
Dejar-hacer
Head-first
Laissez-faire
13
New technologies in the steel industry led to increased productivity in which of the following?
railroad industry
oil industry
textile industry
electric industry
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What made it illegal to create monopolies?
patents
Sherman Anti-trust Act
trusts
Corporations
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The negative impacts of Industry on the environment include:
smaller fish
Polluted air
Cleaner drinking water
Coyotes in the city
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The Bessemer Process led to
Skyscrapers and bridges
slower mail
better communication
Stronger lighter Steel
17
What was the first national labor union?
Knights of Labor
Collective Union
American Federation of Labor
Sherman Anti-trust Act
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A period of rapid growth in U.S. manufacturing in the late 1800s.
First Industrial Revolution
Second Industrial Revolution
Vertical Integration
Social Darwinism
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Management took steps to prevent labor unions by
Unions were supported by industry
Forced new employees to sign contracts preventing them from joining unions
Refused to bargain during strikes or recognize unions
Forbidding meetings and fired union organizers
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Federal troops were sent in by _____________ during the Great Railway strike of 1877
Grover Cleveland
John F. Kennedy
Rutherford B. Hayes
Abraham Lincoln
21
Who invented the telephone?
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
Grover Cleveland
Alexander Graham Bell
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Who had financial control over the oil industry?
John D. Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andrew Carnegie
Leland Stanford
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Who found oil by drilling in PA?
Edwin Drake
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Henry Bessemer
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The South was slow to industrialize because
Wage workers sought jobs up north
Recovery from the Civil war was slow
the south was unaffected
farm work was preferred
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An affect of the expansion of railroads across the United States.
movement of city dwellers to the suburbs.
increase in the price of steel.
rapid growth of cities.
decrease in interstate grade.
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Who encouraged managers to view workers as interchangeable parts of the production process?
Henry Ford
Grover Cleveland
Andrew Carnegie
Frederick W. Taylor
27
Ownership of businesses involved in each step of a manufacturing process.
stockholding
vertical integration
trust
horizontal integration
28
Eugene Debs was a socialist who created the
Knights of Labor
American Railway Union
American Federation of Labor
United Workers of America Union
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This man was known for his involvement in the US banking system, bailing out the US economy, and investing money
Andrew Carnegie
Henry Bessemer
JP Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
30
What three factors are needed to industrialize?
labor
resources
government
capital
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Who was responsible for making the steel industry a big business in the U.S.?
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Henry Bessemer
Leland Standford
32
The American Federation of Labor worked to
End strikes in the Northeast
defeat all other unions in a battle
Protect the rights of all laborers
Make broader social reform
33
Who was the inventor of the light bulb?
Alexander Graham Bell
Orville & Wilbur Wright
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
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The impacts of the telephone include
telepathic communication
Longer mail routes
Better, faster communication
Faster commutes
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The idea that those who were "fittest" would be successful.
Bessemer Process
Labor Strikes
Collective Bargaining
Social Darwinism
