When one company controls all or most of a certain industry

Which of the following statements about the Knights of Labor is true?

After the Haymarket Affair, the union withered.

What was Andrew Carnegie's vertical integration?

Owning every step of steel production.

What was John D. Rockefeller's horizontal integration?

Buying or controlling all his competitors.

What did it mean when railroads price gouged?

They raised rates in rural areas with infrequent service

Which was not an example of corrupt elected officials?

The assassination of Pres. James Garfield.

Mechanization transformed labor in all of the following ways except

It led to safer working conditions.

Which statement about unions' approach to politics is most accurate?

unions avoided political confrontations /lobbied for reforms

Which of the following statements about the Industrial Revolution is false?

began in United States, then spread to England and Europe.

Industrialists justified their financial and political strength in all the following ways but

earned what they had from hard work, not unfair advantages

Which was not an achievement of the American Federation of Labor?

It was open to all workers, skilled and unskilled.

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American History S1: Chapter 17: The Industrial Revolution

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1
What is a monopoly?
When one company controls all or most of a certain industry
When a railroad gives special rates to a certain client.
When there are too many firms competing to sell a product.
All of these
2
Which of the following statements about the Knights of Labor is true?
After the Haymarket Affair, the union withered.
After the Haymarket Affair, there were no more strikes
All of these
Terence Powderly accepted all workers as members
3
What was Andrew Carnegie's vertical integration?
None of these.
Building the tallest office building of any steel company.
Owning every step of steel production.
Buying or controlling all his competitors.
4
What was John D. Rockefeller's horizontal integration?
Buying or controlling all his competitors.
Building the widest office buildings of any oil company.
None of these.
Owning every step of oil production.
5
The "Big Four" businessmen who led the construction of the western RR all of the following but
Charles Crocker.
Collis Huntington.
Leland Stanford.
Jay Gould.
6
What did it mean when railroads price gouged?
They gave large corporations a steep discount on rates.
They lowered rates in rural areas to attract more customers.
None of these
They raised rates in rural areas with infrequent service
7
Which of the following statements about the 1877 Railroad Strike is true?
Pres. Hayes used National Guard, breaks up the strike.
strike reached most cities, brought business to a standstill
Over one hundred people were killed in violent clashes.
All of these.
8
Which of these became the greatest symbol of America's growing desire for consumer goods?
The department store
The chain store
Door-to-door salesmen
The suburban mall
9
The main industries of the Industrial Revolution were all of the following, except:
Steel
Railroads
Petroleum
Automobiles
10
Which was a widely believed justification for the wealth and power of industrialists?
All of these.
Social Darwinism.
Protestant individualism.
The Horatio Alger myth.
11
Which was not an example of corrupt elected officials?
Congressmen who owned stock in the Credit Mobilier Company
All of these.
The assassination of Pres. James Garfield.
New York City's Tammany Hall.
12
How did the Civil War help launch the Industrial Revolution in the U.S.?
Congress GOP took advantage of Democrats' absence, fund RR
created technology , such as the refrigerated rail cars.
All of these.
increased demand for factory goods.
13
Which of the following men is incorrectly paired with his technological development?
Thomas Edison - incandescent light bulb
J. Pierpont Morgan - streetcar
Alexander Graham Bell - telephone
Andrew Carnegie - steel for skyscrapers
14
Which was invented in the late 1800s?
Telephone
All of these
Elevator
Electric Power Grid
15
Which late-1800s change helped workers organize unions?
Companies' use of strikebreakers.
large number of immigrants different languages, ethnic, etc
Companies' use of yellow dog contracts and blacklists.
None of these
16
Of what was the Triangle Shirtwaist Company an example of?
All of these.
The life-threatening working conditions in many factories.
A sweatshop.
The exploitation of female factory workers.
17
To which harmful effect of industrialization did John Muir call attention?
High prices charged by monopolies
None of these
Environmental damage.
difference between "long haul" and "short haul" rates.
18
Mechanization transformed labor in all of the following ways except
It pulled more women and children into factories.
made work more routine, as workers repeated same task.
It led employers to seek out cheaper and cheaper workers.
It led to safer working conditions.
19
What propelled the growth of retail shopping companies in the late 1800s?
All of these.
Mail-order catalogs.
Uniform discount prices.
Department stores with alluring window displays.
20
Which statement about unions' approach to politics is most accurate?
None of these
Most unions sought to overthrow capitalism
Labor unions never accomplished any political reforms
unions avoided political confrontations /lobbied for reforms
21
What was new about Nabisco biscuits?
They were available in all parts of the country.
All of these.
They were supported with national advertising.
Nabsico made changes based on consumer preferences.
22
Which change in corporate organization was a key part of the Industrial Revolution?
Companies sold shares on the stock market.
All of these.
Financiers created new ways to pool money.
Managers built nation-wide corporate hierarchies.
23
Which of the following statements about the Industrial Revolution is false?
began in United States, then spread to England and Europe.
None of these.
resulted in more Americans living in cities than on farms.
resulted in an economy dominated by corporations
24
Industrialists justified their financial and political strength in all the following ways but
earned what they had from hard work, not unfair advantages
They said they were exemplars of the Horatio Alger myth.
pointed to "survival of the fittest" rationale
claimed actions benefited all mankind, not just themselves
25
Which was not an achievement of the American Federation of Labor?
It established the eight-hour day.
replaced the Knights of Labor as the most important union
It was open to all workers, skilled and unskilled.
It organized a national network of craft unions.

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