All of the following are true of the working conditions during this time EXCEPT:

Workers enjoyed an 8 hour, 5-day a week work cycle

Steel helped create an industrial economy by:

Allowing for skyscrapers and machinery to be built

Robber barons could best be characterized as:

Greedy, manipulative owners who took advantage of their workers

A captain of industry can best be characterized as:

Competitive business leaders who created great wealth and jobs for people

How did the automobile impact society?

Created a more interconnected country

The living conditions for the working class in many cities can best be described as:

Showed the immense poverty the working class lived in

What was the bessemer process?

Developed steel in a cheaper and quicker way

The assembly line did which of the following:

Increased production capacity lowering the prices of goods

What best defines urbanization:

The growth & migration to cities following the factory boom

What was Ellis Island?

Famous immigration station in NYC

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All of the following are true of the working conditions during this time EXCEPT:
Child labor was a common practice in various workplaces
Labor unions began developing and getting stronger
The conditions in factories were unsafe
Workers enjoyed an 8 hour, 5-day a week work cycle
2
Steel helped create an industrial economy by:
Allowing for skyscrapers and machinery to be built
Allowed for factory growth
Boosted shipping and trade
Allowed for longer working hours throughout the day
3
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Samuel B. Morse
Carlos Glidden
Frank Duryea
4
The CEO during the Homestead Strike:
Henry Frick
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
5
Robber barons could best be characterized as:
Greedy, manipulative owners who took advantage of their workers
Super competitive business owners who became rich off their own merit
Business leaders who usually were very ethical and fair
None of the above
6
What impact did the assembly line have?
Allowed for mass production
Expanded and simplified communication
Allowed for safer labor
Ended child labor
7
Andrew Carnegie controlled what industry?
Pipelines
Steel
Coal
Oil
8
A captain of industry can best be characterized as:
All of the above
Competitive business leaders who created great wealth and jobs for people
Greedy and manipulative businessmen who took advantage of the system
Unfair business owners who were corrupt and abusive
9
How did the automobile impact society?
Created a more interconnected country
Led to the growth of cities
Allowed oil production to increase
Allowed for the creation of steel machinery
10
These groups of Europeans immigrated over during the industrial rev.
Spanish, Russian, Hungarian
Irish, Columbian, Dutch
Italian, Polish, Jewish, Irish
None of the above
11
The living conditions for the working class in many cities can best be described as:
Was relatively clean for most, but not all
Luxurious and lavish for all who lived in the city
Showed the immense poverty the working class lived in
Safe, sanitary and accomodating
12
Labor Unions fought for ALL of the following EXCEPT:
end of child labor
shorter work week
Better wages
Women's rights
13
What was the bessemer process?
Allow streetcars to move faster on the city line
Involved the manufacture of oil
Developed steel in a cheaper and quicker way
Produced beams through manufactured goods
14
Cornelius Vanderbilt was a ________ tycoon.
Coal
Steel
Oil
Railroad
15
How did the airplane impact the time period?
All of the above
Allowed for faster more efficient travel
Allowed for more transportation of goods
Changed the way warfare was fought
16
The assembly line did which of the following:
Was only used for cars
Increased production capacity lowering the prices of goods
Was not very influential during the time
Was created by John D. Rockefeller
17
What best defines urbanization:
An economic down turn in society
The migration out of the city to the countryside
Growth of slums
The growth & migration to cities following the factory boom
18
The Industrial Revolution led to all of the following EXCEPT:
Inventions and innovation to occur
The country expanding westward
The growth of cities and population boom
A push for better working conditions
19
John D. Rockefeller monopolized what industry?
Oil
Coal
Steel
Railroad and shipping
20
What was Ellis Island?
An island where criminals were sent off too
Famous port for shipping goods
None of the above
Famous immigration station in NYC

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