What does it mean to own stock in a corporation?

To invest in a company and own a small share of it

What is one MAIN benefit of a free enterprise system?

Competition among companies keeps prices low.

Madame C.J. Walker is best known for...

Being the first African-American woman to be a millionaire.

What did the 19th Amendment accomplish?

It gave women the right to vote.

What were factory workers' reasons for going on strike?

To fight child labor, long working hours, and low pay

Why did people move away from farms to the city during the Industrial Revolution?

Factories in cities provided people with jobs.

What inventions did Lewis Latimer help create?

The light bulb and the phonograph

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Industrial Revolution

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1
What does it mean to own stock in a corporation?
To receive part of a company's profits
To invest in a company and own a small share of it
To be a manager in a corporation
To have a say in the way a business is run
2
What is one MAIN benefit of a free enterprise system?
Competition among companies keeps prices low.
Companies have to listen to consumers' demands.
Companies use human and natural resources to make products.
Companies can set their own prices for goods and services.
3
Susan B. Anthony and Carrie Chapman Catt were both __________.
Factory Workers
Women
Labor union leaders
Suffragists
4
Madame C.J. Walker is best known for...
Being a helper on the Underground Railroad.
Being the first African-American woman to be a millionaire.
Inventing the cotton gin.
Being the first African-American woman to graduate college.
5
What did the 19th Amendment accomplish?
It gave women the right to vote.
It established a minimum wage.
It gave African-Americans the right to vote.
It gave immigrants the right to vote.
6
Where did most immigrants come to America from in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
Eastern Europe
Asia
Southern Europe
Northern Europe
7
What were factory workers' reasons for going on strike?
To protest unsafe working conditions
To fight for shorter working hours
To fight child labor, long working hours, and low pay
To end child labor and protest against unfair managers
8
Who founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
John D. Rockefeller
Cyrus McCormick
William Randolph Hearst
Samuel Gompers
9
When one company has control of an entire industry, it is called a(n) __________.
Monopoly
Corporation
Union
Stock
10
Why did people move away from farms to the city during the Industrial Revolution?
Factories in cities provided people with jobs.
It was cheaper to live in the city.
Living in the city was less work than farming.
Cities had better living conditions.
11
A small, cramped apartment where immigrants usually lived was called a ________?
A townhouse
A sweat shop
A tenement
A condominium
12
What immigration station primarily received Chinese immigrants?
Ellis Island
Gilligan's Island
Angel Island
Kiawah Island
13
Who invented the telegraph?
Joseph Glidden
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas Edison
Samuel Morse
14
Which of the following strikes was SUCCESSFUL (the owners met the workers' demands)?
There were no successful strikes.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
The Homestead Strike
The Newsies Strike
15
What inventions did Lewis Latimer help create?
The automobile
The steam boat and the train
The light bulb and the phonograph
The mechanical reaper

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