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1
The Central Pacific Railroad employed about 10,000 workers from this country.
France
Germany
China
Russia
2
Someone who provides their own money or resources for an enterprise, such as a corporation.
Consumer
Investor
Robber Baron
Stock Holder
3
People who risk their own capital to organize and run a business are called
industrialists
robber barons
capital investors
entrepreneurs
4
What two factors led to a larger workforce available to new industries?
immigration and higher life expectancy rates
urban tenements and widespread poverty
lower tariffs and immigration
Civil War generals and army regulars entered the workforce
5
A Muckracker is....
journalist who exposed corruption in government & business.
An animal found in the tropics.
A big business owner.
A railroad owner who expoited the industry.
6
What inventor created the phonograph, the light bulb, and motion pictures.
Thomas Alva Edison
George Washington
Gustavus Swift
Alexander Graham Bell
7
This was the name of John D. Rockefeller's oil trust company.
Standard Oil
Successful Oil
Exxon Mobile
Stanford Oil
8
People moving from one place to another.
emigration
migration
immigration
squating
9
How did railroads spur economic growth and create new markets for products after the Civil War?
by bringing immigrants west
by linking the nation together
by reinvesting in other industries
by providing railroad land to settlers
10
Workers who tried to unionize were placed _______ so that no company would hire them.
on a blacklist
in jail
in trade unions
on leave
11
One of the main goals of unions was to get
free company stock for employees.
an 8-hour work day for employees.
free transportation for employees.
less pay for employees.
12
What invention by George Westinghouse allowed trains to travel at higher speeds?
alternating current
water-generated power
an air-brake system
a lock-and-switch braking system
13
_______ is a big business owned by many people but treated by law as a person.
A manufacturer
A conglomerate
A corporation
A partnership
14
How did John D. Rockefeller achieve control of 90 percent of the oil market?
by discovering huge oil reserves in Alaska
through horizontal integration
through federal grants
by splitting into many small firms
15
Time zones in the US were created because of this industry.
railroad
steel
cotton
Oil
16
This invention made it possible to ship meat from slaughterhouses to cities.
Cattle Drive
Telegraph
Airplane
Refrigerated Railroad Car
17
Many imigrants from this country worked on the Railroads.
North Korea
Mexcio
Canada
China
18
When is the Unit 9 assessment?
we don't have assessments in this class
Never
sometime next week
Thursday
19
How did Andrew Carnegie make his Pittsburgh steel company more efficient?
through vertical integration
by forming a partnership with the railroads
by producing his products in Europe
by lobbying for lower tariffs
20
How did railroads help the nation develop?
They increase the amount of taxes raised.
They caused the economy to crash.
Railroads took people west and shipped resources East.
Railroads had no effect on industrialization.
21
What was Andrew Carnegie know for?
He was a brilliant stock trader.
His railroad business.
he made money in oil.
His steel company.
22
This group of supporters believed that the government should remain out of economic affairs.
laissez-faire supporters
interregulation supporters
commercial advancement supporters
supply and demand supporters
23
These are people who loot from a company and give nothing back.
Stock Holders
Robber Barons
Owners
Thieves
24
Gustavus Swift's introduction of the __________ changed the American diet.
electric generator
automatic loom
battery
refrigerated railroad car
25
How did the railways deal with the time variations that caused scheduling errors and accidents?
by requesting government regulation
by coordinating all railway traffic with one schedule
by dividing the country into time zones
by creating a centralized control center
26
What effect did large corporations have on small businesses?
Many small businesses couldn't compete and shut down.
They had little effect.
Small businesses gained larger profits.
Small businesses were reorganized into corporations.
27
This was the most successful transcontinental railroad.
Central Pacific Railroad
Great Northern Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
US Railroad Company
28
As industrialization increased, specialized workers began to form
workers' rights leagues.
workers groups.
trade unions.
guilds.
29
Why was oil in high demand, even before it was used as fuel for automobiles?
It was a super fuel.
It could be turned into kerosene and used for stoves.
It was used to preserve foods.
It had a high nutritious value.
30
From 1865 to 1914, almost_______________ million Europeans immigrated to the United States.
25
20
10
15
31
These people own part of a corporation because they own shares of ownership.
Stock Holders
Entrepreneurs
Business Owners
Profit Owners
32
When a single company maintains control of an entire market, it is called
vertical integration.
profit sharing.
a monopoly.
a corporation.
33
Working conditions in factories in the late 1800's were often__________________.
dangerous
very safe
favorable for workers
clean and comfortable
34
Between 1860 and 1890 , the average worker's wages _________________ by 50%.
decreased
increased
35
A counry needs all these things to industrialize except?
Inventions
Capital $$$
Markets
Airplanes
36
Business leaders opposed workers of a particular industry forming______________.
unions
working committees
worker training programs
working groups
