IR U.S. TEST #1

The famous quotes, “The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.” best describes the philosophy of _____________

Author who wrote Children of the Poor, using photographs to show cruel working conditions.

A loose arrangement of similar businesses formed to control production and keep prices high

Separation of a work process into a number of tasks, with each task done by a separate person called?

Philosophy that stated poverty was the result of personal weakness.

All of the following are true of railroad expansion in the late nineteenth century EXCEPT…

 Inventor who developed a code for the Telegraph

Alternating Current is still used today

Which of the following MOST affected the American industrial growth of the late 1800s?

 Inventor who created the Alternating Current for electricity

All of the following were associated with the period from 1861 to 1900 EXCEPT

How did John D. Rockefeller gain control of the oil industry?

Struggling Americans did not need charity during the Industrial Revolution due to the amount of government programs.

A basic purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was to…

The inventor of Direct Current was ___________.

1 out of 5 children between the ages of 10-16 worked during the Industrial Revolution

Industrialist who brought the Bessemer Process to the U.S.

When a company combines two or more stages of production

 When a company buys out competitors to control an industry

What did the Bessemer process improve?

Restoring competition and outlawing the control of market sectors by one company

Industrialist who grew wealthy and created a monopoly in the Railroad industry

How did industrial growth affect the distribution of wealth in the United States?

Industrialist who established the Standard Oil Company

 Inventor who established the American Telephone and Telegraph Company

 According to the theory of social Darwinism, the government should