Chapter 6 Test New Industrial Age part 2

Multiple Choice

100

All of the following factors contributed to the immense industrial boom of the early 1900s except

1. A wealth of natural resources    

2. a growing urban population

3. Government support for business  

4. The emergence of the middle class.
   
   

The emergence of the middle class.

200

1. The use of standardized time and time zones was introduced in order to benefit

   1. Telephone and telegraph operators 

   2. Railroad companies and train travelers

   3. Manufacturers who dealt in interstate trade

   4. Factory owners whose workers had set schedules.  

Railroad companies and train travelers

300

Which of the following resulted from the investigation of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire?

1. The imprisonment of company officials 

2. The passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act

3. Changes in local factory labor laws 

4. The adoption of equal wages for men and women

changes in local factory labor laws

400

What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800s? 

1. Cheap electric power 

2.  the invention of the elevator

3. Fire safety standards  

4.  New methods of making steel 

New methods of making steel 

500

1. Andrew Carnegie gained control of a large percentage of the steel industry by doing all of the following except  

   1. Buying out his suppliers

   2. Cutting the quality of his product

   3. Buying out his competitors

   4. Underselling his competitors 

cutting the quality of his product

Multiple Choice

100

Which of the following did Social Darwinism discourage?

1. Government regulation

2. Hard work 

3. Industrialization

4. Accumulation of wealth

government regulations

200

The Great Strike of 1877 took place in the

1. Steel industry                 

2.  railroad industry

3. Textile industry             

4. Coal mining industry

railroad industry 

300

Which of the following most allowed manufacturers to build their factories away from rivers? 

1. Electricity                

2. railroads

3. Steel beams

4. The telephone
   
   

Electricity 

400

1. The main purpose of the company known as Credit Mobilier was to

   1. Build the transcontinental railroad     

   2. Obtain a monopoly of the railroad industry.

   3. Steal railroad money for its shareholders

   4. Obtain political positions for its shareholders 

Steal railroad money for its shareholders

500

Why was Pullman, Illinois an unusual town? 

1. It had one main industry.

2. It owed its prosperity to the railroads

3. It specialized in a regional product  

4.  It was built by a company to house                             its workers.
   
   

 It was built by a company to house                             its workers.