Major Movement
What did the young Carnegie do to get better jobs?
a. He learned telegraphy and bookkeeping and read books.
b. He learned foreign languages and wrote books.
c. He got a college degree in business.
He learned telegraphy and bookkeeping and read books.
When did the United States enter a period of rapid industrial growth?
a. Before the Revolutionary War.
b. After the Revolutionary War.
c. After World War I.
d. After the Civil War.
After the Civil War
Which of the following did Alexander Graham Bell invent?
a. Light bulb
b. Storage battery
c. Phonograph
d. Telephone
Telephone
Why did goods have to be transferred from one train to another in the early days of the
railroads?
a. The trains broke down a lot.
b. The trains traveled very slowly.
c. There was no standard gauge for track.
d. The engineers went on strike.
There was no standard gauge for track.
What is a strike?
a. A holiday when businesses close.
b. A work stoppage.
c. A kind of labor union.
d. A way of hammering steel to shape it.
A work stoppage
Which union did Samuel Gompers found?
a. United Mine Workers
b. International Ladies Garment Workers Union
c. Committee for Industrial Organization
d. American Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor
What happened to the gap between the rich and the poor during the growth of big
business?
a. The gap closed.
b. The gap got smaller
c. The gap widened
d. Nothing happened
The gap widened
Which use of oil made oil more valuable after 1900?
a. Lubricant
b. Kerosene for lamps
c. Fuel for cars
d. Ingredient in patent medicines
Fuel for cars
What were the railroads forced to pay to the Standard Oil Company in the late 1800s?
a. Monopolies
b. Tips
c. Rebates
d. Profits
Rebates
What is industrialization?
a. The production of goods by a machine in a factory.
b. The production of goods by master craftsman.
c. The production of goods by hand.
d. The production of goods by people in their homes.
The production of goods by a machine in a factory.
Who was Cornelius Vanderbilt?
a. The business partner of Andrew Carnegie.
b. The inventor of oil-drilling machines.
c. The head of the New York Central railroad system.
d. A textile mill owner.
The head of the New York Central railroad system
What were the two main goals of labor unions in the late 1800s?
a. Shorter hours and better working conditions.
b. The rights of women and children to work.
c. The right to join a party and to work for change.
d. Freedom of speech and assembly.
shorter hours and better working conditions
What did Thomas Edison believe was most important to becoming a successful
inventor?
a. Formal education
b. Money
c. Inspiration
d. Hard work; not quitting
Hard work; not quitting
How did the expansion of the railroads affect the size of markets?
a. It had no effect.
b. It increased the size of markets.
c. It decreased the size of markets.
d. It made markets unnecessary.
It increased the size of markets
What is stock?
a. Shares of ownership
b. Building materials
c. A small farm
d. A type of road
Shares of ownership
Why did garbage and sewage disposal become major problems in cities?
a. City populations climbed.
b. Many people lived in a single tenement.
c. Diseases spread rapidly in the city.
d. All of the above.
All of the Above
Which factor did not contribute to America’s industrial growth?
a. Abundance of natural resources
b. Growing population
c. Child labor laws
d. Availability of capital
Child labor laws
What did political machines often do in cities during the late 1800s?
a. Count votes electronically.
b. Use secrets and trickery to enrich members and friend.
c. Support fairness in government
d. Promote fair business practices.
Uses secrets and trickery to enrich members and friend.
How important were railroads to industrial growth?
a. Not important
b. A minor influence.
c. Less important than automobiles.
d. Very important.
Very Important
What is a patent?
a. A protected right to make and sell a product.
b. A kind of oil used to light lamps before electricity.
c. A special share of stock sold only to owners of the company.
d. A way of measuring the width of railroad tracks.
A protected right to make and sell a product.
Why did Andrew Carnegie go to work at age thirteen when his family first arrived in the
United States?
a. He was not smart enough to go to school.
b. He looked and acted as though he were eighteen.
c. The family needed the extra income.
d. All thirteen-year-old children worked at this time.
The Family need extra income
Why were cities able to expand outward in the late 1800s?
a. The steamship was invented.
b. Skyscrapers were built.
c. People were healthier and could walk farther.
d. New forms of transportation, such as trolleys and subways, were built.
New forms of transportation, such as trolleys and subways, were built.
Which of the following did Thomas Edison invent?
a. Phonograph
b. Light bulb
c. Moving picture camera
d. All of the above
All of the Above
In the 1880s, why did Andrew Carnegie’s steel company shift production from rails to
beams?
a. The railroads didn’t need any more rails.
b. The company couldn’t make money on rails.
c. The railroads needed beams.
d. The new skyscrapers would need beams.
The new skyscrapers would need beams.
Who was a political boss in New York City?
a. Andrew Carnegie
b. Cornelius Vanderbilt
c. William Tweed
d. Samuel Gompers
William Tweed