Quiz Rise Of Industry: History

16 Questions | By Amhoros | Updated: Mar 20, 2022 | Attempts: 292

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In the decades following the Civil War, the United States emerged as an industrial giant. Railroads expanded significantly, bringing even remote parts of the country into a national market economy. Test your knowledge with this quiz.

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1.

What is industrialization?
- A.
  
  Using computers in the work place
- B.
  
  Creating boats and trains
- C.
  
  Using machinery to produce and distribute things
- D.
  
  Making new inventions
2.

Carnegie became rich and famous by producing what?
- A.
  
  Steel
- B.
  
  Electricity
- C.
  
  Telephones
- D.
  
  Cars
3.

To make a huge profit, Carnegie
- A.
  
  Produced the best product
- B.
  
  Was the first person in the world to create his product
- C.
  
  Kept costs low by controlling all parts of production
4.

Who harnessed the power of electricy, finally making it useful?
- A.
  
  Alexander Graham Bell
- B.
  
  Thomas Edison
- C.
  
  Benjamin Franklin
- D.
  
  Andrew Carnegie
5.

What is a corporation?
- A.
  
  A really REALLY big business
- B.
  
  A business that uses machines
- C.
  
  A business owned by many investors
- D.
  
  A business that is doing well
6.

Rockefeller owned a trust (a group of corporations) in what industry?
- A.
  
  Steel
- B.
  
  Coal
- C.
  
  Trains
- D.
  
  Oil
7.

Why is a monopoly so dangerous?
- A.
  
  It can cause higher prices
- B.
  
  It limits product improvement
- C.
  
  It allows for low quality goods
- D.
  
  All of the above
8.

Low quality urban housing buildings were called
- A.
  
  Apartments
- B.
  
  Projects
- C.
  
  Bloc housing
- D.
  
  Tenements
9.

Which is NOT true about working conditions in factories
- A.
  
  People often worked 24 hour shifts
- B.
  
  If you complained you could easily be replaced
- C.
  
  Most factory women earned about $1 to $3 a day.
- D.
  
  Young children would work for a few dollars a week
10.

What is a trade union?
- A.
  
  A company that trades with other countries
- B.
  
  A group that trades within the Union (U.S.)
- C.
  
  Workers who would join together to fight for better working conditions
- D.
  
  Police who were used to control strikers
11.

Uriah Stephens started this early trade union though it did not last too long.
- A.
  
  American Federation of Labor
- B.
  
  Knight of Labor
- C.
  
  Laborists
- D.
  
  Homestead Labor group
12.

The American Federation of Labor (AFL) used this method instead of strikes.
- A.
  
  Collective bargaining
- B.
  
  Sit-ins
- C.
  
  Work stoppages
- D.
  
  Protests
13.

Women workers did not form unions
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
14.

How did the Homestead strike end?
- A.
  
  Frick and Carnegie gave into worker demands
- B.
  
  The workers gave up and went back to work
- C.
  
  Violence broke out between strikers and private guards, but the plant still reopened
- D.
  
  Carnegie died which ended the problem
15.

What simple change might have prevented the death of some the 149 workers who perished in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
- A.
  
  Allowing workers to join unions
- B.
  
  Building safer passenger elevators
- C.
  
  Using fire-resistant fabrics
- D.
  
  Keeping factory doors unlocked
16.

Why couldn't the women in the Triangle factory get better working conditions?
- A.
  
  They didn't have a union.
- B.
  
  Their strikes were ignored and they were locked out of the factory.
- C.
  
  The strikes they staged led to violence.
- D.
  
  They were too afraid to complain.