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CST CH-6



True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

At Promontory Point, Utah, where the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads
met on May 10, 1869, a golden spike marked the linking of the nation by the first
transcontinental railroad
 

 2. 

J. P. Morgan was an industrialist whose company produced standard railroad cars
and elegant sleeping cars. His company town, which he hoped would ensure a
stable workforce, was criticized as “un-American.”
 

 3. 

The stockholders of the Union Pacific Railroad used the Pullman Company to make huge, unearned profits for themselves
 

 4. 

In Munn v. Illinois, the states won the right to regulate the railroads for the
benefit of farmers and other consumers
 

 5. 

The Interstate Commerce Act reestablished the right of the railroad companies to supervise railroad activities and set up the Interstate Commerce Commission for that purpose
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 6. 

First person to use steam engine to drill for oil
a.
Edwin L. Drake
c.
Thomas Edison
b.
Eli Whitney
d.
Nelson Rockefeller
 

 7. 

Technique used to make steel from iron
a.
Kiln Flaming
c.
Bessemer process
b.
Boiler process
d.
Carnegie process
 

 8. 

Inventor of the light bulb
a.
Alexander Bell
c.
John Westinghouse
b.
Thomas Alva Edison
d.
Eli Whitney
 

 9. 

Inventor of the typewriter
a.
Hill Singer
c.
Thomas Edison
b.
Christopher Sholes
d.
William Singer
 

 10. 

Inventor of the telephone
a.
Alexander Graham Bell
c.
Ma Bell
b.
Thomas Edison
d.
Frank Pactel
 

 11. 

a railroad that crosses the entire country
a.
transamerica
c.
intrastate railroad
b.
Union Atlantic
d.
transcontinental railroad
 

 12. 

Inventor of the sleeping car
a.
Thomas Edison
c.
George M. Pullman
b.
Henry Ford
d.
Samuel Serta
 

 13. 

Name of company involved in stealing of railroad money
a.
Bank of America
c.
International Workers of the World
b.
Crédit Mobilier
d.
AT&T
 

 14. 

case that gave government right to regulate private industry
a.
Munn v. Illinois Court
c.
Smith v. AT&T
b.
Brown v. Board of Education
d.
Dred Scott Case
 

 15. 

Law granting Congress authority to regulate railroad activities
a.
Railroad Act
c.
Sherman Anti Trust Act
b.
Interstate Commerce Act
d.
Congressional Powers Act
 

 16. 

Scottish immigrant who became a giant in the steel industry
a.
Andrew Pittsburgh
c.
Andrew Carnegie
b.
William Penn
d.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
 

 17. 

Process in which a company buys out its suppliers
a.
horizontal integration
c.
monopoly
b.
Federal trust
d.
vertical integration
 

 18. 

Process in which companies producing similar products merge
a.
vertical consolidation
c.
similarity consolidation
b.
horizontal consolidation
d.
trusteeship
 

 19. 

Theory that taught only the strong survived in business and life
a.
“Turn the other cheek”
c.
Socialism
b.
Capitalism
d.
Social Darwinism
 

 20. 

Situation in which one company controlled an entire industry
a.
monopoly
c.
mercantilism
b.
capitalism
d.
interstate commerce
 

 21. 

Corporation that bought out the stock of other companies
a.
stock swindle
c.
venture capitalism
b.
holding company
d.
trust
 

 22. 

Head of Standard Oil Company
a.
Andrew Carnage
c.
Henry Ford
b.
Thomas Westinghouse
d.
John D. Rockefeller
 

 23. 

Corporation formed by separate companies
a.
separate corporation
c.
trust
b.
single corporation
d.
consolidated business
 

 24. 

Law that outlawed trusts
a.
Interstate Commerce Act
c.
Sherman Antitrust Act
b.
Taft Hartley Act
d.
Immigration Reform Act
 

 25. 

Union leader
a.
Samuel Gompers
c.
Rudolph Valintino
b.
Henry Ford
d.
J.P. Morgan
 

 26. 

Name of union led by Gompers
a.
National Education Association (NEA)
c.
United Machinists Union (UMU)
b.
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
d.
American Textile Union (ATU)
 

 27. 

Negotiations between groups
a.
group collectivization
c.
arbitration
b.
collective bargaining
d.
poker talks
 

 28. 

Leader of the American Railway Union
a.
Eugene V. Debs
c.
John L. Lewis
b.
Samuel Gompers
d.
Thomas Pullman
 

 29. 

System based on government control of business and property
a.
capitalism
c.
individualism
b.
socialism
d.
libertarianism
 

 30. 

Union of radicals and socialists
a.
Democrat Party
c.
Congress of Industrial Workers (CIO)
b.
Republican Party
d.
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
 

 31. 

A leader of the mine workers union
a.
Alvan Barkley
c.
Mary Harris “Mother” Jones
b.
Samuel Gompers
d.
John Rockefeller
 

 32. 

A large snowfall down a mountainside
a.
mudslide
c.
hail storm
b.
avalanche
d.
ski slope
 

 33. 

Immoral or dishonest
a.
intelligent
c.
capitalist
b.
socialist
d.
corrupt
 

 34. 

Relating to the sexes
a.
gender
c.
fetal
b.
bias
d.
orientation
 

 35. 

Someone who studies the origin, history, and structure of the earth
a.
biologist
c.
geologist
b.
physicalogist
d.
historian
 

 36. 

A type of rock
a.
birch
c.
biosphere
b.
granite
d.
glass
 

 37. 

One who leaves a country to settle in another
a.
urban dweller
c.
nationalist
b.
agriculturalist
d.
immigrant
 

 38. 

A leader in a business or industry
a.
industrialist
c.
CPA
b.
union leader
d.
accountant
 

 39. 

To put money towards something in the hope of future profit
a.
divest
c.
devest
b.
invest
d.
divert
 

 40. 

A plan, usually secret
a.
schematic
c.
scheme
b.
instruction manual
d.
frequency
 

 41. 

A share of ownership in a company
a.
pledge
c.
Socialist
b.
wedge
d.
stock
 

 42. 

Which of the following most freed manufacturers from restrictions on
where factories could be built?
a.
electricity
c.
the railroads
b.
steel beams
d.
the telephone
 

 43. 

Pullman, Illinois, was an unusual town in that it
a.
had one main industry
c.
owed its prosperity to the railroads
b.
specialized in a regional product.
d.
was built by a company to house its workers
 

 44. 

The main purpose of the company known as Crédit Mobilier was to
a.
build the transcontinental railroad
c.
obtain a monopoly of the railroad industry
b.
steal railroad money for its shareholders
d.
obtain powerful political positions for its shareholders
 

 45. 

The goal of the Interstate Commerce Act was to
a.
build new railroads.
c.
lower excessive railroad rates
b.
destroy the railroad industry
d.
increase the power of railroad companies
 

 46. 

Andrew Carnegie gained control of a large percentage of the steel
industry by doing all of the following except
a.
buying out his suppliers
c.
underselling his competitors
b.
buying out his competitors
d.
cutting the quality of his products
 

 47. 

Which of the following did Social Darwinism discourage?
a.
hard work
c.
government regulation
b.
industrialization
d.
the accumulation of wealth
 

 48. 

Which of the following is true of the Sherman Antitrust Act?
a.
It was practically impossible to enforce
c.
It was used by labor unions to fight for workers’ rights.
b.
It was supported by millionaire industrialists
d.
It encouraged the establishment of large-scale businesses
 

 49. 

In what industry did the Great Strike of 1877 take place?
a.
steel
c.
railroads
b.
textiles
d.
coal mining
 

 50. 

In which of the following places did 146 female workers die in a fire?
a.
Haymarket Square
c.
the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
b.
the Pullman factory
d.
Carnegie Steel’s Homestead Plant
 

 51. 

In the late 1800s, collective bargaining was a technique used to
a.
expand industry
c.
restrict labor unions
b.
win workers’ rights
d.
organize labor unions
 

 52. 

During the late 1800s, scabs were unpopular with other workers
a.
socialists.
c.
part of management
b.
federal troops.
d.
workers used to break strikes
 

 53. 

Edwin L. Drake
a.
labor leader
c.
inventor or scientific innovator
b.
industrialist or robber baron
d.
politician
 

 54. 

Henry Bessemer
a.
labor leader
c.
inventor or scientific innovator
b.
industrialist or robber baron
d.
politician
 

 55. 

Eugene V. Debs
a.
labor leader
c.
nventor or scientific innovator
b.
industrialist or robber baron
d.
politician
 

 56. 

Samuel Gompers
a.
labor leader
c.
inventor or scientific innovator
b.
industrialist or robber baron
d.
politician
 

 57. 

Christopher Sholes
a.
labor leader
c.
inventor or scientific innovator
b.
industrialist or robber baron
d.
politician
 

 58. 

George M. Pullman
a.
labor leader
c.
inventor or scientific innovator
b.
industrialist or robber baron
d.
politician
 

 59. 

John D. Rockefeller
a.
labor leader
c.
nventor or scientific innovator
b.
industrialist or robber baron
d.
politician
 

 60. 

Thomas Alva Edison
a.
labor leader
c.
inventor or scientific innovator
b.
industrialist or robber baron
d.
politician
 

 61. 

George Westinghouse
a.
labor leader
c.
inventor or scientific innovator
b.
industrialist or robber baron
d.
politician
 

 62. 

Alexander Graham Bell
a.
labor leader
c.
inventor or scientific innovator
b.
industrialist or robber baron
d.
politician
 

 63. 

Mary Harris “Mother” Jones
a.
labor leader
c.
inventor or scientific innovator
b.
industrialist or robber baron
d.
politician
 

 64. 

William “Big Bill” Haywood
a.
labor leader
c.
inventor or scientific innovator
b.
industrialist or robber baron
d.
politician
 

 65. 

Invented the typewriter
a.
Edwin L. Drake
c.
Christopher Sholes
b.
Henry Bessemer
d.
Thomas Edison
 

 66. 

Invented the telephone
a.
Edwin Drake
c.
Henry Bessemer
b.
Alexander Graham Bell
d.
Thomas Edison
 

 67. 

Developed an efficient technique for transforming iron into steel
a.
Christopher Sholes
c.
Thomas Edison
b.
Henry Bessemer
d.
John D. Rockefeller
 

 68. 

Perfected the incandescent light bulb at his research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey
a.
Thomas Edison
c.
Alexander G. Bell
b.
General George Electric
d.
Westinghouse
 

 69. 

Developed an entire system for producing and distributing electrical power and organized power plants around the nation.
a.
Henry Kissenger
c.
Thomas Edison
b.
Christopher Sholes
d.
George Pullman
 

 70. 

Which union was organized by a group of radical unionists and socialists?
a.
Knights of Labor
c.
American Federation of Labor
b.
National Labor Union
d.
Industrial Workers of the World
 

 71. 

At which place did a tragedy occur that led New York authorities to establish strict rules about fire codes, working hours, child labor, and other worker-related issues?
a.
Pullman Factory
c.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
b.
Haymarket Square
d.
Carnegie Steel's Homestead Plant
 

 72. 

At which place did shocking scenes of violence between workers and authorities occur?
a.
Pullman Company
c.
Carnegie Steel’s Homestead plant
b.
Haymarket Square
d.
All of these
 



 
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