True/False
Indicate whether the
statement is true or false.
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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
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2.
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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.”
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3.
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The stockholders of the Union
Pacific Railroad used the Pullman Company to make huge, unearned profits for
themselves
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4.
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In Munn v. Illinois, the states won the right
to regulate the railroads for the
benefit of farmers and other consumers
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5.
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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
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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6.
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First person to use steam
engine to drill for oil
a. | Edwin L.
Drake | c. | Thomas
Edison | b. | Eli Whitney | d. | Nelson Rockefeller |
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7.
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Technique used to make steel
from iron
a. | Kiln
Flaming | c. | Bessemer process
| b. | Boiler
process | d. | Carnegie
process |
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8.
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Inventor of the light
bulb
a. | Alexander
Bell | c. | John
Westinghouse | b. | Thomas Alva Edison | d. | Eli Whitney |
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9.
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Inventor of the
typewriter
a. | Hill
Singer | c. | Thomas
Edison | b. | Christopher Sholes | d. | William Singer |
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10.
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Inventor of the
telephone
a. | Alexander Graham Bell
| c. | Ma
Bell | b. | Thomas Edison | d. | Frank Pactel |
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11.
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a railroad that crosses the
entire country
a. | transamerica | c. | intrastate railroad | b. | Union Atlantic | d. | transcontinental railroad |
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12.
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Inventor of the sleeping
car
a. | Thomas
Edison | c. | George M. Pullman
| b. | Henry
Ford | d. | Samuel Serta |
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13.
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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 |
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14.
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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 |
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15.
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Law granting Congress authority
to regulate railroad activities
a. | Railroad
Act | c. | Sherman Anti Trust
Act | b. | Interstate Commerce Act | d. | Congressional Powers Act |
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16.
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Scottish immigrant who became a
giant in the steel industry
a. | Andrew
Pittsburgh | c. | Andrew Carnegie
| b. | William
Penn | d. | John Fitzgerald
Kennedy |
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17.
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Process in which a company buys
out its suppliers
a. | horizontal
integration | c. | monopoly | b. | Federal trust | d. | vertical integration |
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18.
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Process in which companies
producing similar products merge
a. | vertical
consolidation | c. | similarity
consolidation | b. | horizontal consolidation | d. | trusteeship |
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19.
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Theory that taught only the
strong survived in business and life
a. | “Turn the other
cheek” | c. | Socialism | b. | Capitalism | d. | Social Darwinism |
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Situation in which one company
controlled an entire industry
a. | monopoly
| c. | mercantilism | b. | capitalism | d. | interstate commerce |
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21.
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Corporation that bought out
the stock of other companies
a. | stock
swindle | c. | venture
capitalism | b. | holding company | d. | trust |
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22.
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Head of Standard Oil Company
a. | Andrew
Carnage | c. | Henry
Ford | b. | Thomas Westinghouse | d. | John D. Rockefeller |
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23.
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Corporation formed by separate
companies
a. | separate
corporation | c. | trust
| b. | single
corporation | d. | consolidated
business |
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24.
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Law that outlawed
trusts
a. | Interstate Commerce
Act | c. | Sherman Antitrust Act
| b. | Taft Hartley
Act | d. | Immigration Reform
Act |
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25.
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Immoral or
dishonest
a. | intelligent | c. | capitalist | b. | socialist | d. | corrupt |
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26.
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Relating to the
sexes
a. | gender | c. | fetal | b. | bias | d. | orientation |
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27.
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Someone who studies the origin,
history, and structure of the earth
a. | biologist | c. | geologist | b. | physicalogist | d. | historian |
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28.
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One who leaves a country to
settle in another
a. | urban
dweller | c. | nationalist | b. | agriculturalist | d. | immigrant |
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29.
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A leader in a business or
industry
a. | industrialist
| c. | CPA | b. | union leader | d. | accountant |
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30.
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To put money towards something
in the hope of future profit
a. | divest | c. | devest | b. | invest | d. | divert |
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31.
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A plan, usually
secret
a. | schematic | c. | scheme | b. | instruction manual | d. | frequency |
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32.
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A share of ownership in a
company
a. | pledge | c. | Socialist | b. | wedge | d. | stock |
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33.
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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 |
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34.
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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 |
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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 |
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36.
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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 |
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37.
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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 |
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38.
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Which of the following did
Social Darwinism discourage?
a. | hard
work | c. | government
regulation | b. | industrialization | d. | the accumulation of wealth |
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39.
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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 |
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40.
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In what industry did the Great
Strike of 1877 take place?
a. | steel | c. | railroads | b. | textiles | d. | coal mining |
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41.
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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 |
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42.
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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 |
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43.
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Edwin L.
Drake
a. | labor
leader | c. | inventor or scientific
innovator | b. | industrialist or robber baron | d. | politician |
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44.
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Henry
Bessemer
a. | labor
leader | c. | inventor or scientific
innovator | b. | industrialist or robber baron | d. | politician |
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45.
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Eugene V.
Debs
a. | labor
leader | c. | nventor or scientific
innovator | b. | industrialist or robber baron | d. | politician |
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46.
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Samuel
Gompers
a. | labor
leader | c. | inventor or scientific
innovator | b. | industrialist or robber baron | d. | politician |
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47.
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Christopher
Sholes
a. | labor
leader | c. | inventor or scientific
innovator | b. | industrialist or robber baron | d. | politician |
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48.
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George M.
Pullman
a. | labor
leader | c. | inventor or scientific
innovator | b. | industrialist or robber baron | d. | politician |
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49.
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John D.
Rockefeller
a. | labor
leader | c. | nventor or scientific
innovator | b. | industrialist or robber baron | d. | politician |
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50.
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Thomas Alva
Edison
a. | labor
leader | c. | inventor or scientific
innovator | b. | industrialist or robber baron | d. | politician |
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51.
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George
Westinghouse
a. | labor
leader | c. | inventor or scientific
innovator | b. | industrialist or robber baron | d. | politician |
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52.
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Alexander Graham
Bell
a. | labor
leader | c. | inventor or scientific
innovator | b. | industrialist or robber baron | d. | politician |
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53.
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William “Big Bill”
Haywood
a. | labor
leader | c. | inventor or scientific
innovator | b. | industrialist or robber baron | d. | politician |
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54.
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Invented the
typewriter
a. | Edwin L.
Drake | c. | Christopher
Sholes | b. | Henry Bessemer | d. | Thomas Edison |
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55.
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Invented the
telephone
a. | Edwin
Drake | c. | Henry
Bessemer | b. | Alexander Graham Bell | d. | Thomas Edison |
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56.
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Developed an efficient
technique for transforming iron into steel
a. | Christopher
Sholes | c. | Thomas
Edison | b. | Henry Bessemer | d. | John D. Rockefeller |
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57.
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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 |
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58.
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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 |
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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 |
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