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THE TRIUMPH OF INDUSTRY
Test B
A.
Key Terms and People
Directions: Match the descriptions in Column I with the terms in Column II. Write the letter
of the correct answer in the blank provided. You will not use all of the terms and people.
(3 points each)
Column I
Column II
1. a system for turning out large numbers
of products quickly and inexpensively
2. a person who invests money in a
business venture to make a profit
3. complete control of a product or service
4. an oil tycoon who used horizontal
integration to decrease costs and
increase profits
5. a business in which ownership is shared
6. a small, hot, dirty workhouse
7. the response to wage cuts at a
Carnegie Steel plant in 1892
8. the inventor who wanted to develop
affordable lighting for homes
9. a union open to workers from
any trade
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
k.
l.
m.
n.
John D. Rockefeller
Sherman Antitrust Act
corporation
Thomas Edison
sweatshop
Interstate Commerce
Commission
monopoly
mass production
Andrew Carnegie
Knights of Labor
entrepreneur
American Federation
of Labor
Eugene V. Debs
Homestead Strike
10. a steel tycoon who used vertical
integration to increase profits
B.
Key Concepts
Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer or ending in the blank provided.
(4 points each)
11. Which of the following helped fuel economic growth by encouraging
people to buy American goods?
a. monopolies
c. protective tariffs
b. patents
d. laissez faire
12. Steel changed people’s lives by making possible the
a. invention of radio.
c. development of electricity.
b. construction of skyscrapers.
d. establishment of time zones.
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13. A cartel differs from a monopoly in that
a. one corporation has complete control of a product or service.
b. businesses making the same product agree to limit production.
c. one firm sets the prices for all goods in an industry.
d. all the firms involved in the same business merge into one entity.
14. Cartels, monopolies, trusts, and horizontal and vertical integration all
share the goal of
a. driving up costs.
c. increasing profits.
b. raising wages.
d. combining resources.
The Octopus Who Strangles the World, Private Collection,
Archives Charmet/The Bridgeman Art Library International
Directions: Use the political cartoon to answer question 15.
15. The cartoonist portrays Rockefeller as a(n)
a. robber baron.
c. innovator.
b. reformer.
d. captain of industry.
16. Horizontal integration differs from vertical integration in that it
a. combines businesses involved in all phases of a product’s development.
b. merges stocks from multiple businesses into a new organization.
c. consolidates firms involved in the same business into one giant company.
d. requires investment from a number of people who share ownership in
the firm.
17. The federal government formed the Interstate Commerce Commission to
oversee
a. labor union activity.
c. patent awards.
b. interstate communications.
d. railroad operations across the nation.
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18. In the late 1800s, industrial workers
a. faced low wages and long hours in unsafe working conditions.
b. took control of the factories in which they worked.
c. collaborated with employers to reform labor laws.
d. increased the amount of time they had available for recreation and leisure.
19. Which of the following limited membership to skilled craftspeople and
focused on economic reforms?
a. Knights of Labor
c. American Federation of Labor
b. American Railway Union
d. Industrial Workers of the World
20. Which event resulted in the execution of four anarchists and the decline of
the Knights of Labor?
a. Railroad Strikes of 1877
c. Homestead Strike of 1892
b. Haymarket Riot of 1886
d. Pullman Strike of 1893
C.
Document-Based Assessment
Directions: Use the quotation below to answer the following question on a separate sheet of
paper. (10 points)
“In one form or another certain persons are continually asking, ‘What can we do, or,
What can be done for working people?’ Why should such a question be asked at all
in the United States? . . . There are others, still, who discuss schemes for doing great
and good things for working people, excepting, so far as it has come under the notice
of the writer, to pay fair, honest wages. . . . The real question to be [asked] is, ‘What
can workingmen do for themselves?’ The answer is ready. They can do all things
required, if they are independent, self-respecting, self-reliant men. . . . What can
workingmen do for themselves? They can teach capitalists that they do not want and
will not accept their guardianship; that they are capable of self-management, and
that they simply want fair pay for an honest day’s work. . . .”
—attributed to Eugene V. Debs, “What Can We Do for Working People?” 1890
21. Synthesize Information This is an excerpt from an article Eugene Debs
published in a union magazine in 1890. What does Debs say about people
who ask what to do about working people? How does he think working people
should respond to such a question?
D.
Critical Thinking
Directions: Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper. (10 points each)
22. Link Past and Present Discuss three ways that industrialization changed American
lives. Then, explain how these changes relate to the modern revolution in information technology by giving an example of how the Internet, the mass media, or global
communications systems have changed the ways in which people live.
23. Draw Conclusions Name two ways that the federal government tried to regulate
business in the late 1800s. Do you think these regulations were effective? Explain
your answer.
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