Industrialization Review
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John D. Rockefeller was a leader in which industry?
Oil
What lead to the Labor Unions?
child labor
unsafe working conditions
low wages
Labor unions are an association of workers who organize to
improve working conditions, pay, and protect workers
One way in which Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller are similar is that they both
gave a lot of money to charity
Which statement best describes an attitude shared by John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J. P. Morgan?
Monopolies create wealth, not economic competition
A Robber Baron describes an industrialist who is....
ruthless
One reason the American Federation of Labor (AFL) was successful was that this organization focused on...
skilled workers only
Which is an example of a push factor in regards to immigration?
Natural disaster
Henry Ford created the ......
assembly line
"Trust" is another name for...
monopoly
Monopolies and business trusts were made illegal PRIMARILY because..
they eliminated competition
In regards to immigration, pull factors ...
conditions that attract immigrants to a new land or area
Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company had too much power because…
it used its economic power to influence government decisions
The Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) banned...
monopolies
The business strategy of vertical integration involves one company...
controlling all stages of production, rather than other various companies
"Old Immigrants" were classified as immigrants who …
Arrived before 1885 and blended in more
Low cost apartments that immigrants could afford were called ...
tenements
Americans who were anti-immigrant and preserve the country for white, native-born Protestants were called ...
nativists
The manufacturing of automobiles rapidly increased due to…
the assembly line
The message of Andrew Carnegie's book "Gospel of Wealth" was all about...
business owners deserving wealth and workers deserving low pay
A RESULT of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in 1911 was...
new safety laws to protect workers