Unit 2: Industrialization and Reform

Front

What was a common characteristic of the Pullman Strike, Haymarket Affair, and Homestead Strike?

Back

They became violent.

Front

Captains of Industry valued competition in a free market because they believed only the strongest companies would survive and result in better goods and services. This is an example of

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Social Darwinism

Front

What are companies who dominate a specific industry (steel, oil, etc.) called?

Back

Monopolies

Front

All of the following are TRUE about factory workers in the late 1800s except:
they worked 12 hour shifts for 6 days a week,
they were okay with and tolerated poor working conditions,
they had to rely on their employers to increase wages,
they worked in dangerous conditions

Back

they had to rely on their employers to increase wages

Front

Why did immigrants move to cities?

Back

More jobs and lower cost of living

Front

What did Union workers do when negotiations with their employers failed?

Back

They went on strike

Front

The sometimes unethical business practices of some industrialists led them to be given this nickname.

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Robber Barons

Front

What is a Laissez-Faire economy?

Back

An economy that works best when there is very little involvement by the U.S. government.

Front

What allows products to be mass produced generally allowing the price to decrease? Options: assembly line, push factor, pull factor, sharecropping

Back

assembly line

Front

Companies who control all the different phases of the business to control profits & maximize efficiency use the method called

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Vertical Integration