Industrialization

This picture from America in the 1800s shows

• Children in recreation and leisure

• Industrialization and the assembly line

• A company that collaborates with employees to reform laws

• Employees who took control of the factories in which they worked

This proves that workers tolerated poor wages and working conditions because they

• Could be replaced easily by other workers

• Believed it had to get worse before it got better

• thought that the government would protect them

• Were tricked by employers into taking dangerous jobs

Who of the following would use this picture to justify the idea that competition breeds success?

• Socialists

• Union Leaders

• Social Darwinists

• Transcendentalists

Which of the following interpretations best represents the artist's view of Rockefeller?

• Rockefeller is a builder in the American economy

• Companies are willingly joining the Standard Oil Company

• Industries are being saved by Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company

• Rockefeller is taking over the economy and is not able to be stopped

Which of the following acts should have controlled Rockefeller?

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• The Constitution of America

• The Declaration of Independence

• Interstate Commerce Commission

Which of the following statements supports the artist's interpretation of Rockefeller?

• "The Captains of Industry were innovators and thinkers"

• "The Industrialist Robber Barons.....were predatory and materialistic"

• "Much of the blame heaped on the captains of industry is unwarranted"

• "Though their methods were questionable, (their) methods were a natural response to the time period"

Which argument supports the belief that monopolists were "Captains of Industry"?

• Consumers were harmed by inflated prices

• Workers' wages rose as industrialists profited

• Monopolies forced small companies out of business

• Industrialists' support for technology benefitted the economy

One way in which Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller are similar is that they both

• Treated their workers with respect

• Served in the United States Congress

• Made fortunes in the automobile industry

• Gave large sums of money to charitable causes

In the late 1800s, many employers used blacklisting to

• End the use of sweatshops

• Promote child labor reform

• Restrict the use of open shops

• Discourage workers from joining labor unions

During the late 19th century, a "Robber Baron" would be best defined as

• a powerful Industrialist

• a large agricultural landowner

• a leader of a large labor union

• the head of a large political machine