Chapter 19 Test Practice

New technologies in the steel industry in the late 1800s increased the productivity in the

• textile industry
• railroad industry
• oil industry
• electric industry

The Homestead strike was a protest

• in Colorado demanding safer working conditions
• in Chicago demanding an 8 hour work day
• against the Pullman Palace Car Company's unsafe working conditions
• against the Carnegie Steel Company's plan to cut jobs

The invention of the airplane led to increased demand for

• aluminium
• lumber
• coal
• oil

How did the labor force change during the Second Industrial Revolution?

• Machines eliminated the jobs of many skilled craftspeople
• Industries began to hire highly educated workers.
• Workers began to receive more benefits and higher wages.
• Experienced workers replaced children who had been working in mills.

Andrew Carnegie dealt with striking union workers at his Pennsylvania steel factory in 1892 by

• firing every worker and replacing them with machines.
• firing half the workers out of the factory and hiring strike breakers
• locking workers out of the factory and hiring strike breakers
• agreeing to give workers higher wages.

Of the following, which was an effect of the expansion of railroads across the United States?

• rapid growth of cities
• increase in steel prices
• decrease in interstate trade
• movement of city dwellers to the suburbs

Which of the following was an effect of factory specialization in the late 1800s?

• Workers repeated the same steps over and over again, becoming tired, bored, and more likely to be injured.
• Factories produced only a single product, putting owners at greater financial risk if that product failed.
• Unions signed contracts with specific factories, eliminating violent conflicts over wages and working hours.
• Managers paid more attention to working conditions, attracting workers and creating greater competition for jobs.

Collective bargaining is the

• practice used by employers to hire groups of laborers
• pratice used by employers to get the cheapest labor possible
• idea that laborers working in groups are more productive in the workplace
• idea that laborers acting together have greater success in negotiating with management

How did the telegraph differ from the telephone?

• The telegraph could work only in big cities.
• The telegraph was much more expensive than the telephone.
• The telegraph could carry only written messages.
• The telegraph could not send messages over long distances.

The telephone is the most well-known of _____'s inventions.

• Alexander Graham Bell
• Thomas Edison