1. Which of the following robber barons founded the Standard Oil Company and was the world's
richest man?
a. Andrew Carnagie
b. Cornelius Vanderbilt
c. John D. Rockefeller
d. Albert Goodwill Spalding
2. Which of the following does not represent one of the management strategies that John D.
Rockefeller used in building his empire?
a. Horizontal Integration
b. Vertical Integration
c. Social Darwinism
d. The Holding Company Model
3. Which of these best describes J. P. Morgan?
a. He was an industrialist, businessman, and entrepreneur. He earned most of his fortune in
the steel industry (Andrew Carnagie)
b. He was an American financier and banker who created US Steel, the nation's first billion
dollar corporation (J. P. Morgan)
c. He was an American pitcher, manager, and executive in the early years of professional
baseball, and the co-founder of a sporting goods company (Albert Goodwill Spalding)
d. He was an American entrepreneur. He built his wealth in shipping and railroads and was
the patriarch of his family (Cornelius Vanderbilt)
4. What was Andrew Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth about?
a. It promoted Social Darwinism. It claimed wealth among the few was the natural and most
efficient result of capitalism and that great wealth brought responsibility.
b. It was an argument that American democracy was formed by the American frontier. He
stressed the process and the impact it had on pioneers going through the process. (Turner
Thesis)
c. It was an article that presented little of no legitimate well-researched news and instead
used eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers. (Yellow Journalism)
d. It was an article that stated America compared to other countries was developing very
quickly, leading the civilized world in population, wealth, annual savings, freedom from
debt, agriculture, and manufacturers. (The Triumph of America)
5. Which of the following was a philosopher and psychologist that was famous for his doctrine of
Social Darwinism and coined the term "survival of the fittest"?
a. Frederick Jackson Turner
, b. Herbert Spencer
c. Henry Grady
d. Eugene V. Debs
6. Which of the following is the best description of “Taylorism”?
a. A test given to persons to prove they can read and write before being allowed to register
to vote (Literacy Test)
b. The absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in the same level of
production and sharing resources at that level (Horizontal Integration)
c. A practice where a single entity controls the entire process of a product, from the raw
materials to distribution (Vertical Integration)
d. A theory of management that analyzes and synthesizes workflows. Its main objective is
improving economic efficiency, especially labor productivity.
7. Which of the following is not a key goal of the Knights of Labor?
a. An end to convict labor
b. A graduated income tax on personal wealth
c. Equal pay regardless of gender
d. The creation of cooperative business enterprises
8. How did The American Federation of Labor (AFL) differ from the Knights of Labor?
a. It only allowed skilled workers
b. Women and minorities were not allowed to join
c. Was a conservative version of The Knights of Labor
d. All of the above
9. Who was Mary Harris Jones?
a. She was a fiery orator and fearless organizer for the United Mine Worker. Nicknamed
“Mother Jones”, her energy and passion inspired men half her age into action and
compelled their wives and daughters to join in the struggle.
b. She was an African American Activist and newspaper publisher that worked to outlaw
lynching. She published “Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases”, a
groundbreaking work that documented the South’s lynching culture and exposed the myth
of the Black rapist. (Ida B. Wells)
c. She was a newspaper columnist and noted women’s rights activist who endorsed lynching
in the South. She said, “If it takes lynching to protect women’s dearest possession from
drunken, ravening beasts, then I say lynch a thousand a week.” (Rebecca Latimer Felton)
d. She became the spokesperson for H.J. Heinz Company, introducing the idea of American
values as well as the products. (Margaret McLeod)
richest man?
a. Andrew Carnagie
b. Cornelius Vanderbilt
c. John D. Rockefeller
d. Albert Goodwill Spalding
2. Which of the following does not represent one of the management strategies that John D.
Rockefeller used in building his empire?
a. Horizontal Integration
b. Vertical Integration
c. Social Darwinism
d. The Holding Company Model
3. Which of these best describes J. P. Morgan?
a. He was an industrialist, businessman, and entrepreneur. He earned most of his fortune in
the steel industry (Andrew Carnagie)
b. He was an American financier and banker who created US Steel, the nation's first billion
dollar corporation (J. P. Morgan)
c. He was an American pitcher, manager, and executive in the early years of professional
baseball, and the co-founder of a sporting goods company (Albert Goodwill Spalding)
d. He was an American entrepreneur. He built his wealth in shipping and railroads and was
the patriarch of his family (Cornelius Vanderbilt)
4. What was Andrew Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth about?
a. It promoted Social Darwinism. It claimed wealth among the few was the natural and most
efficient result of capitalism and that great wealth brought responsibility.
b. It was an argument that American democracy was formed by the American frontier. He
stressed the process and the impact it had on pioneers going through the process. (Turner
Thesis)
c. It was an article that presented little of no legitimate well-researched news and instead
used eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers. (Yellow Journalism)
d. It was an article that stated America compared to other countries was developing very
quickly, leading the civilized world in population, wealth, annual savings, freedom from
debt, agriculture, and manufacturers. (The Triumph of America)
5. Which of the following was a philosopher and psychologist that was famous for his doctrine of
Social Darwinism and coined the term "survival of the fittest"?
a. Frederick Jackson Turner
, b. Herbert Spencer
c. Henry Grady
d. Eugene V. Debs
6. Which of the following is the best description of “Taylorism”?
a. A test given to persons to prove they can read and write before being allowed to register
to vote (Literacy Test)
b. The absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in the same level of
production and sharing resources at that level (Horizontal Integration)
c. A practice where a single entity controls the entire process of a product, from the raw
materials to distribution (Vertical Integration)
d. A theory of management that analyzes and synthesizes workflows. Its main objective is
improving economic efficiency, especially labor productivity.
7. Which of the following is not a key goal of the Knights of Labor?
a. An end to convict labor
b. A graduated income tax on personal wealth
c. Equal pay regardless of gender
d. The creation of cooperative business enterprises
8. How did The American Federation of Labor (AFL) differ from the Knights of Labor?
a. It only allowed skilled workers
b. Women and minorities were not allowed to join
c. Was a conservative version of The Knights of Labor
d. All of the above
9. Who was Mary Harris Jones?
a. She was a fiery orator and fearless organizer for the United Mine Worker. Nicknamed
“Mother Jones”, her energy and passion inspired men half her age into action and
compelled their wives and daughters to join in the struggle.
b. She was an African American Activist and newspaper publisher that worked to outlaw
lynching. She published “Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases”, a
groundbreaking work that documented the South’s lynching culture and exposed the myth
of the Black rapist. (Ida B. Wells)
c. She was a newspaper columnist and noted women’s rights activist who endorsed lynching
in the South. She said, “If it takes lynching to protect women’s dearest possession from
drunken, ravening beasts, then I say lynch a thousand a week.” (Rebecca Latimer Felton)
d. She became the spokesperson for H.J. Heinz Company, introducing the idea of American
values as well as the products. (Margaret McLeod)
