2.02 U.S. HISTORY

Which word describes the role Henry Flagler played in the growth of Florida in the late 1800s?

 legislator

ANSWER - developer

 inventor

 tourist

Points earned on this question: 8

Question 2 (Worth 8 points)

Which of the following shows a similarity in the business practices of John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie?

 Both formed important steel companies.

 Both relied on horizontal integration.

ANSWER - Both tried to control competition to increase profits.

 Both created holding companies to buy up other companies.

Points earned on this question: 8

Question 3 (Worth 8 points)

How did railroad technology improve profits for companies?

ANSWER - It resulted in faster and cheaper long-distance shipping.

 It encouraged the concentration of industry in the East.

 It made the cost of goods from the West less competitive.

 It allowed workers to transfer from company to company.

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Question 4 (Worth 8 points)

How did a pool differ from a trust?

 Pools were larger than trusts.

 A trust limited competition, but a pool did not.

 Only vertically integrated companies formed pools.

ANSWER - Pools were made of independent companies, but a trust was not.

Points earned on this question: 8

Question 5 (Worth 8 points)

How did horizontal integration limit competition?

ANSWER - Fewer independently owned companies existed to compete.

 Companies agreed not to compete, so they all made more money.

 More small companies tried to supply raw materials to large companies.

 Suppliers could not produce enough to serve horizontally integrated companies.

Points earned on this question: 8

Question 6 (Worth 10 points)

Match	Term	Definition
E	Sarah E. Goode	A) Self-lubricating steam engine
F	Henry Ford	B) Third rail for electric trains
A	Elijah McCoy	C) Three-position traffic signal
G	Wright Brothers	D) Railroad sleeping car
H	Madame C.J. Walker	E) Folding cabinet bed
J	Lewis Howard Latimer	F) Assembly-line production
I	George Westinghouse	G) Powered flight
C	Garrett Morgan	H) Beauty products
B	Granville T. Woods	I) Alternating current power
D	George Pullman	J) Improved light bulbs and lamps
Points earned on this question: 10