Ch 16 The Nation Transformed (Hon U.S.)

Question 1

"Invention Factory"

Accepted Answer

Edison

Question 2

Developed "standard gauge"

Accepted Answer

George Stephenson

Question 3

Another word for Monopoly

Accepted Answer

Trust

Question 4

Pioneered idea of catalog shopping for rural customers

Accepted Answer

Ward

Question 5

Business tactic in which businesses don't really compete, but agree to keep prices the same

Accepted Answer

Pool

Question 6

Developed the idea of a standardized System of Screw Threads and Nuts (1864)

Accepted Answer

Sellers

Question 7

Created a colorful catalog with thinner paper and more items available to rural customers

Accepted Answer

Sears

Question 8

Created "Scientific Management"

Accepted Answer

Taylor

Question 9

Founder of the American Federation of Labor

Accepted Answer

Samuel Gompers

Question 10

Union organize skilled and non-skilled workers; membership decreased after Haymarket Massacre

Accepted Answer

Knights of Labor

Question 11

Place in rural towns where people went to purchase goods

Accepted Answer

General Store

Question 12

Decision that legalized unions

Accepted Answer

Commonwealth v. Hunt

Question 13

Duo who created the first "buyers palace" in 1862

Accepted Answer

Stewart and Bogardus

Question 14

Made his fortune in the steel industry eventually selling his company

Accepted Answer

Carnegie

Question 15

Formed the Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company and sought new ways to use oil

Accepted Answer

Bissell

Question 16

These two men struck oil in Pennsylvania launching "oil mania"

Accepted Answer

Drake and Smith

Question 17

Banker and businessman who helped companies reorganized and combine; owned railroads

Accepted Answer

Morgan

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT one of the time zones in the continental United States?

Accepted Answer

Western

Question 19

What year was the first transcontinental railroad completed?

Accepted Answer

1869

Question 20

A secret society of eastern Pennsylvania miners

Accepted Answer

Molly Maguires

Question 21

Which of the following made his fortune in the oil industry?

Accepted Answer

Rockefeller

Questions 21