U.S. History - Chapter 6

The industrial revolution began in which country?

a system in which businesses operate under minimal government regulations

Complete control of a product or service

As farmers become mechanized

Time zones were created because of what industry

Which innovation extended the number of hours in a day that Americans could work and play?

Which event was caused because of a cut in worker's wages-without a decrease in cost of living

Which one is NOT part of the communication industry

a system that one company controls the businesses that make up all phases of a products dev.

Puplics view on how capitalism viewed child workers as

The oil tycoon who used horizontal integration to dcrease costs and increase profits

What is an innovation

Who was the first African-American women that received a patent for a fold-away bed

To consolidate many firms involved in the same business into one giant company known as

Which of the following is not an ideology?

The U.S. enjoyed the benefits of the "free enterprise" a system of economic organization

who invented the first automatic dishwasher

Which one is NOT a labor tactic during the early labor movement

A method for purifying iron, resulting in strong, lightweight steel

inventor that is credited for the light bulb

Pullman, Illinois was known as a _______ - where the company owned the houses and store in town

A system for turning out large numbers of products quickly and inexpensively

Why did labor unions start to loose their support

The government attempted to regulate business

Capitalism fueled industry by

A steel tycoon who used vertical integration to increase profit

Which is NOT part of a management tactic during the early labor movement

Which labor organization was founded first

Cartels, monopolies, trusts, horizontal and vertical integrations all share the goal of

A tax that makes imported goods more costly than those made locally

Memberships in the Knights of Labor declined because of what

a person who invests money in a product or enterprise to make a profit