Industrialization Test Review

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A monopoly is a business that

There were three main factors that fueled industrialization in the U.S., select them.

The economic philosophy of laissez-faire advocates

Process of buying out your competition and merging them with your own.

Munitions, Explosives, Gunpowder

Telephone (1876)

Why did the Bessemer conversion process have important effects on industry in post-Civil War America?

Telegraph (1837)

The people supporting wealthy tycoons like George Vanderbilt were

Railroads and Steamship Lines. Donated $1 million to Central University in Nashville, TN.

The primary cause of labor strikes like the Pullman Strike of 1894 and the Homestead Strike of 1892 was

Meat Packing Industry

Chocolate Candies Company

Assembly line for the production of automobiles in the U.S.

Creator of Standard Oil

Sweatshops were

Locomotive Air-brakes and Alternating Current

Airplane (1903)

People like George Vanderbilt were

With which industry is John D. Rockefeller primarily associated?

Two innovators whose technological inventions were important in the railroad industry were

2 main groups of immigrants that helped build the American system of railroads were the Irish and Chinese.

Working conditions in the late 1800s for the average laborer were dangerous and often resulted in injuries or death.

Which of the following statements is not a way in which railroads helped transform the United States?

Sleeper Cars. Created an entire city for his employees in Illinois.

The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 gave the rights to regulate railroad activity to western farmers.

Limited natural resources hurt the industrialization of the U.S.

Monopolies provide competition, which drives a free market

A new process for making which of the following metals transformed U.S. industry?

Based on the map on the test (which you cannot see) what regions of the U.S. were home to most large cities in 1890?

Which of the following was responsible for the development of standardized time zones in the United States?

Process of buying out ones suppliers, in order to control the raw materials

Steel

With which era of American history is the phrase "the Gilded Age" associated?

Which development during the Industrial Era led to the expansion of farming and ranching in the United States?