American History Chapter 17 Industrial Revolution

Vertical integration meant

All of these are examples of environmental damage during the early Industrial Revolution except

Although corrupt, New York City's Tammany Hall appealed to

The "Big 4" who led the construction of the western railroads included all of these men except

The first transcontinental railroad was completed in

One of the earliest American preservationists was

The person who cornered the market on oil refining in the late 1800s was

Andrew Carnegie made his fortune with the help of the Bessemer converter which

In 1911, 146 workers died while locked in a factory fire called the Triangle Textile Fire.

Shortly before the Civil War, it was discovered that kerosene could be used for lighting.

A militant labor union, the Industrial Workers of the World hoped to overthrow capitalism.

Mechanization transformed labor in all of the following ways except

The need to market goods over wider areas gave rise to new forms of

Top preservationist of this era, John Muir, founded the Sierra Club to protect the environment

The Haymarket Riot led to

How did business owners respond to the growth of unions and the labor movement?

The creation of national brand products such as NABISCO biscuits relied on all these EXCEPT

Much of Rockefeller's success can be attributed to his pioneering efforts at

In the Civil War, Congress took advantage of having no Southerners in Congress to do all BUT

Which of these became the greatest symbol of America's growing desire for consumer goods?

"Robber barons" or "captains of industry" were businessmen who

The need for managers in the many new businesses of led to the growth of

The railroad strike of 1877 is evidence that

Rockefeller absorbed short term losses so that he could drive his competition out of business.

Among the American Federation of Labor's successes were all of the following except

Refrigerated rail cars were FIRST developed to

The Crédit Mobilier scandal involved

Controlling all aspects of an industry, from raw materials to finished product, is known as

The Tweed Ring, working out of Tammany Hall, was

A result of the spread of national advertising was the growing use of billboards.

America's oil boom began when Edwin Drake struck oil while drilling in

Social Darwinism was the idea that "survival of the fittest" extended to the world of business

The first mail-order business was

Which of the following men is incorrectly paired with his technological development?

Within 20 years of the first oil discovery, ____ Oil Company controlled 90% of U.S. petroleum

Industrialists justified their financial and political strength in all of the these ways except

As the Industrial Revolution progressed in America, all of the following occurred except