Unit 3- Industrialization

Question 1

Who invented the typewriter?

Accepted Answer

Christopher Sholes

Question 2

In which system does does one company control the business that make up all phases of a product&#x27;s development?

Accepted Answer

vertical integration

Question 3

The Sherman Antitrust Act impsoed limitations upon which group?

Accepted Answer

large corporations

Question 4

How did new inventions and developments in the late 19th century change the way people worked?

Accepted Answer

New processes helped make it possible to make more quanity at a time

Question 5

Which of the following factors helped lead to a period of industrial growth during the late 1800&#x27;s?

Accepted Answer

the INCREASE in the development of new uses for natural resources

Question 6

The federal government formed the Interstate Commerce Commission to oversee ___________________________.

Accepted Answer

railroad operations across the nation

Question 7

As farms became mechanized?

Accepted Answer

Farmers moved to urban areas

Question 8

Which of the following conditions led to a favorable climate for industry in the late 1800&#x27;s?

Accepted Answer

the belief that a strong work ethic could make a person successful

Question 9

The merging of companies that make similar products is called what?

Accepted Answer

Horizontal Integration

Question 10

Capitalism that allows companies to conduct business without government intervention is called what?

Accepted Answer

Laissez-Faire

Question 11

What is the process in which a company buys out its suppliers called?

Accepted Answer

Vertical Integration

Question 12

Which labor leader began the American Federation of Labor (AFL) ?

Accepted Answer

Samuel Gompers

Question 13

Which industry most spurred economic growth and innovation in related industries?

Accepted Answer

Railroads

Question 14

Which argument supports the perception of big business leaders as "captains of industry"?

Accepted Answer

Industrialists&#x27; support for technology benefited the economy

Question 15

Which of the following correctly describes the working conditions that most workers faced?

Accepted Answer

Long hours with low pay

Question 16

Which of the following limited membership to skilled craftspeople and focused on economic reforms?

Accepted Answer

American Federation of Labor

Question 17

Who made the telephone?

Accepted Answer

Alexander Graham Bell

Question 18

Which was true of railroad workers?

Accepted Answer

Workers endured harsh conditions and frequent accidents

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

electricity

Question 20

A company that has complete control over an industry&#x27;s production, wages and prices is called a what?

Accepted Answer

Monopoly

Question 21

Steel changed peoples lives by making posssible the ____________________________.

Accepted Answer

Construction of skyscrappers

Questions 21