A New Industrial Age

Question 1

One negative effect of the growth of railroads was that they

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attracted corrupt individuals into the industry

Question 2

Who was the inventor of the sleeping railroad car?

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George Pullman

Question 3

what idea led to the mass production of products?

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assembly line

Question 4

As seen in Bruce Springsteen's song"___", technology/industrialization can have + & - effects

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"Youngstown"

Question 5

who set up world's first research lab, leading to new inventions (ex. light bulb)?

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Tom Edison

Question 6

A positive effect of inventions was ?

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machines allowed workers to work faster

Question 7

one success of the National Labor union was in convincing Congress to legalize an

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8 hour workday

Question 8

What law in 1887 allowed the government more power over the railroads?

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Interstate Commerce Act

Question 9

What is one example of a workers' strike?

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The Pullman Strike

Question 10

farmers were upset with the railroads because they

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set high shipping prices

Question 11

She gained fame as an organizer for mine workers and the United Mine Workers' Union

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Mary Harris Jones

Question 12

What event showed how government at times sided with company owners regarding strikes?

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Ludlow Massacre

Question 13

Andrew Carnegie used horizontal integration by

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buying out or merging with other steel companies

Question 14

where would most steel mills be located in PA during the late 19th, early 20th centuries?

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rivers

Question 15

The railroads

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unified the states

Question 16

This law in 1890 made it illegal to form a monopoly?

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Sherman Antitrust Act

Question 17

Vertical integration is when a

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company buys out its suppliers

Question 18

what is one benefit of using the assembly line to produce products?

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smaller chance of experiencing a product shortage

Question 19

Railroads were important for many reasons, one being they led to

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the growth of other companies

Question 20

Who used the Standard Oil Trust (monopoly) to control the oil industry?

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John Rockefeller

Question 21

The industrial revolution led to

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a shorter work week

Question 22

talks and negotiations between labor (workers) and management to reach work-related agreements:

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collective bargaining

Question 23

Who was the Scottish immigrant who became a giant in the steel industry?

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Andrew Carnegie

Question 24

Business people making huge sums of money using dishonest tactics, were at times angrily called

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robber barons

Question 25

what's the term describing especially harsh working conditions?

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sweatshops

Question 26

The Transcontinental Railroad?

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crossed the entire country

Question 27

what Supreme Court case in 1877 allows the government to regulate businesses?

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Munn v. Illinois

Question 28

Before cars were available, these made travel cheaper/easier?

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electric streetcars

Question 29

The transcontinental railroad led to the creation of how many time zones in the US?

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4

Question 30

How many times zones is the earth divided into?

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24

Question 31

To control or eliminate competition, some companies tried to form a

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monopoly

Question 32

workers responded to low wages, long hours, dangerous conditions by

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forming unions

Question 33

who invented the telephone?

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Alexander G. Bell

Question 34

Who united railroad workers into the Amerian Railway Union?

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Eugene Debs

Question 35

Carneige's success popularized the ideas of competition, hard work and responsibility- this is

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social darwinism

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