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Chapter 14 - The Age of Industry
Chapter 14 - The Age of Industry
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A look at how the United States transformed from an agrarian society into an industrial power.
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Devised a system to mass produce and distribute electricity
Thomas Alva Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Edwin Drake
Henry Bessemer
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He would start and run one of the largest steel companies in American history
Christopher Scholes
Andrew Carnegie
John D Rockefeller
Eugene V. Debs
3
This law made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade
Sherman Antitrust Act
Immigration Act of 1891
Chinese Exclusion Act
Interstate Commerce Act
4
When a corporation does nothing but buy out the stock of other companies, they are known as
Grange
Monopoly
Trust
Holding Company
5
He was responsible for perfecting the telephone
Johnny Verison Sprint
Alexander Graham Bell
Christopher Sholes
Edwin L. Drake
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This gentleman was the first to use a steam engine to drill for oil in Titusville, PA
Thomas Alva Edison
John D. Rockefeller
Edwin L. Drake
Andrew Carnegie
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He attempted to form the ARU as a way of bringing together skilled & unskilled laborers
Mary Harris Jones
George M Pullman
Samuel Gompers
Eugene V. Debs
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This violent incident turned much of the public against labor unions
Haymarket Affair
Pullman Company Strike
Three Strikes
Homestead Strike
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The majority of workers for the Central Pacific Railroad came from ......
China
Brazil
Ireland
Germany
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Which one is NOT an important natural resource mentioned by Mr. Dudash
Fresh Water
Oil
Coal
Steel
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How did the Grangers do battle with the railroad companies?
Blowing up their trains
Politically - sponsoring legislation and candidates
Challenging them to a basketball game
By refusing to use the railroads at all
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This gave business leaders almost unlimited control over an industry
Both
Neither
Horizontal Integration
Vertical Integration
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Railroad time eventually divided the Continental United States into how many time zones?
1
4
24
6
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This was created by the Federal Gov't to try and control or regulate the railroad industry
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Credit Mobilier
Federal Trade Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
15
What sports team is pictured below?
Danbury Lakers
Cardinal Stritch Cardinals
Ohio State Buckeyes
Arizona Cardinals
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The Transcontinental Railroad joined the east and west coast at what point.....
Promontory Pt, Utah
Chicago, Illinois
Sacramento, California
Seattle, Washington
