Granger laws sought to

Regulate the railroad rates and passenger capacity

What 3 main groups made up the labor workforce in construction of the Transcontinental Railroad?

Irish & Chinese immigrants and Civil War Vets

Which was NOT a reason that made Cleveland an ideal location for Industrialization?

Cleveland was already an Ocean port city

A major government reform that came out of the 1969 Cuyahoga Fire was ___

Fed. Govt. created the Environmental Protection Agency to handle pollution.

The South did not grow and prosper like the North from the New Industrial Age because...

the South was still recovering from the Civil War & was broke

The term "ROBBER BARONS" refers to

Capitalists who earned fortunes by paying low wages and using shady tactics

Why was it difficult to prosecute companies under the Sherman antitrust act?

the act did not clearly define the word "trust"

The negative side effects of industrialization was so bad in Ohio that...

the Cuyahoga River caught fire multiple times

Vertical Integration model is characterized by

controls every aspect of development of product from raw material to sales

Who are the "Grangers"

Farmers who were upset with banks and railroad companies

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1
Unions that were formed specifically to support SKILLED workers were called
Socialist unions
trusts
industrial unions
craft unions
2
Unions formed to negotiate/work to improve ___ for laborers
shorter work days/family time
better & safer working conditions
All of the Above
workers compensation
3
This inventor created the light bulb and delivery system (power grid) to keep city streetlights on.
Ben Franklin
Nichola Tesla
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
4
Granger laws sought to
Regulate the railroad rates and passenger capacity
impose pollution regulations on companies to protect environment
regulate child labor across all industries
limit voting rights of Freemen
5
What 3 main groups made up the labor workforce in construction of the Transcontinental Railroad?
Irish & Chinese immigrants and Civil War Vets
Japanese, Germans and Italian immigrants
Cowboys, Native Americans & Freedmen
Civil War Vets, Freedmen & Native Americans
6
In which state did the two sections of the Transcontinental Railroad meet?
Utah
Arizona
Colorado
Nevada
7
Which was NOT a reason that made Cleveland an ideal location for Industrialization?
Cleveland was already an Ocean port city
The railroad system helped establish Cleveland a shipping hub
access to rivers and waterways through the Erie Canal to the Atlantic
multiple natural resources, including oil, discovered in region
8
Which capitalist went from processing 2-3% of US oil supply in 1870 to over 90% in less than 10 years?
Charles F. Dowd
John D. Rockefeller
George Pullman
Andrew Carnegie
9
Which two inventions helped dramatically increase job opportunities for women in the workforce?
telephone and typewriter
refrigerator and light bulb
light bulb and compass
electric mixer and telephone
10
Before the TCR, shipments coast to coast took as long as 6 months, after the TCR's completion, how long did it now take?
6 years
6 months
6 weeks
6 days
11
Social Darwinsism uses Charles Darwin's theory of ___ in their understanding of capitalism and economics
economics
iron/steel refining
evolution
physics
12
A major government reform that came out of the 1969 Cuyahoga Fire was ___
An increase in fire fighter candidate recruoting for the academy
there were no government reforms
Fed. Govt. created the Environmental Protection Agency to handle pollution.
Creation of Dept. of Fish and Game to handle the increased fish population
13
The South did not grow and prosper like the North from the New Industrial Age because...
The South rejected all technology claiming it was "the work of the devil"
They had their industrial Revolution & already had these technologies
the North refused to share this technology with the South
the South was still recovering from the Civil War & was broke
14
The term "ROBBER BARONS" refers to
is the name of the Monopoly Man from the boardgame
European aristocrats who immigrated to the US and created monopolies
Capitalists who earned fortunes by paying low wages and using shady tactics
repeat offernders of train robberies
15
Why was it difficult to prosecute companies under the Sherman antitrust act?
Granger Laws took priority in prosecuting those companies
no companies actually broke the law
the act did not clearly define the word "trust"
the unions protected the companies
16
This British engineer created a process to refine iron into steel by injecting air into molten iron to remove impurities
Edwin L. Drake
Henry Bessemer
Andrew Carnegie
Charles Darwin
17
In 1887 Congress created the ___ to regulate the railroads
Child Labor Laws
Environmental Protection Agency
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sherman antitrust act
18
Which of the following individuals developed the train sleeper car?
Charles F. Dowd
George Pullman
Christopher Shoes
Andrew Carnegie
19
Which Chicago "strike" was intended to protest police violence but ended in a riot after a bomb exploded?
the Homestead Strike
the Pullman Company Strike
the Great Strike of 1877
the Haymarket Affair
20
Which capitalist develoed the company models of Vertical integration & Horizontal Integration to help create monolopies
Andrew Carnegie
Charles F. Dowd
George Pullman
John D. Rockefeller
21
The negative side effects of industrialization was so bad in Ohio that...
the Cuyahoga River caught fire multiple times
All of the Above
the stores ran out of toilet paper because of Salmonella poisoning
Acid rain fell across Cleveland for 5 days in December 1920
22
Which of these individuals developed the STANDARD TIME used within the U.S.A.?
George Pullman
Charles F. Dowd
Andrew Carnegie
Christopher Shoes
23
Vertical Integration model is characterized by
buying out your competitors within your industry to "corner the market"
controls every aspect of development of product from raw material to sales
working on the height of your jump to improve your dunking skills
having a structured hierarchy within the company to explain everyone's role
24
Railroad laborers encountered...
All of the Above
Harsh outdoor elements and disease
Accidents involving Nitroglycerin explosions
Personal injury from train car coupling accidents
25
Who are the "Grangers"
Farmers who were upset with banks and railroad companies
Cowboys on cattle drives
women within the workforce
Chinese railroad workers

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