Nov. 1 2021 US II Industrial Revolution

When an individual or a business controls or dominates an industry

One factor that furthered Industrialization in the US between 1865 and 1900 was the

This tycoon became one of the richest men in American history after he sold U.S. Steel

What is the economic system in which factories and equipment are privately owned?

What made it possible to build skyscrapers in the 1800's?

Wealthy monopolists would most likely agree with which of the following ideas?

Any financial asset including money, machines, and buildings used in production

Which man became synonymous with oil production?

Which of these inventions caused the development of time zones?

John D Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, & J.P. Morgan were called Robber Barrons because they

What conditions caused the growth of unions?

Small factory where employees have to work long hours under poor conditions for little pay

Immigrants from this country declined sharply after acts of Congress banned them in 1882

A Vertical Integrated system of production is one in which

Multifamily urban dwellings; often unsanitary and overcrowded

A small group of people to control the stock of a large number of companies like one company

What is it called when one company buys another in the SAME business?

Who invented the telegraph?

This process would allow iron/steel to become liquified and then poured into molded shapes

Social Darwinism was based on what aspect of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution?

Samuel Gompers was the

Many Asian immigrants were processed here, on the west coast of the USA

In 1890 Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act to

How did the growth of industry affect American society?

What innovative idea by Henry Ford allowed his company to produce thousands of cars so quickly?

Employers negotiate with labor unions about hours, wages & working conditions

Did the dangerous work when building the Transcontinental Railroad