The Industrial Economy: Crash Course US History #23

Question 1

Which of the following made their wealth off railroads?

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 2

What were some of the effects of railroads?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 3

Which American city was the major center for the production of iron?

Accepted Answer

Pittsburg

Question 4

The giant of finance from this time was

Accepted Answer

JP Morgan

Question 5

How did the Civil War spur widespread industrialization in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

It provided opportunity for massive government contracts for arms &clothing

Question 6

Which means and methods of infrastructure did the Civil War make widespread?

Accepted Answer

Telegraph Communications Network, The Transpacific Railroad

Question 7

The giant of finance from this time was

Accepted Answer

JP Morgan

Question 8

What demographic shift the U.S. see during this era?

Accepted Answer

A shift from an agrarian rural nation to an industrial urban one.

Question 9

What organzational innovations were made by the "Captains of Industry" or Robber Barons"?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 10

Q. Which "captain of industry" or "robber baron" became the wealthiest man of all time due to his company's oil monopoly

Accepted Answer

John D. Rockefeller

Question 11

Which of the following describes the common conditions of industrial workers at the time in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 12

America's economic success can be best summed up by?

Accepted Answer

Geography, Demography & Law

Question 13

What geographic qualities insured the U.S.'s industrial success?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 14

The response to hazardous working conditions and market insecurities due to booms and busts industrial workers began to

Accepted Answer

Forming Unions such as Nights of Labor

Question 15

What demographic factor contributed to the U.S.'s economic and industrial success?

Accepted Answer

Large scale immigration

Question 16

Which event destroyed the credibility of the organized labor movement spearheaded by the Knights of Labor Union?

Accepted Answer

Haymarket Riot

Question 17

Wide spread industrialization in the U.S. is largely due to?

Accepted Answer

Civil War

Question 18

Though the standards of living and wages were some of the highest in the world who often benefited least from the indus

Accepted Answer

Industrial Workers

Question 19

The Civil War improved the national finance system through?

Accepted Answer

The forced introduction of a national currency (greenback)

Question 20

What innovation was key to U.S.'s industrial success?

Accepted Answer

Railroads

Question 21

Which American city was the major center for commerce and finance?

Accepted Answer

New York

Question 22

Which are ways the American (law) government supported Industrial growth?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 23

Which American company made its fortune with its extensive mail order catalog due to the shipping potential of railroads

Accepted Answer

Sears-Roebuck

Question 24

Industrial capitalist are see as both heros and villains of American Industry. Which terms best apply to them?

Accepted Answer

Captains of Industry, Robber Barons

The Industrial Economy: Crash Course US History #23

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The Industrial Economy: Crash Course US History #23

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