The Industrial Revolution

Question 1

Pullman Strike (a railroad strike that ended when President Grover Cleveland sent in troops) 3

Accepted Answer

workers were upset about the high rents, federal troops were sent to stop the strike, workers stopped rail traffic

Question 2

Henry Ford cut costs by making his factories more efficient.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

Cons of trusts (a number of companies legally grouped under a single board of directors) 3

Accepted Answer

decreased the qualities of goods, drove out competition, caused prices to increase

Question 4

What was a negative effect of the new technologies developed in the late 1800s?

Accepted Answer

Skilled workers were replaced by machines.

Question 5

The Second Industrial Revolution was fueled by the fact that__replaced steam and__power.

Accepted Answer

electricity, water

Question 6

What impact did the commercial drilling of oil have on the people in the late 1800s?

Accepted Answer

It allowed them to light their homes and businesses.

Question 7

Haymarket Riot (a riot that broke out at Haymarket square over the deaths of 2 strikers) 3

Accepted Answer

some workers were charged with murder, workers fought with police, workers wanted an eight-hour workday

Question 8

Social Darwinism stemmed from Charles Darwin’s theory of__,explains the survival of species.

Accepted Answer

natural selection

Question 9

Homestead Strike (violence between strikers and private detective at Carnegie Steel) 4

Accepted Answer

Pinkerton detectives and the workers battled each other, workers took over the steel plant, workers protested job cuts, state militia were called to stop the strike

Question 10

Henry Ford was the first to include a gasoline engine in a car.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

Factories also became much larger during this time period, which increased the number of__made.

Accepted Answer

goods

Question 12

Transportation improvements allowed people and products to move more__from place to place.

Accepted Answer

quickly

Question 13

How were the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor similar at the beginning?

Accepted Answer

They both restricted their membership to certain workers.

Question 14

In business, this theory suggests that the best or strongest__survive while the__ones do not.

Accepted Answer

companies, weaker

Question 15

Henry Ford wanted everyone to be able to own an automobile.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Henry Ford trained workers to do just one job.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Pros of trusts (a number of companies legally grouped under a single board of directors) 2

Accepted Answer

provided dependable products and services, more efficient than small businesses

Question 18

In the 1870s, how did Carnegie expand his steel business?

Accepted Answer

by purchasing the businesses of his competitors

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