Why did the U.S. industrialize so rapidly in the 1800s?

The U.S. was a vast area of free trade

How did Social Darwinism impact the Industrial Revolution?

Big business leaders exploited the working classes

Why would a company enter into a trust?

To eliminate competition and decrease costs

What does horizontal integration do?

Consolidates many firms in the same level of production into one company

What is George Washington Carver best remembered for?

researching cotton's effect on soil depletion

What was the goal of building the Florida East Coast Railway?

bring tourists to the luxury hotels built along the Florida coastline

What was a positive impact of Henry Flagler's railroad in Florida?

More travelers and tourists visited the state's many attractions

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Industrial Revolution Part 1

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Why did the U.S. industrialize so rapidly in the 1800s?
The U.S. government financially supported industries
The U.S. was a vast area of free trade
The U.S. used tariffs more effectively than other countries
Companies in the U.S. paid higher wages
2
What happened because monopolies and the inequality of wealth during the Gilded Age occured?
creation of yellow-dog contracts
Use of laizzez-faire policy
expansion of the temperance movement
Rise of labor unions
3
Which development was most important to industrial development in the United States?
expansion of highways
mass-produced clothing
expansion of telegraph lines
mass-produced steel
4
How did Social Darwinism impact the Industrial Revolution?
The competition between races justified labor unions
Big business leaders exploited the working classes
The competition between races justified child labor
Big business leaders sympathized with the working class
5
Whose invention most revolutionized both business and personal communication?
Elias Howe
George Eastman
George Washington Carver
Alexander Graham Bell
6
Why would a company enter into a trust?
To maximize profits and pay workers higher wages
To eliminate competition and decrease costs
To equalize opportunities among businesses
To conserve natural resources
7
Which innovation best represents the Second Industrial Revolution
telephone
ski boat
airplane
printing press
8
What does horizontal integration do?
merges investments from a large # of people who share ownership in the firm
Consolidates many firms in the same level of production into one company
combines diff. businesses involved in all parts of a product's development
merge stocks from multiple businesses into a new organization
9
Which product was not part of the Second Industrial Revolution?
steel
railroads
steam power
Electric lights
10
What is George Washington Carver best remembered for?
researching electricity and long-distance communication
technological advances in refrigeration
improving the internal combustion engine
researching cotton's effect on soil depletion
11
What was the goal of building the Florida East Coast Railway?
encourage the U.S. government to build a railroad across Panama
establish a monopoly over the citrus industry
encourage tourists to visit luxury hotels on the Gulf of Mexico
bring tourists to the luxury hotels built along the Florida coastline
12
Laissez faire favors what economic system?
Unionism
Socialism
Capitalism
Communism
13
What was a positive impact of Henry Flagler's railroad in Florida?
Air conditioning was invented
Easier access to the Western territories
More travelers and tourists visited the state's many attractions
Golf and tennis were invented

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