Industrialization
By 1890, roughly how many miles of steel tracks connected the nation by railroad?
What is 180,000 miles?
At age 12, Carnegie began working for which railroad company?
What is the Pennsylvania Railroad Company?
What company did John D. Rockefeller own?
What is Standard Oil Company?
In 1892, what political party won five (5) senate seats and focused on the plights of the farmers and working class?
What is the Populist party?
What is the name of the U.S. entry point for Asian immigrants arriving in California?
What is Angel Island?
In 1887, Congress passed what Act that created the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to regulate the railroads?
What is the Interstate Commerce Act?
What process of manufacturing did Carnegie observe in England, involving cold air blown over hot iron, which rids the iron of impurities, strengthens it, and makes the production of steel cheaper?
What is the Bessemer process?
At the age of 33, what percentage of oil refineries did J.D. Rockefeller own?
What is 90 percent?
The introduction of new farming technology, such as the Cyprus plow and McCormick Reaper, resulted in what type of impacts to the supply chain?
What is overproduction? high supply = low prices?
What immigration entry point in New York opened in 1892, and processed 12 million people over the course of 62 years?
What is Ellis Island?
Henry Ford created his first car, the “ Ford Quardricycle” in 1896. Seven years later, he founded the Ford Motor Company and produced the famous Model-T in what U.S. city?
What is Detroit, Michigan?
What type of business integration did Andrew Carnegie implement?
What is vertical integration?
What type of business integration did J.D. Rockefeller implement?
What is Horizontal integration?
During the 1896 election, William Jennings Bryan, supported by the Populist party, lost to which candidate (and their political party)?
Who is William McKinley, a Republican?
In the 1820s, about 5% of Americans lived in urban areas, however by the 1900s, what percentage lived in big cities?
What is 30%?
What is the name of the manufacturing process, created by Henry Ford, that used unskilled workers to complete the same task repeatedly so the automobile could be made much faster?
What is the assembly line?
By the early 1900s, Carnegie Steel produced more steel that all of what European country?
What is United Kingdom (Great Britain)?
What is the business term for a BIG Business in the late 1800s that determines if it will survive, thrive, or die without government intervention?
What is Social Darwinism?
What is an education?
In the late 1800s, city dwellings were made of wood, built close together, and used candles and kerosene. What city experienced its worst fire in October 1871, which burnt for two days, left 100,000 people homeless, and over 300 dead?
What is Chicago?
What act was passed by congress in 1890, as a result of Americans growing worried about BIG Business monopolies and their power on the markets?
What is the Sherman Anti-trust act?
What ruthless person did Andrew Carnegie hire to reorganize Carnegie Steel, as a plan to become even richer and more powerful?
Who is Henry Frick?
What was J.D. Rockefeller's response to Vanderbilt and Scott's attempt to raise railroad shipping prices on Standard Oil?
What was he built an oil pipeline to ship oil and cut out the railroads?
What are two (2) labor unions that fought for workers rights, to include equal or higher pay, standard work days or shorter work weeks, and the end to child labor?
What are Knights of Labor, and American Federation of Labor?
Third Class immigrants, or "steerage passengers”, underwent a 3 to 5 hour physical and legal inspection to be admitted. Why did First and Second class immigrants avoid inspections at Ellis Island?
What is they probably wouldn't be a financial burden on the U.S. government?