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Who invented the typewriter?
Chistopher Sholes
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He was the head of the Standard Oil Company.
John D. Rockefeller.
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What allowed factories to be built away from rivers?
Electricity.
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Does Social Darwinism justify government regulation?
No.
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Did Andrew Carnegie cut the quality of his products to gain control of the steel industry?
No.
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Who used the steam engine to remove oil from underground?
Edwin L. Drake
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He perfected the incandescent light bulb.
Thomas Alva Edison.
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What did Social Darwinism discourage?
Government regulation.
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Who organized the Industrial Workers of the World?
Radical unionists and socialists.
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The Sherman Anti-Trust Act:
Outlawed trusts that interfered with free trade.
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Who ran the American Railway Union and ran for President as a socialist?
Eugene V. Debs
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He perfected a cheap and effective process for making steel.
Henry Bessemer.
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Where did 146 female workers die in a fire?
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.
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What was the goal of the Interstate Commerce Act?
To lower excessive railroad rates.
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Collective bargaining was a technique to:
Win worker's rights.
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He made his fortune in the steel industry.
Andrew Carnegie.
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He invented the telephone>
Alexander Graham Bell.
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What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800s?
New methods of making steel.
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Was the emergence of the middle class a factor that contributed to the industrial boom?
No.
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Standardized time zones were introduced to:
Benefit railroad companies and travelers.
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Who organized coal miners for better working conditions?
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones.
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Railroad car mogul who built a town for his employees.
George M. Pullman.
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What did industrial consolidation and trusts reduce in the late 1800s?
Competition.
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The main purpose of the Credit Mobilier was:
To steal money for its shareholders.
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What is vertical integration?
Buying out raw material producers and distributors.