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Factors of the I.R.
Railroads
Big Business
Unions
Big Idea: Change
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Give three of the natural resources that America would use to industrialize the country.
Water, Timber (wood), coal, iron, petroleum (oil), and copper.
100
What is a transcontinental railroad?
A railroad that crosses the whole continent (or country, in our case)
100
What is a corporation?
A business owned by multiple people.
100
Describe the working conditions of early industrial America
Long hours, repetitive tasks, unsafe machines, unclean air
100
Give on invention from Industrialism that helped to bring the whole country together.
Rapid transportation (Railways, steam boats, cars) Communication (Telegraph, telephones)
200
Why were so many more workers available to work in the factories during the industrial revolution?
So many people had moved from farms to the cities.
200
Who signed the Pacific Railway Act, allowing the first transcontinental railroad?
President Lincoln
200
What do we call a company that has complete control over its market?
A monoploy
200
Who believed that workers would eventually revolt and overthrow the government?
Karl Marx
200
What did Industrialism change about where people lived?
Many people moved from the farms to the cities, changing the nature of American society
300
What two major inventions did Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison invent?
The telephone and the light bulb.
300
What did a transcontinental railroad bring from the west to the east? (Besides people)
More resources (primarily from the western mountain ranges)
300
Who was the owner of Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller
300
Samuel Gompers was the first leader of which organization?
The American Federation of Labor
300
If you were somebody who sold goods, what has now changed about who you can sell to?
Rapid transportation means you can sell and ship at much greater distances
400
What do we call people who risk their money to organize and run a business? (Don't worry about spelling)
Entrepreneurs
400
What did the federal government give to railroad companies to encourage construction?
Land This is what was known as the Land Grant System
400
What type of company did Andrew Carnegie own?
A steel company
400
What types of jobs did women do in the early 1900's?
1/3 were home servants 1/3 were teachers, nurses, secretaries 1/3 were light factory workers (clothes and food)
400
What happens to small businesses during the rise of corporations?
They are bought out, or forced out when they can't compete
500
What do believers in laissez-faire government think the government should do?
Protect private property and maintain peace. It shouldn't interfere in what people or businesses do otherwise.
500
What were robber barons accused of?
Cheating investors and taxpayers, bribing government officials, and cheating on contracts and debts.
500
What is vertical integration?
When a company owns the different business that it depends on. Horizontal is when a company combines with other companies of the same type.
500
What is a "Closed Shop"?
A company which can only hire union members
500
What was now the focus of the American economy thanks to the Industrial Revolution?
Industry and business