Expansion of Industry
Railroads
Big Business
Labor Unions
Robber Barons
100

Who is the inventor of the light bulb?

Who is Thomas Edison

100

First railroad to connect Eastern US to Western US, spanned the whole continent. 

Transcontinental Railroad

100

John D Rockefeller used what type of integration to build Standard Oil?

Horizontal Integration

100

This was the first national labor union created in the United States.

National Labor Union

100

Name two industries covered in module 3. 

Oil, Steel, Railroads

200

Who is the inventor of the telephone? 

Alexander Graham Bell

200

Give one reason for why railroads unified the nation. 

connected communities, created a national market, westward expansion, faster travel, etc. 

200

Business without government intervention

Laissez-Faire

200

Write one achievement of labor unions that we still see today. 

Child labor laws, minimum wage, shorter work week, benefits, equal pay

200

This robber baron made his fortune in the railroad industry. 

Cornelius Vanderbilt

300

Name three things steel was used for.

Railroads, bridges, farm tools, buildings

300

When a construction company charged the government 2-3x the cost when building the Transcontinental Railroad, bribed congress members. 

Credit Mobilier Scandal

300

Where a company takes over its suppliers and distributors, controlling the quality and cost

Vertical Integration

300

When a small number of Union representatives negotiate with management on behalf of all the workers. 

Collective Bargaining

300

This robber baron made his fortune in the oil industry. 

John D. Rockefeller

400

Inventor of the typewriter

Christopher Sholes

400

Two reasons farmers did not like Railroads. 

Sold railroad land to businesses, high prices, charged different amounts

400

Illegal to form trusts that interfered with free trade. 

Sherman Antitrust Act


400

Why did workers join unions? (two reasons) 

Better wages, better working conditions

400

This robber baron made his fortune in the steel industry. 

Andrew Carnegie

500

Give two reasons why America was successful at industrialization. 

Abundance of resources, Government Support for businesses and inventions, large workforce, growing City populations

500

This process provided a cheaper, useful way to turn iron into steel. 

Bessemer Process. 

500

Only the survival of the fittest was good for society

Social Darwinism

500

List three demands of labor unions

8 hr work day, shorter work week, ending child labor, safer conditions, higher wages, equal pay

500

When a company/person has complete control over a certain industry, can control prices, make low quality products, and bankrupt small businesses.

Monopoly