Module 4 American History

Lesson 1: 2nd Industrial Revolution

100

 a period of rapid growth in U.S. manufacturing in the late 1800s

Second Industrial Revolution

200

What was the Bessemer Process created for?

To manufacture steel quickly and cheaply

300

How was oil first used in homes?

Kerosene - Lamps

400

How was Henry Ford able to make the Model T more affordable?

Increased productivity and efficiency. Moving assembly line and interchangeable parts. 

500

List two factors that led to industrial growth. 

-greater access to natural resources

-a growing population

-transportation advances

-rising immigration

-inventions and innovations

-increasing business investment

-government policies assisting businesses

Lesson 2: Big Business

100

businesses that sell portions of ownership called stock shares

corporations

200

Ownership of businesses involved in each step of the manufacturing process is known as ____________ integration. 

Vertical

300

Stockholders in corporations are not responsible for the businesses __________. 

debt

400

Movement started by those concerned about the creation of monopolies in business. 

Antitrust Movement

500

How was social darwinism used to justify the methods of big business owners?

"Survival of the fittest" theory decided which human beings would succeed in business and life in general. 

Lesson 3: Industrial Workers

100

Workers often went on _______ when fighting for rights. 

strike

200

What was the first national labor union?

Knights of Labor

300

Describe one major labor strike to occur during the Second Industrial Revolution

Pullman

Homestead

Haymarket

400

Describe collective bargaining. 

all workers acting collectively when negotiating with management. 

500

List two factors that led to the decline in working conditions. 

-skilled workers replaced with unskilled

-repeating the same small tasks over and over

Misc.

100

New engine technology made the production of the __________ possible in 1903. 

Airplane

200

______________ made his money through the consolidation of oil businesses. 

John D. Rockefeller

300

a legal arrangement grouping together a number of companies under a single board of directors

trust

400

Owning all the businesses in a certain field is an example of the ________ integration. 

Horizantal

500

An exclusive right to make or sell inventions. 

Pantent

Inventors

100

Wright Brothers

Airplane

200

Alexander Graham Bell

Telephone

300

Thomas Edison

Electricity

400

Henry Bessemer 

Bessemer Process, steel manufacturing

500

Edwin L. Drake

Oil Drilling