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Industrialization
Question | Answer |
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What are the late 1800's and early 1900's often referred to as? | The Second Industrial Revolution |
What process revolutionized the steel industry? | Bessemer process |
How was Thomas Edison able to reach people's homes with his electricity? | Built Power Plants |
What women played a leading role in the formation of labor unions? | Marry Harris Jones |
Who led the American Federation of Labor? | Samuel Gompers |
Where did the Homestead strike take place? | Carnegie's steel factory |
What impact did drilling of oil have on the people in the late 1800s? | to light homes and businesses |
What negative effect did new technologies have in the late 1800s? | skilled workers were replaced by machines |
What did labor unions resort to when management wouldn't negotiate? | strike |
What was the primary reason that workers went on strike in the late 1800s? | They wanted better treatment by their employers |
What were formed as a result of poor working conditions in factories? | labor unions |
Who dominated the steel industry in the late 1800s? | Andrew Carnegie |
Carnegie and Rockefeller were similar because they both utilized what process? | Vertical integration |
Why was the Sherman Antitrust Act ineffective at first? | it did not give the definition of a trust |
Who was responsible for the first working airplane? | The Wright Brothers |
Which Titan of Industry controlled the oil industry? | Rockefeller |
What inventor improved communication in the U.S.? | Alexander Graham Bell |
What was unique about Henry Ford's car factory? | he used an assembly line system |
What were Edison's goals with his inventions? | to build something that would be useful to people |
Why was steel a more usable building material than iron? | it was stronger |