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History Test #2
Second Industrial Revolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What product would be used to build new structures during the Second Industrial Revolution? | Steel |
| What byproduct of oil would light American homes for decades? | Kerosene |
| Explain the importance of the Bessemer Process: | It made mass producing steel much easier. |
| Who invented a new type of drill bit that would make drilling for oil much faster and more productive? | Edwin Drake |
| What is a patent? | A “copyright” of sorts saying no one can make money off a creation besides the creator |
| What would the Transcontinental Railroad allow people to do for the first time? | Transport goods and people across the entire United States. |
| What business tycoon would make a fortune in the shipping industry, sell it, and then make a fortune in the railroad industry? | Cornelius Vanderbilt |
| Who invented the Air Brake that would make railroad travel much safer? | George Westinghouse |
| What two individuals invented the airplane? | Orville and Wilbur Wright |
| This man was given credit for improving the telegraph, and explain how the telegraph would change communication: | Samuel Morse was given credit for the telegraph, and it revolutionized communications forever by allowing messages to be sent over a series of minutes instead of days by transport. |
| Who invented the lightbulb, what would the lightbulb replace? | Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb, and it replaced kerosene lamps. |
| Who invented the telephone? | Alexander Graham Bell |
| Current Wars part 1: Explain, I’m detail, the current wars. Who invented AC and DC current and what two individuals bankrolled them: | AC current was invented by Nikola Tesla and he was bankrolled by George Westinghouse, and DC current was invented by Thomas Edison and was bankrolled by J.P. Morgan. |
| Current wars part 2: What was done to discredit AC current, and what was the final outcome of the war: | Edison tried to discredit AC current by electrifying animals and inventing the electric chair. The final outcome of the war was Nikola Tesla’s AC won by providing cheaper prices and better quality. Its the main type of electricity used today. |
| Explain Capitalism: | Capitalism is and economic and political system in which a county’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. |
| Explain Socialism: | Socialism is a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole. |
| Explain Communism: | Communism is a political theory advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their ability’s and needs. |
| Explain Free Enterprise: | Free Enterprise is being able to conduct business without interference from the government. (Somewhat) |
| Define Corporation: | A Corporation is a legal entity that has the rights of an individual. |
| Define Trust: | A Trust is a group of small businesses ran as one large business, ran by a board of 12 people. |
| Define Monopoly: | A Monopoly is one industry that controls an entire industry. |
| What is the driving force behind Capitalism? | Competition |
| Explain the concept of Social Darwinism and name the individual who came up with the idea: | The concept of Social Darwinism is running society with a “survival of the fittest” mindset. The man who came up with it was Herbert Spencer. |
| In what industry did Andrew Carnegie make a fortune? | Steel |
| In what industry did John D. Rockefeller make a fortune and what was the name of his company? | Oil, Standard Oil |
| Explain the difference in horizontal and vertical integration: | Horizontal integration is one company using other smaller company’s for profit, while vertical integration is a company that is in charge of there product all the way through production. |
| Explain the concept of a “company town” as introduced by George Pullman: | A “Company Town” is where an employer provides its workers with houses and church’s and stores in exchange that they work for there company. |
| Explain why the introduction of the department store was a new convenience for customers: | Because it sold all the basic items you might need in one store, so you didn’t have to travel all across town for goods. |
| Why were people critical of monopolies? | Because if one business owned an entire industry, they can have whatever price they want. |
| Explain the purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act and the weakness of the act: | The main purpose was to get rid of monopolies, but it’s weakness was it did a terrible job defining what a monopoly is. |
| List the three groups that would make up the new labor force in America during the Second Industrial Revolution | Immigrants, woman, and children |
| What problems did children face while working? | Terrible pay, long hours, and they couldn’t go to school. |
| What is the purpose of the labor Union? | To hold power over the company and make fair conditions for the workers. |
| Explain the importance of the Knights of Labor: | It was one of the first big labor unions, it got people talking about the workforce and helped take a big step in the direction of workers rights. |
| Who was Mary Harris Jones and why was she important? | Known as Mother Jones, she was one of the first woman to stand for labor rights and was a huge supporter of the Knights of Labor. |
| What type of workers did the American Federation of Labor represent? | Skilled workers |
| Explain the importance of Eugene V. Debs: | He was an American railway union leader, and he lead the Pullman strike. |
| Explain the importance of the Haymarket Riot: | The Haymarket Riot involved workers fighting for shorter work days, multiple people were killed and involved anarchist. |
| Explain the importance of the Homestead Strike: | It was a strike against Carnegie Steel, and 16 workers were killed. |
| Explain the importance of the Pullman Strike: | It was a strike against the Pullman train industry that eventually shut down the industry. It also destroyed the Pullman company town. |
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