Question | Answer |
5 Factors that led to the Growth of Industry? | 1. Access to Raw Materials and Energy
2. Migration of African Americans and white Americans from rural regions to cities
3. Availability of Work Force due to Immigration
4. Inventions
5. Financial Resources |
What method of production was used in factories to lower the cost of production? | Assembly Line |
4 Reasons for the Rise and Prosperity of Big Business? | 1. National Markets created by Railroads
2. Advertising
3. Lower-cost Production - Assembly Line
4. Captains of Industry (monopolies) |
How did the Assembly Line change manufacturing? | 1. Increased the Rate of Production - more goods produced in less time
2. Decreased the Cost of Goods |
Which Captain of Industry controlled railroads and built Grand Central Station in New York City? | Vanderbilt |
Which Captain of Industry controlled the Steel Industry and donated money to build libraries across America? | Carnegie |
Which Captain of Industry was taken to court for having a monopoly over the Oil Industry? | Rockefeller |
Which Captain of Industry was a powerful banker who invested in Edison's General Electric and eventually bought Carnegie Steel Co. ? | J.P. Morgan |
Who invented the telephone? | Alexander Graham Bell |
Who invented the electric lighting system? | Thomas Edison |
What increased farm production and decreased the need for human labor? | Mechanization |
How did industrial development in cities change the demand for labor? | INCREASED the demand for labor |
What is one way industrialization and railroads provided new access to consumer goods? | Mail Order
- Sears Roebuck Company |
The period of U.S. History from 1870 - 1900 is known as the _______________ Age because wealth was NOT equally distributed and there were no government regulations of business; no government laws to protect workers. | Gilded Age |
What groups emerged to help workers? | Labor Unions |
What labor union was formed by African American employees of the Pullman Railroad Company? | Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters & Maids |