Unit 13 The Triumph of Industry 1865 - 1914
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- Q113.1 The operation of transcontinental railroads led to the establishment of time zines becausetrains began transporting refrigerated foodtowns all over the country set their clocks to a uniform timepassengers wanted set schedules for traveling long distancesrailroads linked telegraph lines across the country120s
- Q213.1 Patents guarantee inventorsa share of the profits from the sales of an invention over their lifetimecomplete control over the production and distribution of an inventionthe right to restrict access to the technology behind the invention for as long as they likethe exclusive right ot develop, use, and sell an invention for a set period of time120s
- Q313.1 Entrepreneurs fueled industrialization byencouraging immigrants to move to the United Statesinvesting money in businessesmaking it possible for anyone to get rich quicklymoving to urban areas to find work120s
- Q413.1 How did industrialization affect the relationship of the United states with the world?Domestic industry led the United States to reject international tradeThe United States became increasingly involved in other nations' affairsMost other nations quickly adopted political and economic policies modeled after those of the United StatesOther nations asked the United States to manage global markets120s
- Q513.1 What impact did the Bessemer process have?American families embraced electric lightingThe communications industry increased rapidlySkyscrapers and suspension bridges were builtThe united States came to control world trade120s
- Q613.2 Business leaders were called "robber barons" by some because theyused unfair businesses practices to amass wealthcontributed large amounts of money to philanthropic causesfueled the nation's economic growthcreated powerful corporate empires120s
- Q713.2 A monopoly increases a corporation's profits byminimizing financial risks for investorsoutlawing labor unionsusing mass production to lower costseliminating competition to control pricees120s
- Q813.2 Social Darwinism encouraged people tofeel justified in not assisting the poordemand more regulation of businessgive away their wealthpursue more technological innovations120s
- Q913.2 Which tycoon dominated the oil industry by consolidating many different oil companies?Thomas EdisonJohn D RockefellerAndrew CarnegieJP Morgan120s
- Q1013.3 Socialists believed thatcorporations could best manage the nation's resources.entrepreneurs should establish capitalist monopolies to control pricessociety at large should control industry and wealthsociety benefited from business leaders who amassed great fortunes120s
- Q1113.3 Which of the following was a result of the Pullman Strike in 1893?The President used federal troops to end the strikeMembership in the Knights of Labor declinedThe National Trades Union was formedSamuel Gompers served a term in prison120s
- Q1213.3 Some workers had to live in communities owned by employers, known aslabor unionssweatshopscompany townstenant farms120s
- Q1313.3 Which individual led the Knights of Labor and encouraged the use of boycotts and negotiation to end the bondage of wage labor?Eugene DebsSamuel GompersHenry FrickTerence Powderly120s
- Q1413.3 Which of the following contributed to the Homestead Strike in 1892?the execution of anarchists for inciting a riotwage cuts resulting from economic depressionunreasonable rents and high prices for goods in the company townthe passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act120s