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- 1. Multiple Choice
BEFORE THE ADVENT OF AUTOMOBILES, OIL WAS PRIMARILY USED FOR
MAKING CONCRETE
LIGHTING
MACHINE LUBRICATION
POWERING RAILROADS
- 2. Multiple Choice
"IRON IS A DENSE METAL, BUT IT IS SOFT AND TENDS TO BREAK AND RUST.IT ALSO USUALLY CONTAINS OTHER ELEMENTS, SUCH AS CARBON. REMOVING THE CARBON FROM THE IRON PRODUCES A LIGHTER, MORE FLEXIBLE AND RUST RESISTANT METAL-STEEL. THE RAW MATERIAL NEEDED TO MAKE STEEL WERE READILY AVAILABLE. ALL THAT WAS NEEDED WAS CHEAP AND EFFICIENT MANUFACTURING PROCESS." NAME THAT PROCESS.
THE CARNEGIE PROCESS
THE PURIFICATION PROCESS
THE BESSEMER PROCESS
THE CARBON PROCESS
- 3. Multiple Choice
THE AMERICAN STATE MOST CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH STEEL PRODUCTION WAS...
NEW YORK
MICHIGAN
PENNSYLVANIA
OHIO
- 4. Multiple Choice
STEEL BECAME AN IMPORTANT INGREDIENT FRO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING (PICK ALL THAT APPLY)
BRIDGES, LIKE THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
SKYSCRAPERS
RAILROAD TRACK AND FARM EQUIPMENT
- 5. Multiple Choice
THOMAS EDISON IS CREDITED WITH THE INVENTION OF THE LIGHT BULB, AND FOR THE METHOD USED TI DISTRIBUTE ELECTRICITY OVER GREAT DISTANCES. THESE INVENTIONS LED TO....(PICK ALL THAT APPLY)
INCREASED FACTORY HOURS FOR WORK
THE SPREAD OF CITIES AND TOWNS
THE USE OF ELECTRIC STREETCARS
THE INVENTION OF MULTIPLE LABOR SAVING ELECTRICAL DEVICES
- 6. Multiple Choice
How did the availability of electricity affect the decision of where to locate factories?
Business owners now had less freedom in deciding where to locate a factory.
In order to have power, factories now had to be located near rivers or streams.
Business owners could now consider factors such as population in their decision.
Since travel was more expensive, factories now had to be located near where workers lived.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Christopher Sholes invented the typewriter in 1867 and it changed the world of work. next Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson unveiled the Telephone 1876. it allowed people to talk to each other over long distances and open the way for World Wide communication network. Companies quickly found the Telephone and the typewriter to be valuable business tools. Besides improving communication the typewriter and telephone also......
Created jobs for women as telephone operators and mangers of office correspondence.
Were widely used in classrooms as more and more Americans attended College.
Gave rise to the "telemarketing" industry which began in this time period.
Ended the need for the Postal Service.
- 8. Multiple Choice
New inventions and processes developed between 1825 and 1905 were responsible for....Choose the correct 2 of the 3 possible answers.
An increase in immigration as people migrated to the USA for greater opportunity and quality of life.
An increase in wealth and power of business owners and an increase in people living in cities and working in factories.
An increase in farming and rural living.
- 9. Multiple Choice
BECAUSE RAILROADS WERE SO IMPORTANT TO THE GROWING USA, GOVERNMENT PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT. GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILROADS BY..
AWARDING HUGE TRACKS OF LAND TO RAILROAD DEVELOPERS AND PROVIDING LOANS
DIRECTLY PAYING-FREED SLAVES AS RAILROAD LABORERS
COVERING THE COST OF TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
SUSPENDING MINIMUM WAGE REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE CHEAP LABOR.
- 10. Multiple Choice
THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD WAS COMPLETED AT PROMONTORY POINT, UTAH IN 1869. THE TWO COMPANIES INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT WERE...
THE SANTA FE RAILROAD COMPANY AND AMTRAC
THE UNION PACIFIC AND THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANIES
THE WEST TO EAST AND THE EAST TO WEST RAILROAD COMPANIES
THE WESTERN AND EASTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANIES
- 11. Multiple Choice
GROUPS OF IRISH,CHINESE, AND EX-CIVIL WAR LABORERS INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD, EACH SUFFERED DANGEROUS WORKING CONDITIONS AND LOW PAY, BUT THE LOWEST PAID GROUP WERE THE...
CHINESE
IRISH
EX-CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS
THEY ALL FACED THE SAME CONDITIONS AND PAY
- 12. Multiple Choice
THE COMPLETION OF THE RAILROAD RESULTED IN HUGE CHANGES IN THE USA. SOME OF THE IMPORTANT CHANGES BROUGHT THROUGH THE RAILROAD WERE....(CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY)
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED TRAVEL TIME FOR AMERICANS
THE RAPID GROWTH OF THE COAL, GLASS, LUMBER AND STEEL INDUSTRIES
THE ABILITY TO MOVE GOODS TO AND FROM FACTORIES MORE QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY
THE CREATION OF TIME ZONES
- 13. Multiple Choice
"THE INCREASED OUTPUT OF IRON, COAL, AND OTHER RAILWAY MATERIALS WAS IN RESPONSE TO ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND. IN GENERAL, AS THE DEMAND FOR PRODUCTS RISES, COMPANIES PRODUCE MORE OF IT, HOPING TO INCREASE THEIR SALES AND PROFITS" FROM THIS PASSAGE ABOUT SUPPLY AND DEMAND ITS SUGGEST THAT THE GROWTH OF RAILROADS WOULD CAUSE..... (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY)
AN INCREASED DEMAND FOR IRON, COAL, LUMBER,AND OTHER MATERIALS NEEDED TO COMPLETE AND MAINTAIN RAILROADS
AN INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF THOSE MATERIALS BECAUSE THE DEMAND FOR THEM
AN INCREASE IN COAL AND IRON MINING
AN INCREASE IN THE PROFITS FOR SMELTERS, MINERS AND LUMBERERS
- 14. Multiple Choice
Why did George Pullman create a town that provided for the basic needs of his workers?
He wanted to allow workers as much freedom as possible.
He thought it was the best way to ensure a stable work force.
He was more concerned with workers’ happiness than his profit.
He wanted his town to attract visitors to create a tourism industry.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which of the following did George Pullman provide to his workers to ensure a stable work force? (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY)
flexible rent payments
well-constructed homes
few restrictions during free time
he availability of doctors’ offices
access to shops and athletic fields
- 16. Multiple Choice
IN THE COMPANY TOWN OF PULLMAN, RESIDENTS LIVED IN CLEAN, WELL-CONSTRUCTED APARTMENTS WITH AT LEAST ONE WINDOW IN EVERY ROOM. IN ADDITION, THE TOWN OFFERED SERVICES AND FACILITIES SUCH AS DOCTORS OFFICES, SHOPS, AND AN ATHLETIC FIELD.
DESPITE ALL THAT THERE WAS STILL A STRIKE AT THE PULLMAN PALACE CAR COMPANY IN 1894 BECAUSE....
THE LIVING CONDITIONS WERE UNPLEASANT AND DANGEROUS
THE RULES AND REGULATIONS WERE TO HARSH AND LIMITING
RESIDENTS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO OWN THEIR OWN HOMES
THERE WAS A SALARY CUT AT THE FACTORY AND NO REDUCTION IN RENT
- 17. Multiple Choice
STOCKHOLDERS IN THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD FORME, IN 1864, A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY CALLED CREDIT MOBILIER. THE STOCKHOLDERS GAVE THIS COMPANY A CONTRACT TO LAY TRACK AT TWO TO THREE TIMES THE ACTUAL COST- AND POCKETED THE PROFITS. THEY DONATED SHARES OF STOCK TO ABOUT 20 REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS IN 1867.
THIS PASSAGE ABOUT CREDIT MOBILIER COMPANY IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF....
GREED AND CORRUPTION BETWEEN BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS
A GOOD AND EFFICIENT BUSINESS MODEL
A WAY FOR LABORERS TO EARN BETTER SLARIES
A METHOD THAT SPED UP THE COMPLETION OF THE RAILROAD
- 18. Multiple Choice
What effect did Cornelius Vanderbilt have on transportation in the United States?
He built the nation’s first transcontinental railroad.
He improved working conditions and pay for all railroad workers.
He linked small railroads into a larger network to improve interstate travel.
He convinced Congress to officially adopt railroad time as the standard for the nation.
- 19. Multiple Choice
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT'S CONTROL OF THE RAILROADS CAUSED THE BEGINNING OF THE "GRANGER MOVEMENT" BECAUSE....( CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY)
RAILROAD "TYCOONS" LIKE VANDERBILT SOLD OFF THEIR LAND GRANTS TO BUSINESSES RATHER THAN TO SETTLERS
RAILROADS SET UNREASONABLE RATES, PARTICULARLY FOR "SHORT HAULS"
CHARGED DIFFERENT CUSTOMERS INSTEAD OF HAVING STANDARD RATES
REFUSED TO GIVE RAILROAD JOB TO FARMERS AND RANCHERS
- 20. Multiple Choice
THE ACTIONS OF THE GRANGERS LED TO THE CREATION OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT AND THE ICC. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF THE ACTS WAS....
CREATE FAIR PRACTICES AMONG THE RAILROADS REGARDING RATES AND ROUTES
TURN CONTROL OF THE RAILROADS TO THE GOVERNMENT
BREAK UP THE CONTROL OF THE RAILROAD TYCOONS BY FORCING THE TO SELLOFF PARTS OF THEIR COMPANIES
ESTABLISHED THE PRINCIPLE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S RIGHT TO REGULATE PRIVATE INDUSTRY TO SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST
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