Early Industrialization Review Created by Educational Technology Network. www.edtechnetwork.com 2009

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Question 1 - 10 The Chisholm Trail was a trail that…?

Answer 1 – 10 Was used to move cattle to railheads

Question 1 - 20 Under the Homestead Act, homesteaders could gain title to the land by

Answer 1 – 20 Living there for 5 years

Question 1 - 30 Even before the invention of the automobile, petroleum was in high demand because it could

Question 1 - 40

Answer 1 – 30 Kerosene for lighting

Question 1 - 40 During the early days of industrialization, many members of Congress believed that tariffs were necessary to

Answer 1 – 40 Protect upstart American businesses from established European companies

Question 1 - 50 Corporations can achieve economies of scale by

Answer 1 – 50 Invest $ back into the company toward new machines, advertising, and doubling their manufacturing.

Question 2 - 10 Department stores changed the idea of shopping by

Answer 2 – 10 Building isle ways that direct consumers toward products, using lighting to draw consumers attention, and buying products in wholesale to decrease the price.

Question 2 - 20 A ____ was a technique for breaking a union in which the company refused to allow the workers on the property and refused to pay them

Answer 2 – 20 lockout

Question 2 - 30 The wave of immigration in the late 1800s led to increased feelings of ____________________, an extreme dislike for foreigners.

Answer 2 – 30 nativism

Question 2 - 40 Many labor unions opposed immigration, arguing that most immigrants

Answer 2 – 40 Would work for low wages and take away jobs

Question 2 - 50 Who said: “The basic force shaping capitalism is the class struggle between workers and owners.”

Answer 2 – 50 Karl Marx

Question 3 - 10 began the first direct rail service from New York City to Chicago

Answer 3 – 10 Vanderbilt

Question 3 - 20 American Federation of Labor

Answer 3 – 20 Samuel Gompers

Question 3 - 30 Following the development of the Bessemer process, the cities of Gary, Indiana; Cleveland, Ohio; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, became centers for

Answer 3 – 30 Steel Industry

Question 3 - 40 Unlike a small business, a corporation

Answer 3 – 40 Owned by many individual therefore decreasing risk

Question 3 - 50 Working conditions during the late 1800s were characterized by

Answer 3 – 50 Long hours, low pay, dangerous conditions

Question 4 - 10 Laissez-faire relies on ____ to regulate prices and wages.

Answer 4 – 10 Supply & Demand

Question 4 - 20 ____________________ are people who risk their capital in organizing and running a business.

Answer 4 – 20 Entrepreneurs

Question 4 - 30 A single company that achieves control of an entire market is a ____________________.

Answer 4 – 30 Monopoly

Question 4 - 40 Which term best describes the diagram? Oil Co. A + Oil Co. B + Oil Co. C = Mega Oil

Answer 4 – 40 Horizontal Integration

Question 4 - 50 ____________________ costs are costs a company has to pay, whether or not it is operating.

Answer 4 – 50 Fixed Costs

Question 5 - 10 Most working-class people in cities lived in ____________________, dark and crowded multi-family apartments.

Answer 5 – 10 Tenements

Question 5 - 20 Even before the invention of the automobile, petroleum was in high demand because it could

Answer 5 – 20 Kerosene

Question 5 - 30 The army encouraged white hunters to kill buffalo to

Answer 5 – 30 Force Native Americans onto Reservations

Question 5 - 40 People who supported ____________________ believed that society did not need any government.

Answer 5 – 40 Anarchism

Question 5 - 50 Social Darwinism paralleled the economic doctrine of ____________________ that opposed any government programs that interfered with business.

Answer 5 – 50 Laissez-faire