2. Resources/ Inventions RailroadsMiscellaneous Big Business Labor Unions 10 20 30 40 50

3. Question 1 - 10 This Quaker State gentleman successfully drilled for oil by using steam power to drive the drill.

4. Answer 1 – 10 Edwin Drake

5. Question 1 - 20 Without this person’s process of blowing air through molten iron, skyscrapers would not have been possible.

6. Answer 1 – 20 Henry Bessemer

7. Question 1 - 30 Name two of the natural resources which made industrialization in America extremely successful.

8. Answer 1 – 30 Coal, iron ore, oil, natual gas.

9. Question 1 - 40 This qwerty invention was developed by……

10. Answer 1 – 40 Christopher Sholes

11. Question 1 - 50 His illuminating invention brought many people out of the dark. He also was successful in his bid to electrify New York.

12. Answer 1 – 50 Thomas Edison.

13. Question 2 - 10 America was brought together by the transcontinental railroad at what Point?

14. Answer 2 – 10 Promontory Point, Utah

15. Question 2 - 20 In order to make the trains run on time in each region of the country, Professor Dowd creates……..

16. Answer 2 – 20 Standardized time zones

17. Question 2 - 30 The ultimate control freak, this man builds a town to house his employees in order to control them in the off hours as well.

18. Answer 2 – 30 Pullman builds Pullman, IL, one of the first company towns in America.

19. Question 2 - 40 This company built railroads and charged the owners two to three times the normal rate and they were happy about it.

20. Answer 2 – 40 Credit Mobilier. The owners pocketed the cash and bought politicians with the proceeds. Stockholders in the railroads weren’t as happy, they lost money.

21. Question 2 - 50 This Act established the right of the federal government to regulate railroads. It was not successful at first.

22. Answer 2 – 50 Interstate Commerce Act. It was supposed to control rates and regulate passenger service as well.

23. Question 3 - 10 This organization began demanding governmental control over the railroads

24. Answer 3 – 10 The Grange. Farmers were upset over rates and fairness issues.

25. Question 3 - 20 That thing found in many teenagers hand was invented by…..

26. Answer 3 – 20 Alexander Graham Bell

27. Question 3 - 30 This term comes from Medieval times and was used to describe unscrupulous businessmen who had too much control.

28. Answer 3 – 30 Robber Baron

29. Question 3 - 40 These laws were “to establish maximum freight and passenger rates and prohibit discrimination.”

30. Answer 3 – 40 Granger laws. Munn v. Illinois upheld many of the state laws.

31. Question 3 - 50 This allows businesses to be built away from rivers. They can now locate to anywhere they want to.

32. Answer 3 – 50 Electricity

33. Question 4 - 10 This man of steel accounted for 80% of the steel made in the U.S. His new accounting procedures led to improved cost controls.

34. Answer 4 – 10 Andrew Carnegie

35. Question 4 - 20 Buying out the supply chain, from raw materials to manufacturing, to the final sale is known as…..

36. Answer 4 – 20 Vertical integration

37. Question 4 - 30 This theory supported non-interference by government in business and stated that people got what they deserved, whether it be success or failure

38. Answer 4 – 30 Social Darwinism

39. Question 4 - 40 These were used to control entire industries, most successfully by John Rockefeller, when participants turned over their stock in a company to this organization.

40. Answer 4 – 40 Trust Companies. Trusts were not legal mergers so it could be argued that monopolies were not formed.

41. Question 4 - 50 This Act made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states or with other countries.

42. Answer 4 – 50 Sherman Anti-Trust Act. It was not successful in stopping trusts from forming.

43. Question 5 - 10 Name two reasons that people wanted to form unions

44. Answer 5 – 10 Poor working conditions, 12-16 hour days, 6- 7day work week dangerous working conditions, no benefits.

45. Question 5 - 20 He ran the American Railway Union and fought for a larger share of the profits for the working classes.

46. Answer 5 – 20 Eugene Debs

47. Question 5 - 30 This labor organizer led a children’s march to Washington, D.C. to protest for better working conditions.

48. Answer 5 – 30 Mother Jones

49. Question 5 - 40 Started in Baltimore, this strike spread to all of America and shut down the railroads. Federal troops end the strike.

50. Answer 5 – 40 Great Strike of 1877

51. Question 5 - 50 By signing these contracts, laborers were promising not to join unions.

52. Answer 5 – 50 Yellow-dog Contracts.