U.S. History Chapter 17 Test – Flashcards
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This refers to company that owns and operates all of the means of production from raw materials to the finished product
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Integrated Operations
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This was a result of trains repeatedly running over cast iron straps that held the tracks together
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Snakehead
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An organization of farmers
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Grange
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This increases the rate of something
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Catalyst
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Wealthy people who were acused of stealing from the people by setting prices for their goods too high
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Robber Barons
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When a company owns and operates all asoects of production from raw materials to the finished product
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Integrated Operations
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The place whre the first transcontinental railroads was completed
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Promontory, Utah
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A situation where a company is the sole producer of a good
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Monopoly
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Survial of the fittest
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Social Darwinian
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This attempted to break up the big trusts but lacked the strenght to do it
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Sherman anti-trust act
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Bessemer
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Steel could be made chaeper because of
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Edison
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The incandescent light bulb was made by
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Drake
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Oil was discovered in Titusville, PA by this person
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Shoals
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The typewriter was invented by this person
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merger
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Occurs when two competing comapnies form a larger company
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holding company
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Company that doesn't produce anything but buys companies that do
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Interlocking Directorate
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Example of executives from one company running a series of seperate companies using the some management practices
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Trust
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This is when stockholders from different competing gave thier stock to a Board of Trustees to the companies as one
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four time zones
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The continental United States is divided into
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Zulu car
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Which train cars did the poor use to travel along the transcontinental railroad
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false
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true/false- the U.S. had to import mant of the raw materials necessary for the revolution
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true
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true/false- Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone
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true
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true/false- future president James Garfield accepted stock in the Credit Mobilier scandal
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false
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true/false- C.F. Dowd's plan for uniform time across the country was first accepted by the U.S. government
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false
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true/false- the grange movement helped to establish the government's right to regulate any industry they wanted
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true
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true/false- trusts were often given a bad name because theu drove out all competition and then charged prices that were above the law of supply and demand
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true
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true/false- skilled workers were not in high demand during the Industrial Revolution
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true
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true/false- Electric power became more popular during the Industrial Revolution because it didn't require large amounts of fuel and water
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true
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true/false- two reasons companies grew larger during the Industrial Revolution was the advantage in buying in bulk and saving and the capital to buy new technology for thier plants
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true
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true/false- working conditions during the Industrial Revolution left some workers feeling isolated and unappreciated
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75% of all office workers were women so they could buy homes leading to economic freedom. This later lead to the civil rights movement
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What were indirect results of improvements in communication?
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If the railroad built tracks faster the government would give them subsidies and loans, making the railroads rich.
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What was the catalyst for construction of the Transcontinental railroad?
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1. Electric power was smaller and portable, unlike steam power which was big and bulky. This steam power was also dangerous, as it could expode with too much pressure.
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What were two main advantages electric power had over steam power?
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Technology and machinery had improved to be much faster than people, making workers less needed. This lead to companies losing the connection with their workers
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Why were skilled workers no longer needed during the Industrial Revolution? What were the results?
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People made only 3 to 12 dollars a week and they needed $18.50 a week if they had families, forcing kids to work. This lead to all work and little pay.
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Describe some of the conditions faced by workers during the Industrial Revolution?
