Industrialization Flashcards

Front

What is the main idea of this cartoon?

Back

The Standard Oil Company was a harmful monopoly.

Front

How were products primarily distributed after they were made? Options: by plane, by ship, by car, by railroad

Back

by railroad

Front

What was the most important reason the meat packing industry located in Chicago, Illinois?

Back

it was the intersection of many railroads

Front

What was one way electrification (electricity) changed American life?

Back

Businesses and factories could operate at night.

Front

What was one way electrification (electricity) changed American life?

Back

labor saving devices were produced

Front

What was a major cause of the trend shown in the chart?
Options: availability of cheap farmland, end of restrictions on immigration, increased industrialization, completion of the interstate highway system

Back

increased industrialization

Front

This form of transportation, which became common in the 19th century, helped the entire nation become industrialized more rapidly.

Back

Railroad