Ch. 19 Review

Having control of all the steps required to change raw materials into finished products.

• vertical integration
• injunction
• trust
• network

The system in which unions represent workers in negotiating with management is called:

• workers' rights
• going on strike
• mass production
• collective bargaining

Who linked the United States and Europe with a transatlantic telegraph line?

• Edwin L. Drake
• George Eastman
• Cyrus Field
• Thomas Edison

The fast-growing national rail system encouraged the expansion of the

• Oregon Trail.
• patent system.
• economy.
• electorate.

The lack of competition caused by trusts and monopolies:

• helped consumers by lowering the prices of goods and services
• had no effect on consumers
• gave consumers more choice in the marketplace
• hurt consumers by raising the prices of goods and services

Who pioneered the assembly line?

• Jan Matzeliger
• Cyrus Field
• Henry Ford
• Thomas Edison

“Stand firm. Let every man stand shoulder to shoulder and we will win this fight. We must have our rights. Strike while the iron is hot. . . .” –Chicago, May 1886
At which memorable Chicago event did a man shout this suggestion to a large crowd?

• the Pullman Strike
• the Ludlow Massacre
• the Haymarket Riot
• the Silver Mines Unrest

An economy where private citizens own businesses. Owners make the decisions and companies compete to win customers by making the best product at the lowest price.

• free enterprise system
• communism
• monopoly
• Bessemer Process

Based on the information on the map, what 1870s innovation allowed meat and produce to be more efficiently transported by rail?

• refrigerated cars
• diesel engines
• cow catchers
• passenger cars

Based on the map, which railroad lines would a traveler have to take to get from Kansas City, Missouri to Promontory Summit, Utah?

• Atlantic and Pacific R.R. & Southern Pacific R.R.
• Northern Pacific R.R. & Southern Pacific R.R.
• Central Pacific R.R. & Union Pacific R.R.
• Kansas Pacific R.R. & Union Pacific R.R.