2_Industry and Big Business (102)

Which statement best explains how the application of electricity in the early 1900s affected the development of the U.S. economy?

• Long-distance travel became more expensive.
• College education became more accessible.
• Manufacturing processes became more efficient.
• Household appliances became more costly.

Which development led to the other three?

• growth of tenements and slums
• shift from a rural to an urban lifestyle
• widespread use of child labor
• rapid industrial growth

Which of the following is a correct cause-effect relationship for this era?

• Reform movements led to expansion of slavery.
• New inventions led to immigration.
• Industrialism led to growth of cities.
• Inventions led to reform movements.

Most of the jobs that were created as a result of the Industrial Revolution were located in which region?

• Southeast
• Midwest
• Northwest
• Northeast

What factor led many farmers, families, and young women to move to cities during the nineteenth century?

• the growing availability of factory jobs
• the constant fear of an influenza outbreak
• the declining interest in westward expansion
• the educational opportunities at free universities

How did the policy of laissez-faire contribute to the development of the free enterprise system?

• kept government from heavily taxing industries
• prevented Britain from taking natural resources
• decreased dependence on slave labor
• tight government control of factory profits

 How did Railroads impact the economy during this time?

• Moved raw materials (steel, lumber, coal) to factories 
• Used to make artillery and weapons
• Provided money for other industries
• Materials were more expensive and quicker to ship

Define a monopoly.

• A card game
• businesses that are owned by investors
• A company controls all or most of businesses in an industry.
• Poor families

Which statement is not true about new inventions?

• Gas tractors-farmers produce more-people worked in city
• Factories grew & were more efficient 
• Daily life was easier 
• People's jobs did not change.

The Interstate Commerce Act (1887) and the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) were efforts by the federal government to

• regulate aspects of business
• expand the positive features of the trusts
• favor big businesses over small companies.
• move toward government ownership of key industries