Changing Times: Immigration and Industrialization

the process of moving from an agricultural society, in which most goods are handmade, to a society that thrives on machine-manufactured goods

• textile
• economy
• industrialization
• socialism

Laissez-Faire is when

• the government is highly involved in businesses

• the government is not involved in businesses

• Lazy people go to the fair

• Government makes all business decisions

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

• Reform movements led to expansion of slavery.

• New inventions led to a more agricultural society.

• Industrialism led to the growth of cities.

• Inventions led to reform movements.

What is an entrepreneur?

• someone who starts their own business

• a government official

• a factory worker

• someone who is seeking reelection

The system in which an individual or business owns and controls the means of production, such as factories, land, capital, and raw materials is know as...

• Socialism
• Mercantilism
• Capitalism
• Fascism

Competition between business is called __________.

• Communism

• Free Enterprise

• Democracy

• Restricted Enterprise

A railroad baron who was known as the "Commodore."

• George Westinghouse.
• George Pullman
• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• Gustavus Swift

I am the founder of the Standard Oil Company. I am ___________

• John D. Rockefeller
• Andrew Carnegie
• Wright Brothers
• Thomas Edison

Why was steel so important? What was it used for?

• Used to make artillery and weapons
• Cheap to import from China
• It came from Minnesota
• Strong. Used for bridges, railways, nails, & skyscrapers 

Thomas Edison could be accredited with which of the following?

• homes having electricity

• inventing the assembly line

• inventing the airplane

• elevators having breaks