Standard 11: Industrialization & Immigration

How did American industrial leaders accumulate wealth during the late 1800s?

• by inventing new technology

• by developing new farming techniques

• by using mainly slave or forced labor

• by creating monopolies and establishing trusts

If you were going to go to a movie about the person that invented the "motion picture," which movie title would you choose?

• Oh, Edison!

• Choosing Chaplin

• Ringing Alexander's Bell

• William Goldwyn: Precious Inventor

The phonograph, light bulb, & motion pictures are all associated with:

• Richard Sears

• Thomas Edison

• George Westinghouse

• Alexander Graham Bell

Industrialization in the 19th century is MOST associated with

• Revolution

• Urbanization

• Agrarian Life

• Manifest Destiny

In the 19th century, John D. Rockefeller was MOST associated with the company named:

• U.S. Steel

• Standard Oil

• General Motors Corporation

• American Telephone & Telegraph

Which is the BEST example of a "Robber baron" using his wealth in a "philanthropic" manner?

• Jay Gould and his involvement with the "Tammany Hall" political ring

• Cornelius Vanderbilt and the $1 million endowment he gave to Vanderbilt University

• Alexander Graham Bell using his capital to purchase all of the stock of his competitors

• The sale of Carnegie steel for $480 million to J.P. Morgan and the creation of U.S. Steel in 1901

Why was the Standard Oil Trust MOST likely pictured as an octopus with many tentacles in the cartoon?

• The Standard Oil Trust was seen as a danger to the traditional American way of life.

• The Standard Oil Trust killed many different types of wildlife with its drilling practices.

• The Standard Oil Trust was seen as a monopoly that influenced government and other industries.

• The Standard Oil Trust built pipelines crossing the entire United States that endangered people and resources.

What effect of the Industrial Revolution MIGHT this picture represent?

• the rise of the middle class

• the increase in urban population

• the spread of infectious diseases

• the organization of the health care system

By creating monopolies and establishing trusts, industrial leaders of the late 1800s

• caused the Panic of 1893.

• secured passage of the Sixteenth Amendment.

• were able to accumulate vast amounts of wealth.

• secured the election of William McKinley as president in 1897.

How did the invention of electricity impact industries?

• The costs of production increased significantly.

• Production methods began to decrease efficiency.

• Manufacturers were forced to locate plants nearer to sources of power.

• Manufacturers were able to build manufacturing plants where they wanted