Industrial Revolution

I amassed my fortune from the steel industry. Later as a philanthropist, I provide funds for libraries, education and scientific research.

• Henry Ford

• Thomas Edison

• Andrew Carnegie

• Theodore Roosevelt

This invention made farming profitable by increasing the efficiency of production.

• Railroads

• Mechanical Reaper

• Canals

• Lightbulb

American Railway Union was led by which of the following: 

• Eugene Debs

• Andrew Carneige

• Samuel Gombers

• John Sherman

Which inventor perfected the light bulb and electricity as a source of power? 

• Edision

• Wright Brothers

• Carnegie

• Morgan

 Henry Ford’s most important innovation of this time period was the

• Automobile

• Assembly Line

• Telephone

• Electric Car

One advantage of a corporation is ____.

• The Bessemer Process

• Collective bargaining

• Limited liability

• Unions

What means government should interfere the LEAST amount possible in the economy?

• Laissez-faire

• Liberalism

• Conservatism

• Socialism

Which of the following was not a leisure activity of the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• Karaoke Night

• Vaudeville Shows

• Baseball Games

• Amusement Parks

Which strike involved Steel industry workers protesting cut wages?

• Pullman Strike

• Homestead Strike

• Railroad strike

• Haymarket Riot

Rapid growth of cities led to the need of all of the following improvements except __;

• More housing

• Public transportation such as subways

• water/sewage systems

• immigration laws