Industrial Age

Vertical and horizontal integration were strategies designed to

• end unsafe working conditions and promote cooperatively run corporations.
• eliminate competition and control every step of the production process.
• involve the government in protecting workers and fair wages.
• give stockholders control over corporations.

Andrew Carnegie managed to keep costs for his steel low by

• using government loans and corporate tax breaks.
• giving away most of his money to charity
• moving all of his steel plants to foreign countries
• owning the businesses involved in each step of the manufacturing of steel.

What was the transcontinental railroad meant to connect?

• the southern United States to the North
• the eastern United States to the West
• Canada to the southern United States
• Canada to Mexico and Central America

How did Thomas Edison affect life in America?

• Edison studied science to help Americans better understand the world.
• Edison created a successful lightbulb and a system for supplying electricity in big cities. 
• Edison developed alternating current to send electricity over miles of wires.
• Edison designed a trolley car that could run without a cable.

How did the expansion of railroads affect the United States?

• It made it easier and cheaper to move products
• It increased in the price of steel
• It slowed trade between the states
• It helped Native Americans keep their land

What is a monopoly?

• Everyone gets a fair share of the business

• The government controls business

• When one company has total control of an entire supply of goods.

Which invention was perfected by Thomas Edison?

• typewriter
• light bulb
• diesel engine
• airplane

Which two inventions helped to change the role of women?

• typewriter & telephone
• phonograph & airplane
• radio & telephone
• typewriter & assembly line

What invention helped to make steel?

• electrical power station
• assembly line
• bessemer process
• diesel engine

What is Vertical Integration?

• control of one aspect of the supply chain
• entire supply chain is controlled by one company
• a monopoly