US Industrialization

What was the immediate impact of canals, steamboats, and railroads on the development of U.S. industry?

• lowered the costs of transportation, making profits greater
• highlighted labor problems, bringing social reform
• increased the number of immigrants, enlarging the labor force
• loss of crop soil resulting in a famine

Which of the following is NOT associated with the Second Industrial Revolution?

• Steel and automobiles

• Steam power and textiles

• Railroads and petroleum

• Electric light and the telephone

Which technological development most revolutionized US steel industry?

• Electrification

• Vulcanization

• Steam power

• Bessemer Process

How did electricity change the United States?

• Every American could afford electricity for their home.

• Electricity was immediately available to all US citizens.

• Homes needed more candles because the electricity was not always reliable.

• Stores and factories could stay open longer, to make more products and money.

Captains of Industry valued competition in a free market because they believed only the strongest companies would survive and result in better goods and services. This is an example of

• Unionism

• Control Market

• Socialism

• Social Darwinism