Technology & Industrial Growth

Large amounts of goods being made through the use of machinery or assembly lines:

• Capitalism

• Mass production

• Entrepreneur

• Corporation

What impact did the Civil War have on industries/factories in the U.S.?

• Used new techniques to create supplies in large numbers

• Had to make products faster

• Had to make products with more efficiency

• All of these

What impact did the Civil War have on the U.S. food industry?

• Had to figure out how to ship food longer distances without spoiling

• Had to figure out how to eliminate the enemy's food supply

• Had to develop better tasting rations for soldiers

• All of these

Select the natural resources that became heavily used in the years after the Civil War:

• Wind power

• Solar light

• Coal

• Lumber

• Oil

Economic system that is based on free-markets

• Socialism

• Communism

• Capitalism

• Democracy

Select the correct characteristics of capitalism:

• Free-markets

• People can own private property & businesses

• Government heavily regulates businesses

• Laws of supply & demand determine prices

• Government sets prices for products

After the Civil War, the federal government had a very "Anti-business" mentality

• TRUE

• FALSE

Select the correct government policies after the Civil War:

• Legal system enforced private property rights

• "Laissez-Faire" in terms of regulating businesses

• Tight regulations on businesses to prevent monopolies

• Passed protective tariffs to protect American businesses

• Encouraged importing goods from foreign countries

Innovator known for helping to bring electric lighting to many Americans

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Henry Bessemer

• Wright Brothers

Innovator known for patenting the first telephone in the U.S.

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Henry Bessemer

• Wright Brothers