Gilded Age Part II

A person could infer that an economic result of these production techniques in American factories was to

• increase use of homemade goods.

• reduce cost of producing goods.

• improve safety conditions.

• expand membership in labor unions.

How were factories in the late 1800s different from earlier factories?

• They were bigger and produced more goods.

• They were not yet automated.

• They were safer and had better working conditions.

• They employed only young children and women.

Which one of the following two men grew wealthy developing "big business" in the 19th century?

• John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie

• Samuel Slater and Joseph Pulitzer

• John L. Lewis and William Green

• Elias Howe and Horace Greeley

In what type of industry was Andrew Carnegie successful?

• textiles

• steel

• petroleum

• plastics

Who used mergers to consolidate many railroad lines and eventually controlled much of the Northeastern railroad system?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Jay Gould

Which company was started by John D. Rockefeller?

• Kodak

• United States Steel

• Union Pacific

• Standard Oil

What powerful banker purchased many railroads and steel companies the 1890s?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Andrew Carnegie

• Samuel Gompers

• J.P. Morgan

What businessman introduced mass-production and assembly-line methods to the automobile industry?

• Walter Chrysler

• Henry Ford

• Cyrus Field

• Thomas Edison

Who invented the light bulb, the phonograph, and movies?

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Thomas Edison

• J.P. Morgan

• Alexander Graham Bell

Which contribution to the industrialization of America is best illustrated in the photograph above?

• Assembly Line

• Bessemer Process for making steel

• Invention of the Model-T

• Development of the Corporation