The American Industrial Revolution & the Gilded Age

What was one effect of the Industrial Revolution in the United States?

• Many more goods were imported.

• The government lowered taxes.

• The number of people working as farmers increased.

• The cost of many goods made in the United States decreased.

_____ opened the way for worldwide communications with the invention of the telephone.

• John D. Rockefeller

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Jacob Riis

• Andrew Carnegie

Which is NOT a conclusion that can be made about the transcontinental railroad?

• Goods were transported across country

• Populations in the west increased

• Railroad reduced the size of the US

• Travel across the country was possible

Which of the following was NOT central to the life and culture of the Plains Indians in the 1800's?

• the horse

• the buffalo

• the extended family

• land ownership

What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800's?

• cheap electric power

• fire safety standards

• the invention of the elevator

• new methods of making steel

Which is NOT a characteristic of a business monopoly?

• encourage business competition

• rise prices

• put all competition out of business

• control all of a products' production

In the late 1800's, collective bargaining was a technique used to ______.

• expand industry

• win workers' rights

• restrict labor unions

• overcome the Bourgeoisie

Business owners generally paid low wages in factories because ______.

• the government regulated wages

• they wanted to maximize worker morale

• keeping wages low meant lower production costs

• labor unions were focused on worker safety rather than pay

Between 1860 and 1900, a primary cause of migration from rural to urban areas was ____.

• inflationary pressure on crop prices

• lack of rural housing as building slowed

• increasing economic opportunity in cities

• government resettlement policies

All of the following factors contributed to the immense industrial boom of the late 1800's/ early 1900's EXCEPT ____.

• a wealth of natural resources

• government support for business

• a growing urban population

• a growing rural population