The Second Industrial Revolution

Process of making Steel fast and cheap.

• Bessemer Process

• wildcatters

• Juling

• Smelting

Which two railroad companies raced to build the first transcontinental railroad?

• The BO and Pennsylvania

• Central Pacific and Union Pacific

• The Baltimore Atlantic and the Central Pacific

• The Reading and The Union Pacific

Which best explains railroad tracks all the way across the country?

• Coast to Coast

• Atlantic to Pacific

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Round the Country Railroad

Which of the following is NOT an effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• We adopted Standard Time

• Accurate Time Keeping

• Killed off Native Americans

• Sped up the settlement of the West and Populated it.

Which best explains Laissez-Faire?

• Good Bye

• Government does NOT put rules and regulations on businesses

• Allow Wealthy business owners cheaper railroad rates

• Punish businesses if they form Monopolies

An economic system in which private businesses run most idustries.

• Socialism

• Communism

• Capitalism

• Social Darwinism

Risk takers who use their money and talents to launch new ventures.

• Pinkertons

• Cowboys

• Bank owners

• Entrepreneurs

Which of the jobs below best represents an Entrepreneur?

• Classroom Teacher

• Owner of a Computer Company

• Big Time Lawyer

• Doctor

Which phrase below best explains Social Darwinism?

• Stand Tall

• Survival of the Fittest

• Fight or Flight

• Competition brings out the best

A business owned by two people.

• Entreprenuer

• Partnership

• Corporation

• Trust