EOC Review- Domain 3

What was the significance of the Railroad boom right after the Civil War?

• Internet and cotton boomed as a result of the Railroad Industry

• Steel and oil industries boomed as a result of the Railroad Industry

• Wool and flower industries boomed as a result of the Railroad Industry

• Drugs and opium industries boomed as a result of the Railroad Industry

______This steel tycoon was known for Vertical Integration, the combining of companies that supply equipment and services needed for a particular industry

He was the founder of Standard Oil Company, later gained a monopoly on U.S. production of Oil.

These two men led to the growth of monopolies and trusts in American business. Both were philanthropists that donated money to build schools, libraries, etc.

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Muir

Definition: A single company that controlled virtually all ofthe production and distribution of a product.

Definition: Management and control of the member corporations are combined in a single board of trustees

What three inventions that improved American Infrastructure during the Industrial era?

• Cotton Gin

• Telegraph

• Electric Lightbulb

• Telephone

What were the names of the two islands used to receive new immigrants?

What was the main focus of the labor unions that formed during the Second Industrial Revolution?

• improving productivity

• lowering barriers to trade

• improving working conditions

• lowering the unemployment rate

Why did the United States seek to build a canal across the Isthmus of Panama despite having already built a railroad with the same route in the mid-1800s?

• A canal could decrease flooding and this would benefit the large US-owned plantations in the area.

• The railroad was expensive to maintain and by the turn of the century it needed extensive repairs.

• Traveling over land exposed people to mosquitoes that carried diseases such as yellow fever and malaria.

• It would reduce travel time and enable the United States to export goods cheaply and more effectively.