2nd Industrial Revolution

What is a monopoly?

• When one company has total control of an industry

• When multiple companies control an industry

• When no companies exist to control an industry

• A board game

How did the Bessemer process change the U.S.?

• It made steel harder to make

• It let steel be made cheaper to build more railroads.

• It made coal easier to find

• It did not change the U.S.

What was the 2nd Industrial Revolution?

• a law that said the U.S. did not want to take over Cuba.

• a time where industry was invented.

• a time of fast growth in industrialization, communication, urban areas, and culture.

• a loan to the U.S. government during World War 1.

Which of these is an invention from the 2nd Industrial Revolution

• Boat

• Cell Phone

• Lightbulb

• Refrigerator

How did the assembly line impact the U.S.?

• It did not impact the U.S.

• It made Henry Ford rich

• It assembled new toys.

• It let factories create goods faster.

Why were some Americans worried about the power of Big Business?

• Because they took advantage of their customers and workers

• Because small businesses were able to grow faster

• Because the businesses were too big

• Because they were petty

Who designed and built a gas powered airplane?

• Thomas Edison

• The Wright Brothers

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Orville Brothers

What is one problem people had with big businesses?

• They thought they were making too many good products

• They were forcing small businesses to close

• They were not open on the weekends

• They thought big businesses were too small

What is Social Darwinism?

• A belief that some people become successful because they are better than other people

• A belief in Charles Darwin

• A belief that says one company should own everything

• A belief that it should be illegal to create monopolies

In the 2nd Industrial Revolution, what new industries developed?

• Textiles, railroads, and dirt roads

• Internet, web design and IPhones

• Psychoanalysis and new products

• Steel, electricity, and oil