USII SOL 4d - Rise of Big Business

Which name best fits in the box labeled with the number 1?

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Johnn D. Rockefeller

• Alexander Graham Bell

All of the following caused a growth in industry EXCEPT -

• lack of financial resources

• available work force

• abundant supply of new inventions

• access to raw materials and energy sources

Which name best fits in the box labeled with the number 2?

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Johnn D. Rockefeller

• Alexander Graham Bell

Why were Thomas Edison's inventions important to the growing economy of then and now?

• He made records popular

• He made it possible to provide electricity commercially

• He invented the lightbulb

• He sold his invention to others.

Complete the chart.

• Reasons for the rise and prosperity of big business.

• Manifest Destiny

• Factors resulting in the growth of industry

• Reasons for westward expansion

What is the best title for the graphic?

• Factors resulting in growth of industry

• Reasons for rise and prosperity of big business

• Reasons for westward expansion

• Reasons for immigration

Two inventions that contributed to change and industrial growth were electricity and -

• telephone service

• steam engines

• locomotives

• telegraph machines

Which invention of the 1800s did NOT contribute to the rise of big business?

• Practical electric lighting

• Telephone

• Bicycle

• Railroad

Which title best describes the graphic?

• Factors for Industrial Growth and Success

• Factors for Capitalism

• Reasons for the Decline in Manufacturing

• Reasons for Socialism

Which captain of industry was a Scotch immigrant from a poor family who ended up giving away most of his fortune?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Jay Gould