US History Ch. 9: Lessons 1, 2, 3

Andrew Carnegie's ability to turn iron ore into steel through the Bessemer Process greatly impacted all the following (check all that apply)

• Bridges

• Skyscrapers

• Residential homes

• Railroads

This form of economics can be characterized by a lack of government involvement in business and a focus on making the market most successful for business:

• Socialism

• Communism

• Government Economics

• Laissez-faire

In the late 1800s, the Bessemer process was crucial in the development of

• airplanes.

• tires.

• skyscrapers.

• shoes.

Who is credited as one of the most successful inventors in American History?

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Thomas Edison

 One in five children worked in a factory in the late 1800s. What can best be inferred from this fact?   

• Women were not required to work long hours.

• Immigrants were not a crucial part of the workforce.

• Education was important to achieve success.

• Some children were not required to attend schools.

What did the Interstate Commerce Act do?

• It put all railroads under complete control of the federal government

• It dictated to all railroads what cargo they could and could not transport

• It increased pay for railroad workers

• It monitored rates charged by railroads

If you have a true Monopoly, then you are competing against no other companies/producers.

• True

• False

Which of the following did the U.S. Government do that encouraged American industry in the late 1800s? 

• enforcing the Fourteenth Amendment

• passing laws to protect workers

• providing money to the steel workers

• enacting protective tariffs

Whose factory would have a Bessemer Process

• John D. Rockefeller

• George Westinghouse

• Thomas Edison

• Andrew Carnegie

The United States soon became the most industrialized country in the world following the Civil War. Which of the following DID NOT contribute to its success?

• Free Market Economy

• Mass resources

• Poor immigrants

• Karl Marx's "Das Kapital"