Ch 16 & 17 Period 3

How did inventions like the typewriter and sewing machine impact the lives of women in post–Civil War America?

• These new inventions promoted women staying at home

• These new inventions didn’t impact anyone 

• These new inventions only opened up jobs for men since women couldn’t work

• These new inventions opened up new job opportunities for women 

What were the main tensions experienced by middle-class women in Gilded Age America?

• There weren’t any

• Women couldn’t get a college education

• Although many women had gotten educations, they were still forced to work in the home 

• Women were forced to get an education and work

In what business innovation was Sears, Roebuck and Company a pioneer?

• A catalog that helped ALL Americans get access to mail-order products 

• A southern bookstore that advocated for equality and was shut down

• The first big woman owned business

• The first big leisure item store (Sears) 

What was the guiding philosophy behind the Ladies’ Home Journal?

• Advocated for working women

• Promoted women’s domestic role in life

• Written to help with sexism in the workplace

• Promoted and advocated for women to protest for voting rights

What was the most important reason Standard Oil achieved global market dominance?

• The Pennsylvania oil rush leading to a high demand of oil so it can be made into kerosene 

• The lack of intervention by state legislators let Standard Oil monopolize with few adversities.

• Rockefeller’s usage of vertical and horizontal integration

• Rockefeller hiring former competitors executives

George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla invented which device that revolutionized American industry?

• Direct electrical current (DC)

• The railway air brake 

• The Alternating Current (AC) Motor 

• The Dynamo

  (Electric motor)

Why are railroads considered America’s first “Big Business”?

• They were the first industry to make use of Wall Street investment banks and to operate in multiple states.

• Railroads companies helped populate the west and becomes the region primary real estate developers.

• They were the first industry nationalized by the Republican party during the era of “laissez-faire” government.

• Many commercial industries such as  mining, cattle ranching and forestry built a dependency on railroads.

Why was the development of the alternating current electric system significant?

• a. It led to the invention dynamos which increased the power, speed, and efficiency of machines

• b. The development of alternating current improved lighting which allowed factories to operate 24 hours a day.

• D. It helped grow the Edison General Electric Company which led to the development of other inventions that gave leisure to consumers.

• It enabled electricity to be transmitted across long distances so that more of the nation could have electricity.

What was the general attitude of Congress and presidents toward the rapidly transforming industrial economy?

• Congress tried to limit the hours in a workday and to regulate workplace safety but did nothing to protect consumers.

• Congress started competitions between businesses and did not care if the consequences hurt workers. 

• Congress  never got involved with businesses and their workers.

• Congress did everything they could to make sure that workers were protected.

How did Andrew Carnegie come to own the Carnegie Steel Company?

• Born into wealth, he bought the Steel Company from J.P. Morgan.

• He rose to wealth from poverty and focused on steel because it was inexpensive and the railroad needed a lot of it. 

• He inherited it from his father.

• He took over the steal company for his boss, Michael Scott.