Industrialization & Urbanization

Who gets credit for inventing the light bulb?

• Elon Musk

• Elisha Otis

• Nikola Tesla

• Thomas Edison

How did the invention of the lightbulb contribute to industrialization?

• It made cities safer at night since electric street lamps were installed

• It extended the work day since factories could remain open after the sun went down.

• It enticed immigrants to come over to work in factories

How did John D. Rockefeller practice horizontal integration?

• By buying up 90% of the oil refineries in the US

• By owning a business at every level of oil production

Which two people were labor union leaders?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Eugene V. Debs

• Samuel Gompers

Who founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?

• Eugene V Debs

• Emma Goldman

• Samuel Gompers

• Thomas Edison

How did immigrants impact the US? (Select all)

• They helped build the railroads

• They helped fuel industrialization by providing labor in factories

• They made an impact on American culture

• They changed the government

The belief that businesses should be unregulated by the government and left alone to grow.

• laissez-faire

• Manifest Destiny

• Social Darwinism

• Captains of Industry

Who made up the Populist Party?

• factory workers

• farmers

• political bosses

• immigrants

A person who has become rich through ruthless and unethical business practices...

• captain of industry

• political boss

• robber baron

• philanthropist

American Federation of Labor was a labor union that ONLY included...

• unskilled workers

• skilled workers