Innovation and Technology of Gilded Age

Laissez-Faire

• allowed businesses to operate under minimal government regulation

• Mixed economy

• taxed goods made in other countries at a higher rate

• granted exclusive rights to the inventor for a set period of time

Match the following terms with their definitions:

• Producing products quickly and cheaply

• Laissez-Faire

• Freedom to run business for profit

• Protective Tariffs

• Taxes that made imported goods cost more

• Mass Production

• Operate business with limited regulation

• Patent

• Grant giving investor exclusive rights

• Free Enterprise

In 1883, what was the name of the longest bridge in the world?

• Golden Gate Bridge

• Sunshine Skyway Bridge

• Brooklyn Bridge

• London Tower Bridge

Inventor known for developing affordable lighting for homes (a)  

• Thomas Edison
• JP Morgan
• Andrew Carnegie
• Henry Bessemer

Process developed in 1850s to purify iron and make it strong, lightweight, steel (a)   .

• Bessemer
• Suspension Bridge
• Patent
• Laissez-Faire
• Free Enterprise
• Mass Production

Process developed to synchronize train schedules, particularly those with regular passenger service. By 1884, delegates from 27 countries spread this process across the globe.

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Mass Production

• Time Zones

• Patents

Which of the following was NOT considered an environmental concern by the late 1800s?

• Dust Storms

• Soil Erosion

• Pollution

• Land damage due to excessive mining

What was the response by the federal government to environmental concerns caused by increased industrialization?

• The government established a slash and burn policy for farming

• The US acquired Alaska from Canada and made it a state

• Congress left it up to Big Businesses to control the land

• Congress set asside protected lands

The Southern economy (a)   to develop its industry in the late 1800s.

• struggled
• succeeded
• attempted
• continued