Steel and Its Impact on Society

Steel changed people’s lives by making possible the

• Invention of the radio

• Construction of skyscrapers

• Development of electricity

• Establishment of time zones

In which system does one company control the businesses that make up all phases of the development of a product (mining ore, factory, Bessemer process, steel, and shipping)?

• Horizontal integration

• Cartel

• Vertical integration

• Trust

Which statement best expresses the melting pot theory as it relates to American society?

• Only European immigrants will be allowed into the United States

• All immigrant groups will maintain their separate cultures

• Different cultures will blend to form a uniquely American culture

• Immigrant ghettos will develop in urban areas

Between 1880 and 1920, the majority of the “new immigrants” to the United States came from

• Northern and western Europe

• Southern and Eastern Europe

• Canada and Latin America

• China and Southeast Asia

In the late 1800’s which factor directly contributed to the growth of the steel industry?

• Government regulation of US Steel

• Employee ownership and stock min the industry

• New production techniques like the Bessemer Process that increased efficiency

• Court decisions that allowed collective bargaining

Based on this statement, what most likely motivated this immigrant to come to the United States? “Not the looking forward made me go, but the looking backward made me search a new life and struggle a hard battle . . .[I]t is hard still now to bear the homesickness, loneliness, among strange people not knowing the language doing hard [work] without a minute of joy. But when I look back into my childhood . . . always under a terrible fear . . . I think that there is not anything harder.”—young Russian Jewish woman

• family in the United States as a pull factor

• economic hardships as a push factor

• opportunities as a pull factor

• religious persecution as a push factor

The Bessemer process was crucial in the development of

• airplanes

• skyscrapers

• the telegraph system

• refrigerated railroad cars

What did Alexander Graham Bell's most famous invention contribute to life in the late 1800s?

• His invention opened up a new entertainment industry.

• His invention were among the first products advertised in catalogs.

• His invention created a better way to communicate with transatlantic ocean liners.

• His invention helped make communication between households and businesses more efficient.

Folsom would be most likely to call John D. Rockefeller a

• Carpetbagger.

• Robber Baron.

• Philanthropist.

• Captain of Industry.

In the nineteenth century, tenements such as this were examples of

• demographic shifts from urban to rural areas.

• how foreign policies affected economic issues in cities.

• the social issues affecting rural development.

• the social issues affecting urbanization.