Industrialization in the Gilded Age

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Industrialization

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The shift from human and animal power to machine power.

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When did the United States enter a period of rapid industrial growth?

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After the Civil War.

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What is being implied in this political cartoon?

• Standard Oil will sell their product at competitive rates
• Standard Oil follows the business model of Thomas Hobbes' book Leviathan
• Standard Oil has extended their influence beyond simply producing oil
• Standard Oil will benefit all Americans

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Standard Oil has extended their influence beyond simply producing oil

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The expansion of Industrialism in the United States led to an increase in: Construction materials, Immigrants to complete the work, Modes of Transportation.

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All answers are correct.

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Which natural resource, found in the upper Great Lakes region, is vital to the production of cement? Options: Limestone, Oil, Coal, Iron ore

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Limestone

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Produced from iron ore, which of the following is the strongest material? Bituminous coal, Steel, Iron, Textiles

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Steel

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What are companies who dominate a specific industry (steel, oil, etc.) called?

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Monopolies

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What did Union workers do when negotiations with their employers failed?

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They went on strike

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The biggest oil company in the US during the period 1865-1900 was created by: JP Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt

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John D. Rockefeller

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The man responsible for founding the biggest steel corporation in the US during the period 1865-1900 was: JP Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt

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Andrew Carnegie