Post Civil War Industrial Growth in the United States

The railroad network was at the hand of a few _______ men.

• wealthy

• poor

• middle-class

Thomas Edison invented the (a)   in 1877.

• phonograph

• telephone

• typewriter

• telegraph

In 1880, (a)   Swift invented the refrigerated railroad car

• Alexander

• Thomas

• George

• Gustavus

The Sherman Antitrust Act was approved to prevent the formation of ______ and monopolies.

• trusts
• greed

• unions

In 1876, Alexander Graham-Bell invented the (a)   . A) telephone B) telegraph C) typewriter D) phonograph.

• telephone

• telegraph

• typewriter

• phonograph

Many people would ______ for better conditions, but these efforts were quickly crushed by business managers (6 letters begins with S and ends with E)

(a)   ​

• strike
• work
• sleep
• fight

What is collective bargaining?

• A negotiation between workers and management

• A type of safety law

• A tragedy

• A type of immigration policy.

Fill in the blank: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire led to the issuance of ______ laws to protect workers.

• safety
• danger

• silly

• strong

The landscape of the city changed: there was a need for more space, so developers built (a)   to accommodate that need.

• horizontally

• vertically

• diagonally

• circularly

To fix the problem of low life expectancy, city governments passed building​ (a)   . A) codes B) laws C) rules D) guidelines

• codes
• rules
• guidelines

• laws