Second Industrialization Revolution

The diagram pictured compares two industrial revolutions. Which phrase completes the diagram?

• Mass production of goods

• Changes in a market economy

• New methods of telecommunication

• Successful entrepreneurs gain great wealth

What issue was addressed in this cartoon?

• The influence of labor unions

• The excessive power of Big Business

• The dangerous conditions of factory labor

• The corruption of political machines in American cities

Based on the cartoon, what conclusion can be reached about the United States in the early 1880s?

• Most American manufacturing was controlled by business monopolies.

• Some American critics felt workers were being oppressed by business monopolies.

• Government leaders were finally taking steps to curb the power of business monopolies.

• Business monopolies overcharged their customers but were essential to American economic growth.

The graph shows the proportion of rural and urban population of the united states 1870 to 1900. Which factor contributed to the shift in population shown on the graph?

• Not enough families took advantage of the Homestead Act.

• Great Plains Indians left their reservations to buy new farmland.

• Houses in cities were less expensive than those in the countryside.

• Better jobs in industry attracted farmers and farm laborers to cities.

Which entrepreneur is NOT correctly paired with his field?

• John D Rockefeller --> Telecommunications

• Andrew Carnegie --> steel

• Gustavus Swift --> meat-packing

• J. P. Morgan --> finance

What was the significance of the passage of the Interstate Commerce Act in 1887 and the Sherman Anti-Trust Act in 1890?

• They encouraged big business to grow by passing protective tariffs.

• They prevented poor quality goods from being shipped across state lines.

• They were both used to break up labor unions that interfered with free enterprise.

• Established the principle that Congress should regulate business in certain circumstances.

What was a consequence of the rapid growth of cities in the late 1800?

• The decline of political machines in the Midwest.

• The migration of poor workers to the suburbs.

• A decrease in the gap between rich and poor.

• The rapid growth of the tenements and ghettos.

Occuring in the late 19th century, it further accelerated technological advancements, globalized economies, and transformed societies.

• First Industrial Revolution

• Second Industrial Revolution

• Third Industrial Revolution

• Forth Industrial Revolution

What were the causes of the SECOND Industrial Revolution?

• Technological Innovations

• Economic Growth

• Access to Resources

• Scientific Discoveries

• All of the Above

What was the negative effect urbanization had on the industrial revoltuion?

• Everyone lived happily ever after

  
  

• Brought overcrowded and unsanitary living conditions

  
  

• People were buying more houses

  
  

• Nothing