WorksheetsAPUSH 6.5 & 6.6
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Invented by Alexander Graham Bell, what technological innovation significantly improved communication during the late 19th century?
Telephone
Telegraph
Transatlantic cable
Radio
Which inventor in England is credited with discovering a new process for making large quantities of steel?
Samuel F. B. Morse
Henry Bessemer
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
What invention by Cyrus W. Field in 1866 allowed for nearly instantaneous, global communication?
Telephone
Telegraph
Transatlantic cable
Phonograph
Who is known for inventing the electric light bulb in 1879, revolutionizing urban life?
George Eastman
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
George Westinghouse
What breakthrough launched the rise of heavy industry during the 1850's?
Invention of the telephone
Discovery of a new steel-making process
Introduction of the cash register
Development of the electric light bulb
In 1885, Chicago became the home of the first true skyscraper with a steel skeleton; this was made possible by what innovation?
The transatlantic cable
The telephone
The light bulb
The Otis Elevator
Which inventor is associated with the development of an air brake for railroads and high-voltage alternating current (AC)?
Cyrus W. Field
George Eastman
George Westinghouse
Thomas Edison
What made longer commutes between residential areas and city centers possible in the late 19th century?
Horse-drawn streetcars
Subways
Cable cars
None of the following
What two large mail-order companies used the improved rail system to ship products to rural customers?
Macy's and Marshall Field
Sears, Roebuck & Co., and Montgomery Ward
Woolworth's and Kellogg
Edison and Westinghouse
Where was Thomas Edison's famous research laboratory located?
Menlo Park, New Jersey
Chicago, Illinois
Savannah, Georgia
Charlotte, North Carolina
What was the United States’ first big business?
Steel
Coal
Railroads
Cotton
What did the building of railroads promote?
Mass production
Mass consumption
Economic specialization
All of the above
What is vertical integration?
The process in which a company takes control of all the steps in making a product
The process in which a company takes control of all competition.
The process in which a company innovates on previous technologies.
The process in which a company uses advertisements to sell products to new audiences.
What is horizontal integration?
The process in which a company takes control of all the steps in making a product
The process in which a company takes control of all competition.
The process in which a company innovates on previous technologies.
The process in which a company uses advertisement to sell products to new audiences.
What company did John D. Rockefeller found and what business strategy did he use?
Standard Oil and vertical integration
Standard Oil and horizontal integration
Carnegie Steel and horizontal integration
Carnegie Steel and vertical integration
What company did Andrew Carnegie found and what business strategy did he use?
Standard Oil and vertical integration
Standard Oil and horizontal integration
Carnegie Steel and horizontal integration
Carnegie Steel and vertical integration
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt and what did he do?
A steamboat entrepreneur who used his earnings to merge local railroads into the New York Central Railroad.
A former spectator who made millions by selling off assets and watering stocks in the railroad business.
A banker who took advantage of the 1983 financial panic and bought up all bankrupt railroad companies.
A Yale professor who introduced social Darwinism to the study of sociology in the United States.
Who is Jay Gould and what did he do?
A steamboat entrepreneur who used his earnings to merge local railroads into the New York Central Railroad.
A former spectator who made millions by selling off assets and watering stocks in the railroad business.
A banker who took advantage of the 1983 financial panic and bought up all bankrupt railroad companies.
A Yale professor who introduced social Darwinism to the study of sociology in the United States.
What was the result of the consolidation of railroads?
The creation of four different time zones
Racial intolerance
Bankruptcy for a quarter of all railroad companies
Increased efficiency and reduced prices
What would Americans who supported Laissez-faire economics believe?
The government should regulate and heavily tax businesses.
Material success is a sign of God's favor and reward for hard work.
The government should not regulate businesses or heavily tax them.
Helping the poor is misguided because it interferes with the laws of nature.
