WorksheetsNotes IR 2
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 14mins
increased the amount and the quality of steel being produced.
new steel was used to lay more __________, to build the world’s ________, and to make better machinery.
Railroad Tracks
first skyscrapers
First weapons
roads
______ engines, powered by burning _____ to _____ water, drove the textile mills, factories, and trains.
Steam, Coal, Heat
Gas, Oil, Cool
Gas, Fuel, Heat
Steam, Gas, Cool
Edison was able to create (select all that apply)
Motion Pictures
Light Bulb
Telephone
Phonograph
A new truly national ________ began to emerge as railroads, canals, the telegraph and telephone linked the country together.
market
__________ started out poor, but made his fortune in oil in Ohio.
_________ started penniless, but he made his fortune in steel mills in the Pittsburgh, PA area.
The time when these Captains of Industry ruled America became known as the _______
Match the following
Rockefeller
Oil
Vanderbilt
Railroads
Morgan
Finance/Banking
Carnegie
Steel
The growth of cities is called:
assimilation
ruralization
mechanization
urbanization
Between 1860 and 1900, a primary cause of migration from rural to urban areas was ____.
inflationary pressure on crop prices
lack of rural housing as building slowed
increasing economic opportunity in cities
government resettlement policies
What is the main idea of the cartoon?
Political Corruption
Laissez Faire
Monopoly
Social Darwinism
Which of the following is not a pro for big business?
improved efficiency
exploited workers
produce large quantities
had capital to invest
the control of an entire or most of an industry by one company
laissez faire
capitalism
monopoly
patent
economy based on profit and private property
capitalism
social darwinism
gospel of wealth
gilded age
the idea that industrialists exploited workers, the environment, and corrupted the gov't
captains of industry
robber barons
horizontal merger
trusts
GNP
Materials used in the production process, such as money, people, land, wood or steel
GNP
entrepreneur
Resources
Practice
Federal law aimed at stopping monopolies and trusts from engaging in unfair practices.
Railroads often charged small farmers more to ship goods than large companies.
States passed laws to stop this, but the Supreme Court ruled these laws were unconstitutional.
Congress finally passed the _________________ that prohibited unfair practices by the railroads.
Match the following
Pro
(Big Business)
Often unconcerned with pollution caused.
Con
(Big Business)
Hire large numbers of workers.
Pro
(Big Business)
Has unfair influence on government rules
Con
(Big Business)
Have resources for expensive research.
Pro
(Big Business)
Produce goods in large quantities.
