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1 What inventions created great change and industrial growth in the United States?

1 *Electric lighting and mechanical uses of electricity (Thomas Edison) *Telephone service (Alexander Graham Bell) Home

2 What factors caused the growth of industry?

2 *Access to raw materials and energy *Availability of work force due to immigration *Inventions *Financial resources

3 What are the reasons for the rise and prosperity of Big Business?

3 *National markets created by transportation advances *Captains of industry *Advertising *Lower-cost production

4 List are the Captains of Industry with their industry.

4 John D. Rockefeller, oil; Andrew Carnegie, steel; Cornelius Vanderbilt, shipping and railroads; Henry Ford, automobile

5 List the Postwar changes in farm and city life.

5 *Mechanization (e.g., the reaper) reduced farm labor needs and increased production. *Industrial development in cities created increased labor needs. *Industrialization provided new access to consumer goods (e.g., mail order).

6 Why did cities grow and develop?

6 *Specialized industries, including steel (Pittsburgh) and meat packing (Chicago) *Immigration to America from other countries *Movement of Americans from rural to urban areas for job opportunities

7 What were the efforts to solve immigration problems?

7 *Settlement houses, such as Hull House founded by Jane Addams *Political machines that gained power by attending to the needs of new immigrants

8 What were the challenges faced by cities?

8 *Tenements and ghettos *Political corruption

9 What are the examples of Big Business?

9 Railroad, Oil, and Steel