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2 Resources/ Inventions RailroadsMiscellaneous Big Business Labor Unions 10 20 30 40 50

3 Question 1 - 10 This Quaker State gentleman successfully drilled for oil by using steam power to drive the drill.

4 Answer 1 – 10 Edwin Drake

5 Question 1 - 20 Without this person’s process of blowing air through molten iron, skyscrapers would not have been possible.

6 Answer 1 – 20 Henry Bessemer

7 Question 1 - 30 Name two of the natural resources which made industrialization in America extremely successful.

8 Answer 1 – 30 Coal, iron ore, oil, natual gas.

9 Question 1 - 40 This qwerty invention was developed by……

10 Answer 1 – 40 Christopher Sholes

11 Question 1 - 50 His illuminating invention brought many people out of the dark. He also was successful in his bid to electrify New York.

12 Answer 1 – 50 Thomas Edison.

13 Question 2 - 10 America was brought together by the transcontinental railroad at what Point?

14 Answer 2 – 10 Promontory Point, Utah

15 Question 2 - 20 In order to make the trains run on time in each region of the country, Professor Dowd creates……..

16 Answer 2 – 20 Standardized time zones

17 Question 2 - 30 The ultimate control freak, this man builds a town to house his employees in order to control them in the off hours as well.

18 Answer 2 – 30 Pullman builds Pullman, IL, one of the first company towns in America.

19 Question 2 - 40 This company built railroads and charged the owners two to three times the normal rate and they were happy about it.

20 Answer 2 – 40 Credit Mobilier. The owners pocketed the cash and bought politicians with the proceeds. Stockholders in the railroads weren’t as happy, they lost money.

21 Question 2 - 50 This Act established the right of the federal government to regulate railroads. It was not successful at first.

22 Answer 2 – 50 Interstate Commerce Act. It was supposed to control rates and regulate passenger service as well.

23 Question 3 - 10 This organization began demanding governmental control over the railroads

24 Answer 3 – 10 The Grange. Farmers were upset over rates and fairness issues.

25 Question 3 - 20 That thing found in many teenagers hand was invented by…..

26 Answer 3 – 20 Alexander Graham Bell

27 Question 3 - 30 This term comes from Medieval times and was used to describe unscrupulous businessmen who had too much control.

28 Answer 3 – 30 Robber Baron

29 Question 3 - 40 These laws were “to establish maximum freight and passenger rates and prohibit discrimination.”

30 Answer 3 – 40 Granger laws. Munn v. Illinois upheld many of the state laws.

31 Question 3 - 50 This allows businesses to be built away from rivers. They can now locate to anywhere they want to.

32 Answer 3 – 50 Electricity

33 Question 4 - 10 This man of steel accounted for 80% of the steel made in the U.S. His new accounting procedures led to improved cost controls.

34 Answer 4 – 10 Andrew Carnegie

35 Question 4 - 20 Buying out the supply chain, from raw materials to manufacturing, to the final sale is known as…..

36 Answer 4 – 20 Vertical integration

37 Question 4 - 30 This theory supported non-interference by government in business and stated that people got what they deserved, whether it be success or failure

38 Answer 4 – 30 Social Darwinism

39 Question 4 - 40 These were used to control entire industries, most successfully by John Rockefeller, when participants turned over their stock in a company to this organization.

40 Answer 4 – 40 Trust Companies. Trusts were not legal mergers so it could be argued that monopolies were not formed.

41 Question 4 - 50 This Act made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states or with other countries.

42 Answer 4 – 50 Sherman Anti-Trust Act. It was not successful in stopping trusts from forming.

43 Question 5 - 10 Name two reasons that people wanted to form unions

44 Answer 5 – 10 Poor working conditions, 12-16 hour days, 6- 7day work week dangerous working conditions, no benefits.

45 Question 5 - 20 He ran the American Railway Union and fought for a larger share of the profits for the working classes.

46 Answer 5 – 20 Eugene Debs

47 Question 5 - 30 This labor organizer led a children’s march to Washington, D.C. to protest for better working conditions.

48 Answer 5 – 30 Mother Jones

49 Question 5 - 40 Started in Baltimore, this strike spread to all of America and shut down the railroads. Federal troops end the strike.

50 Answer 5 – 40 Great Strike of 1877

51 Question 5 - 50 By signing these contracts, laborers were promising not to join unions.

52 Answer 5 – 50 Yellow-dog Contracts.


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