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Chapter 14 Questions
Chapter 14 Section 1: The Expansion of
Industry
1.
Why
was kerosene important?
1.
Why
was iron ore necessary during the Industrial Age?
2.
For
what was steel used?
3.
How
did steel “change the face of the country?”
4.
Why
is Edison important?
5.
How
did electricity change the nature of business?
6.
Identify
the three main developments in inventions during the 1870s & 1880s.
7.
Identify
four ways new inventions & products changed the lifestyles of people during
this time period.
8.
How
did industrialized improve the standard of living?
Chapter 14 Section 2: The
Age of the Railroads
1.
What
was the “iron horse?”
2.
Why
were railroads important?
3.
Why
was creating a national network of railroads important?
4.
Which
two immigrant groups are mainly responsible for building the railroad system
across the nation?
5.
How
did railroads create “a united nation?”
6.
How
did railroads affect industrialization & business?
7.
Describe
Pullman’s idea of a “company town.”
8.
Explain
the Credit Mobilier scandal.
9.
How
were railroads abusive towards farmers?
10. How did the Granger Laws intend to solve
these abuses?
11. What was the outcome of Munn v.
Illinois?
12. What was the Interstate Commerce Act?
13. Why was the Interstate Commerce Act
passed?
14. How did the Supreme Court affect the
Interstate Commerce Commission?
15. Describe conditions during the
Depression of 1893.
Chapter 14 Section 3: Big Business Emerges
1.
How
did Andrew Carnegie start out?
2.
In
what type of business was Carnegie involved?
3.
Explain
why Carnegie’s management style made him successful.
4.
Identify
& describe both of Carnegie’s business strategies.
5.
Explain
the ideas of Social Darwinism.
6.
What
were the main ideas in Horatio Alger’s novels?
7.
Explain
the difference between an oligarchy & a monopoly.
8.
What
company did John D. Rockefeller establish?
9.
Describe
the purpose of a trust.
10. Describe Rockefeller’s treatment of his
employees.
11. Where did the term “robber baron” come
from?
12. What was the goal of the Sherman
Antitrust act?
13. Why was enforcing the Sherman Antitrust
Act difficult?
14. What were the economic reasons the South
did not experience an economic boom?
15. What were the social causes that
prevented the business boom from reaching the South?
Chapter 14 Section 4: Workers of the
Nation Unite
1.
Describe
working in the average factory.
2.
Describe
Explain how woman & children were exploited in factories.
3.
Why
did labor unions emerge?
4.
What
were the goals of the Knights of Labor?
5.
Who
was allowed to join the Knights of Labor?
6.
Why
is Samuel Gompers important?
7.
What
were the goals of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
8.
Why
is Eugene Debs important?
9.
What
were the differences between the AFL & the Industrial Workers of the World
(IWW)?
10. Why did B&O Railroad workers strike
in 1877?
11. How did this strike end?
12. Describe the Haymarket Affair.
13. Explain the Homestead Strike.
14. Describe the causes of the Pullman
Strike.
15. How did the Pullman Strike end?
16. Describe the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
tragedy.
17. What changed after the Triangle
Shirtwaist Factory fire?
18. How did businesses try to weaken union
influence?
19. Why did organizing people & unions
become more difficult?
Chapter 14 Vocabulary
1.
Thomas
Edison
2.
Alexander
Graham Bell
3.
Transcontinental
Railroad
4.
George
Pullman
5.
Munn
v. Illinois
6.
Interstate
Commerce Act
7.
Andrew
Carnegie
8.
Social
Darwinism
9.
Monopoly
10. Holding company
11. John D. Rockefeller
12. Trust
13. Sherman Antitrust Act
14. Samuel Gompers
15. American Federation of Labor
16. Collective Bargaining
17. Eugene Debs
18. Scab
19. “Mother” Jones
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