US History: Q3 - Lesson 4 - Assigment 8_Industrial Lifestyle: Trends

Select all that apply. Five corporate tycoons included: - Harriman - Hill - Clayton - Rockefeller - Carnegie - Morgan

- Harriman - Hill - Rockefeller - Carnegie - Morgan

Which of the following depicts early city life? - Running water was a great benefit. - It was very inexpensive to live in the city. - City life made one feel independent. - There was a tremendous lack of space.

- There was a tremendous lack of space.

Select all that apply. Three government checks on big business included: - laws controlling monopolies - the Clayton Antitrust Act - the Federal Trade Commission - consolidation

- laws controlling monopolies - the Clayton Antitrust Act - the Federal Trade Commission

Select all that apply. Dangers to the consumer brought about by the corporate trend included: - monopolies - a check on big business - stifling of competition - selling inferior products - controlling working and living conditions

- monopolies - stifling of competition - selling inferior products - controlling working and living conditions

Select all that apply. Advantages to the United States brought about by corporations included: - more workers employed - lower prices - better quality products - a chance to invest savings - monopolies

- more workers employed - lower prices - better quality products - a chance to invest savings

Select all that apply. What advantages did corporations have over small business? - raw material discounts - reduction of unit cost - specialists - better production methods - antitrust laws

- raw material discounts - reduction of unit cost - specialists - better production methods

Match the following. 1. against a permanent combination of businesses, now illegal, for the purpose of controlling the production or price of some good 2. the merging of businesses into one large organization 3. the mass movement of rural people to the urban areas of the country. __________________________________________________ - urbanization - antitrust - consolidation

1. antitrust 2. consolidation 3. urbanization

Match these vocabulary words with their definitions. 1. against a permanent combination of businesses for the purpose of controlling the production or price of goods 2. the mass movement of rural people to the urban areas of the country 3. the merging of businesses into one large organization _____________________________________________ - urbanization - antitrust - consolidation

1. antitrust 2. urbanization 3. consolidation

Match the influence of each of the following items on corporations. 1. invested the capital needed by corporations; chose directors 2. made management and organization of workers and materials more efficient and productive 3. enforced laws, thus checking corporate power 4. outlawed certain methods used by corporations to crush their competitors 5. enforced antitrust laws, protecting small businesses; restrained power of big corporations _________________________________________________ - business specialists - stockholders - Clayton Antitrust Act - Federal Trade Commission - Theodore Roosevelt

1. stockholders 2. business specialists 3. Theodore Roosevelt 4. Clayton Antitrust Act 5. Federal Trade Commission

In a brief paragraph, discuss the defining characteristics of American industrialization, and consider how these influences are still visible today. Include a reason why each element is important.

Some defining characteristics of American industrialization would be the invention of the steam engine as well as the steam boat. These inventions revolutionized transportation, making it faster and easier to transport goods. The concept of the assembly line and standardized parts were also a vital part of this time period because it made it so that products could be built faster and easier because it became a pattern for the workers.

Why were farmers who moved to the city trapped there? - They owed their landlords too much money to leave. - They were promised more pay at the factories and assumed more money would come in. - The farmers sold all they had to make the move and could not afford to go back. - There was a great deal of appeal in the city and farmers didn't want to give up.

The farmers sold all they had to make the move and could not afford to go back.

Which statement reflects the migration of rural people? - They migrated to industrial cities to pursue economic advancement. - Communities in the northeast offered acres of land. - Disease and famine were widespread in rural areas so movement northward was necessary. - The industrial strongholds in the western part of the United States caused a mass migration.

They migrated to industrial cities to pursue economic advancement.