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Wars that matured American industry included (1) War of 1812, (2) Civil War, (3) American Revolution, (4) Spanish-American War.

1, 2

Sources of power in America by the early 1900s included: (1) oil, (2) coal, (3) electricity, (4) atomic power, (5) water power

1, 2, 3, 5

Advantages that corporations brought to the United States included: (1) decreased unemployment, (2) lower prices, (3) reduced competition, (4) quality goods, (5) a larger variety of merchandise, (6) increased production

1, 2, 4, 5, 6

Wars brought (1) increased production, (2) fewer jobs, (3) decreased unemployment, (4) growth to industry

1, 3, 4

Capitalist

A person who has capital invested in business, and one who engages in free enterprise.

The merging of several businesses into one is called a(n)

Consolidation

Steam Locomotive

Cooper

Wars to capture the Holy Land

Crusades

Early factors influencing the Industrial Revolution included:

Crusades Monasteries Capitalism of bankers

The United States' first national road was called the _____ Road.

Cumberland

oil well

Drake

light bulb

Edison

increased production of American products

Embargo Act of 1807

The European nation taking the lead in industry was:

England

Industrialized methods and inventions were used first in England in the _____________ industry.

Fabric

Money for the growth of United States' industry was supplied by Southern plantation owners.

False

Stockholders chose directors and enforced company policies.

False

The Crusades decreased Europe's interest in travel and trade.

False

The Crusades were led by Catholic Turks to free the Holy Land from Muslim control.

False

The Embargo Act reduced production in the United States.

False

The United States' first canal connected Lake Erie with the Ohio River.

False

The discovery of iron soon replaced steel as a structural material.

False

transatlantic cable

Field

Model T®

Ford

Clermont

Fulton

Steam Boat

Fulton

Printing Press

Gutenberg

The early days of the Industrial Revolution:

Improved the economy Stifled the common man

Spinning Jenny

James Hargreaves

The exclusive control of a product by a business is called a(n) _____________ of that product.

Monopoly

Ford's competitor

Olds

Steel Plow

Oliver

Tom Thumb

Peter Cooper

Howe

Sewing Machine

improved textile industry

Sewing Machine

Industrialism

Social organization in which industries, especially large scale ones, are dominant.

Stockholder

Someone who has purchased stock, also known as a shareholder.

Whitney

Standardized Parts

improved transportation

Steam Locomotive

improved agriculture

Steel Plow

Rocket

Stephenson

People who individually bought ownership in a corporation were called

Stockholders

Bell

Telephone

Capital

The amount of property or money available for use in business.

Capitalism

The economic system characterized by private ownership and distribution of goods competitively in a free market.

Free enterprise

The freedom of private business to operate for profit competitively and without undue government intervention.

Aristocracy

The small privileged class of nobility or the very wealthy.

Cooper

Tom Thumb

Field

Transatlantic Cable

Before the Industrial Revolution, craftsmen commonly worked at home.

True

England was the leading European industrial nation in the 1700s.

True

Factories were first powered by water and later by steam.

True

Cotton Gin

Whitney

Sequestered

Withdrawn or secluded.

Iron Plow

Wood

The basic requirements needed by a nation for industrial growth are:

Work Force Natural resources Sufficient Capital

airplane

Wright

Ford

assembly-line production

Federal Trade Commission

committee appointed by the president for corporation control

The Erie Canal

direct water route

Clayton Antitrust Act

fought illegal competition methods

thresher and reaper

grain production

Cumberland Road

improved road surface

Corporations found success in using:

modern machinery superior production methods disciplined organization and management

the Clermont

steamship

Patterns monasteries established for helping industry included:

strict discipline specific work responsibilities

Measures controlling the practices of corporations included:

the Federal Trade Commission the antitrust laws the Clayton Antitrust Act labor laws

Name five sources of power available to industry by the early 1900s.

water steam coal oil electricity electric

Early European factors that led to the birth of industry were:

the Crusades monasteries early capitalism

Early American industry was given a boost by:

the Embargo Act new production methods war transportation and communication improvements new power sources

telephone

Bell

The main investors in the early industry of the United States were New England

Businessmen

The disadvantages of factory life were endured largely by

Children

Fulton

Clermont

Changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution included:

Increased production Cheaper goods Better products

The world-wide change from manual labor to machines was called the ________Revolution.

Industrial

At the time of the Civil War, the Northern economy was ___________, but the Southern economy was largely___________ .

Industrial Agricultural

change from hand to machine

Industrial Revolution

_______ change from hand power to machine power _______ European history--from Rome's fall to the Renaissance ______ attempts to free the Holy Land from the Muslims ______ investing at a risk for financial gain _____ businesses competing for profit without undue government intervention

Industrial Revolution Middle Ages Crusades profit motive free-enterprise system

Steam Engine

James Watt

Flying Shuttle

John Kay

Improved road building

John McAdams

Cotton Cloth Factory

Lowell

Reaping Machine

McCormick

Assembly-line production dropped the cost per unit drastically.

True

Ford's assembly-line production greatly reduced cost per unit.

True

Immigrants supplied a large amount of the workforce in factories.

True

Major goals of corporations were to eliminate competition and to increase profits.

True

Many skilled workers and artisans left their trades and went to work in the factories.

True

Monasteries set an example for factories in strict discipline and precise work duties.

True

New Englanders grew wealthy from shipbuilding and trading.

True

Steam locomotives provided a faster and safer means of transporting goods.

True

The first national road in America was called the Cumberland Road.

True

The production of goods by trained workers was necessary for trade to increase.

True

The system of standardized parts made possible the replacing of broken or worn parts instead of replacing the whole product.

True

Two raw materials needed by early industry were cotton and coal

True

Factories were first powered by__________then changed to _______power

Water Steam

cotton gin

Whitney

The following industrial advantages enabled England to lead the way in Europe's Industrial Revolution:

a sufficient work force enough natural resources enough willing investors to invest in industry