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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