Industrial America

Two of the most important resources that helped the US develop further during the second industrial revolution were...

• Oil and Steel

• Oil and Lumber

• Lumber and Steel

• Coal and Steel

The single most important factor in the US's industrial growth was...

• Steel

• Oil

• Railroads

• Shipping

The railroad that connected the US east to west was known as the...

• Oregon Trail

• Continental Rail System

• Pony Express

• Transcontinental Railroad

Name three major inventions created during America's Industrial Revolution

What is the theory for an economy where the government stays uninvolved called?

• laissez-faire capitalism

• Corporationism

• Communism

• Socialism

This is the person who revolutionized the steel industry

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• John D. Rockefeller

• Henry Ford

This person revolutionized the oil industry

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• John D. Rockefeller

• Henry Ford

This person created the railroad industry

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• John D. Rockeller

• Henry Ford

This was the name of the first national labor union

• Knights of Columbus

• Labor Force

• Union Station

• Knights of Labor

The shift from an agricultural economy to one based on manufacturing is called...

• Urbanization

• Industrialization

• Agricultural Revolution

• Economic Shift