Rise of Industry and Big Business

Which of the following was NOT an invention that helped with growth during the Industrial Revolution?

• Electric Lighting

• Telephone

• Railroads

• Reaper

Who invented the Telephone?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Eidson

• Henry Ford

• Ring Ding Bell Ringer

What did Thomas Edison invent?

• Telephone

• Lightbulb

• Reaper

• Singing Bass

Identify the things that contributed to changes in Farm and City Life

• Mechanization (i.e. the reaper)

• Increased labor needs in the cities

• Emergence of Labor Unions

• Lack of immigration

• New access to consumer goods

Which of the following was an example of a Labor Union that accepted African Americans as members.

• Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porter and Maids

• Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

• Mothers of the Revolution

• Migrant and Permanent Workers

Which of these was NOT a factor that led to Industrial Growth?

• Lack of mechanization

• Access to raw materials and energy resources

• Large workforce

• Migrants from rural to urban areas

National Markets, Advertising, the Assembly Line, and the lack of competition all led to the rise of ____________________.

• Big Business

• Rural America

• Tenements and Ghettos

• Labor Unions

Identify the industries that were owned and operated by Captains of Industry.

• Oil

• Banking

• Telephones

• Shipping and Railroad

• Steamboats

He was the Captain of the Oil Industry.

• John D. Rockeffeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• J.P. Morgan

• Henry Ford

He was the Captain of the Shipping and Railroad Industry.

• John D. Rockeffeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• J.P. Morgan

• Henry Ford