Air Brakes
Refrigerated Cars
Janney Car Couplers
Pullman Sleeping Car
Electromagnetic Brakes
6) What were four of Thomas Edison's inventions?
Refrigerated Cars
Janney Car Couplers
Pullman Sleeping Car
Electromagnetic Brakes
6) What were four of Thomas Edison's inventions?
Electric Lightbulb
Phonograph
Telephone Transmitter
Storage Battery
7) What inventions improved communications in the late 1800s?
Phonograph
Telephone Transmitter
Storage Battery
7) What inventions improved communications in the late 1800s?
Telephone
Telegraph
8) What manufacturing methods did Henry Ford use to make his new automobile affordable?
Telegraph
8) What manufacturing methods did Henry Ford use to make his new automobile affordable?
The assembly line
9) What is vertical integration?
9) What is vertical integration?
Acquiring companies that provided the equipment and services needed
10) What action did Congress take to control trusts and monopolies in response to pressure from the American people?
10) What action did Congress take to control trusts and monopolies in response to pressure from the American people?
Sherman Antitrust Act poop
11) What is collective bargaining?
11) What is collective bargaining?
Unions represent workers in bargaining with management
12) How did the Haymarket Riot of 1886 affect public opinion about the labor movement?
12) How did the Haymarket Riot of 1886 affect public opinion about the labor movement?
Many people associated the labor movement with terrorism and disorder
13) Describe the contributions of African American inventors in the late 1800s.
Jan E. Matzeliger developed a shoe-making machine
13) Describe the contributions of African American inventors in the late 1800s.
Jan E. Matzeliger developed a shoe-making machine
Lewis Howard Latimer developed an improved filament for the light bulb.
Elijah McCoy invented a mechanism for oiling machinery
Granville Woods patented the electric incubator, electromagnetic brake, and an automatic circuit breaker.
Elijah McCoy invented a mechanism for oiling machinery
Granville Woods patented the electric incubator, electromagnetic brake, and an automatic circuit breaker.
14) How did horizontal integration differ from vertical integration?
Horizontal combines competing firms into one corporation.
Vertical acquired companies that provided the needed equipment and services.
15) Why did the workers think that forming organized labor unions would help them get what they wanted from employers?
16) Describe two ways in which the growing railroad network helped American industry.
Industrial westward expansion
Farmers moving west
17) What forms of transportation moved goods into and out of this region?
Trains
Ships
18) What industry grew in the timbered regions of Wisconsin and Michigan?
Sawmills
19) Identify the major iron/steel manufacturing centers shown on the map.
South Bend
Detroit
Cleveland
Youngstown
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
20) If you traveled from Florida to California, what time zones would you cross?
Eastern
Central
Mountain
Pacific
21) If it is 6 AM in Maine, what time is it in Hawaii?
1 AM
22) If it is 3 PM in Texas, what time is it in Alaska?
12 PM
Horizontal combines competing firms into one corporation.
Vertical acquired companies that provided the needed equipment and services.
15) Why did the workers think that forming organized labor unions would help them get what they wanted from employers?
16) Describe two ways in which the growing railroad network helped American industry.
Industrial westward expansion
Farmers moving west
17) What forms of transportation moved goods into and out of this region?
Trains
Ships
18) What industry grew in the timbered regions of Wisconsin and Michigan?
Sawmills
19) Identify the major iron/steel manufacturing centers shown on the map.
South Bend
Detroit
Cleveland
Youngstown
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
20) If you traveled from Florida to California, what time zones would you cross?
Eastern
Central
Mountain
Pacific
21) If it is 6 AM in Maine, what time is it in Hawaii?
1 AM
22) If it is 3 PM in Texas, what time is it in Alaska?
12 PM
#15 - By uniting, workers had more influence and a better chance of being heard.
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