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Trade unions in the United States

Chapter 24 Test

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Chapter 24 Mark the one best answer for each of the following questions. 38. When private railroad promoters asked the United States government for subsidies to build their railroads, they gave all of the following reasons for their request except that it was a. too risky without government help. b. too costly without government help. c. too costly to move people in some areas without government help. d. too unprofitable in some areas without government help. e. impossible to serve military and postal needs without government help. 39. During the Gilded Age, most of the railroad barons a. rejected government assistance. b. built their railroads with government assistance. c. relied exclusively on Chinese labor. d. refused to get involved in politics.

History from 1877-1900

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1877-1900 Highlights of Chapters 17, 18, & 19 Major themes: The expansion of industrial capitalism & labor in the Age of Enterprise the changing industrial city immigration, factories, & the political machine The Gilded Age Industrial Capitalism Triumphant: early factories produced consumer goods and then gradually, capital goods began to drive America?s industrial economy during this ?Age of Steel,? the Age of Invention, or the Machine Age steel making was revolutionized: the Bessemer process (Henry Bessemer)--the process of refining raw pig iron & making steel; Andrew Carnegie was the first American to fully exploit Bessemer?s invention by erecting a steel mill outside Pittsburgh, PA

A People and a Nation Chapter 18 Study Guide

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The Incandescent Light Bulb Invented by Thomas Edison in 1878 Provided a cheap, inefficient means of indoor lighting Used a vacuum and tungsten wire to prevent the filament from burning when an electric current passed through it Edison also devised a system of power generation and distribution improved dynamo and parallel circuit of wires provided electricity conveniently to a large number of customers Edison acted as his own publicist in 1880 at Christmas Edison illuminated Menlo Park with 40 incandescent bulbs in 1882 he built a power plant that could light 85 buildings in Wall Street Led to a boom in the electrical industry The Theory of Scientific Management attempted to increase production by timing workers? tasks and suggest ways to speed up their performance
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