Chapter 15: The Second Industrial Revolution

Question 0

Social Darwinism

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The theory that the finest people, businesses, or nations would succed, while the unfit would fail

Question 1

Edwin L. Drake

Answer 1

Used a steam engine to drill for oil

Question 2

Horizontal Immigration

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Ownership of several companies making the same product

Question 3

Elijah McCoy

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A son of runaway slaves who made a major contribution to the industrial use of oil by inventing a lubricating cup that fed oil to parts of a machine while it was running

Question 4

Knights of Labor

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Labor union with workers of different races, genders, and skills

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Vertical Integration

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Ownership of businesses involved in each step of manufacturing process

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Eugene V. Debs

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Head of American Railroad union; supported the Pullman strikes

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Bessemer Process

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A method of steel making that burned off impurities in molten iron with a blast of hot air

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American Federation of Labor

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Union founded by Samuel Gompers for skilled workers

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Patent

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A guarantee to protect an inventor’s rights to make, use, or sell, his or her invention

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Cornelius Vanderbilt

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Pioneer of Railroad industry

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Trust

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Group of several companies with directors to eliminate competition

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Corporation

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Company that sells stock inventor in order to raise money

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Gospel of Wealth

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Wealthy should help the poor

Question 14

What spurred the second growth of industrialization in the United States?

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Steel

Question 15

What lead to the development of the horseless carriage?

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Development of motors and refined oil

Question 16

What type of jobs did women have in the telephone industry?

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Required operators to connect calls; fast-paced job

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What did Thomas Edison do?

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Invention business; numerous patents.

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How can a trust become a monopoly?

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If it gains exclusive control a company

Question 19

What was the year of great unrest called?

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Great Upheavel

Question 20

What did the Sherman Antitrust Act outlaw?

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Monopolies and trust that restrained trade

Question 21

Why was Mary Harris Jones called “the most dangerous women in society?”

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Her ambition to educate and organize laborers was so efficient it scared her competitors

Question 22

Why did workers strive to unionize?

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Better working conditions, better wage, and shorter hours

Question 23

What type of integration did Rockefeller use?

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Horizontal integration