Chapter 18

Question 1

Broad name for the explosive growth of big business and industry in the United States from 1865-1900.

Answer 1

Gilded Age

Question 2

Technique of controlling phases of production; pioneered by Andrew Carnegie with steel production.

Answer 2

Vertical Integration

Question 3

Technique of controlling one stage of production; pioneered by John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil.

Answer 3

Horizontal Intergration

Question 4

First attempt to regulate the business practices of railroads

Answer 4

Interstate Commerce Act

Question 5

Law against trust and monopolies

Answer 5

Sherman Anti-Trust act

Question 6

Southern Industrial Lag

Answer 6

Description of the south’s industrial and manufacturing capacity lagging behind that of the north

Question 7

American Federation of Labor

Answer 7

Successful federation of labor unions that pushed for improvements in wages, eight-hour workday, and worker safety

Question 8

Why did the US experience dramatic industrial growth?

Answer 8

Cheap energy
Technological and business innovations
A large workforce
Ruthless business competition

Question 9

What two integration helped Rockefeller and Carnegie amass enormous fortunes and business monopolies?

Answer 9

Vertical(Carnegie) and Horizontal(Rockefeller)

Question 10

True or False: Attempts at regulating business proved unsuccessful during the Gilded Age.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Who lagged behind and remained agricultural?

Answer 11

The South

Question 12

Labor unions used what to push back against the power of big business?

Answer 12

Strikes and Boycotts

Question 13

True or False: Labor violence did not hurt the reputation of organized labor.

Answer 13

False. They did hurt reputations.