Impact of the Bessemer Process on American Industry
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What concept did Frederick Taylor introduce to make human workers more efficient?

  • Increased wages
  • Time management techniques
  • Scientific management (correct)
  • Division of labor
  • How did workers feel about the implementation of scientific management in factories?

  • They embraced it and felt empowered
  • They loved it as it made their job easier
  • They were indifferent towards it
  • They hated it as it dehumanized them (correct)
  • What was one of the main reasons for friction between management and labor due to scientific management?

  • Decreased manager oversight
  • Increased worker autonomy
  • Shift towards teamwork
  • High supervisor-to-worker ratio (correct)
  • Which method did corporations use during the Gilded Age to work against free market forces by making informal agreements on production levels or prices?

    <p>Pools</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one way corporations attempted to eliminate competitors by buying them out during the Second Industrial Revolution?

    <p>Horizontal integration</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In vertical integration, what aspect of the production line does one company have ownership over?

    <p>The entire production line from raw materials to retail sales</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did corporations gain an edge over the market through anti-competitive organizational structures during the Gilded Age?

    <p>By creating monopolies through the use of pools</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was one significant change that Frederick Taylor believed could be implemented in factories?

    <p>Streamlining every process in a factory for efficiency</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What marked the transformation in the United States between the Civil War and the beginning of the 20th century?

    <p>Craft production to mass production</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the key figure responsible for revolutionizing the steel industry during the Second Industrial Revolution?

    <p>Henry Bessemer</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was a significant impact of the Bessemer steel process on industry?

    <p>Mechanization of industry</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following inventors did NOT play a crucial role in the Second Industrial Revolution according to the text?

    <p>Henry Ford</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the impact of the Second Industrial Revolution on American wages, wealth, capital, and GDP according to the text?

    <p>All rose at record rates</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did the labor force composition change as a result of the industrial transformations during this period?

    <p>Increased reliance on unskilled laborers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the next important step in America's manufacturing transformation after Henry Bessemer's work on steel processing?

    <p>Developing new management styles</p> Signup and view all the answers

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