Industrial Revolution in the US
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What period marked the transformation from craft production to mass production in the United States?

  • The First Industrial Revolution
  • The Industrial Era
  • The Second Industrial Revolution (correct)
  • The American Manufacturing Revolution
  • What was the result of the rise of American factories during the Second Industrial Revolution?

  • American industries began to merge
  • American factories began to decline
  • American wages and wealth decreased
  • American wages, wealth, capital, and GDP all rose at the fastest rate (correct)
  • Who is credited with patenting an inexpensive way to process steel in 1855?

  • Alexander Graham Bell
  • George Westinghouse
  • Henry Bessemer (correct)
  • Thomas Edison
  • What was the result of the Bessemer steel process?

    <p>The mechanization of industry (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What change occurred in the labor force as a result of the Bessemer steel process?

    <p>Factories were staffed by masses of unskilled laborers (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the next important step in America's manufacturing transformation after the Bessemer steel process?

    <p>A distinct new style of management (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why was Henry Bessemer's invention crucial to the Second Industrial Revolution?

    <p>It allowed for the mechanization of industry (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was a significant innovation in large enterprises starting from the 1870s?

    <p>Creation of bureaucracies with a systematic chain of command (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was Frederick Taylor's goal in applying scientific and industrial concepts to factory work?

    <p>To make human workers more efficient (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was a consequence of scientific management, according to the text?

    <p>Increased friction between management and labor (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Since the early 19th century, how has the U.S. Supreme Court treated corporations?

    <p>As individuals with all rights and limitations (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an example of a simple monopoly, according to the text?

    <p>A single gas station with no competitors (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is horizontal integration, as described in the text?

    <p>A practice of buying out or running out of business competitors (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key characteristic of a vertical monopoly, as described in the text?

    <p>Elimination of middle men and retention of profits within the corporation (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of a trust, as described in the text?

    <p>To oversee the operations of multiple corporations (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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