Question

rise of big business & technological innovation

1. how did the expansion of railroads directly impact the steel industry in the late 1800s?

a. it decreased the need for steel.
b. it created a massive demand for steel for tracks and bridges.
c. it led to the decline of steel production.
d. it had no significant effect on the steel industry.

1. john d. rockefeller built a monopoly with his company, standard oil, by controlling which part of the oil business?

a. drilling for oil
b. selling gasoline to car owners
c. refining oil into kerosene and other products
d. building oil pipelines across the ocean

1. which invention most directly allowed factories to operate at night and businesses to stay open later?

a. the telegraph
b. the telephone
c. the bessemer process
d. the electric light bulb

1. andrew carnegie was a powerful industrialist who dominated which major industry?

a. railroads
b. steel
c. finance
d. shipping
immigration and its impact
directions: fill in the blanks with the correct terms.

1. immigrants arriving from europe on the east coast were processed at island, while immigrants from asia on the west coast were processed at island.
2. the influx of immigrants in the late 19th century provided a large and willing source of for americas rapidly growing factories and industries.
3. new communication technologies like the telegraph and transformed american business and daily life by enabling instant long - distance communication.

Explanation:

1. Railroads needed steel for tracks and bridges, so expansion increased demand.
2. Rockefeller's Standard Oil dominated oil refining.
3. Electric light bulb allowed night operation.
4. Carnegie dominated steel industry.
5. Ellis Island for European immigrants; Angel Island for Asian.
6. Immigrants provided labor.
7. Telephone (with telegraph) enabled instant comms.

Answer:

1. B. It created a massive demand for steel for tracks and bridges.
2. C. Refining oil into kerosene and other products.
3. D. The electric light bulb.
4. B. Steel.
5. Ellis; Angel.
6. labor.
7. telephone.