Monday, March 12, 2012

Questions

5) What improvements in railway transportation were brought about by new technology?
Air Brakes
Air conditioning Cars
Car Coupler
 Sleeping Car
Magnetic Brakes
6) What were four of Thomas Edison's inventions? 
Lightbulb
Phonograph
Telephone Transmitter
Battery
7) What inventions improved communications in the late 1800s?
Telephone
Telegraph
8) What manufacturing methods did Henry Ford use to make his new automobile affordable?
The assembly line
9) What is vertical integration?
Acquiring companies that provided the equipment and services needed
10) What action did Congress take to control trusts and monopolies in response to pressure from the American people?
Sherman Antitrust Act
11) What is collective bargaining?
Workers in bargain with management
12) How did the Haymarket Riot of 1886 affect public opinion about the labor movement?
Terrorism and disorder
13) Describe the contributions of African American inventors in the late 1800s. 
A shoe-making machine
An improved filament for the light bulb.
Oiling machinery
Patented the automatic circuit breaker.

14) How did horizontal integration differ from vertical integration?
Horizontal competing firms into one corporation.
Provided the needed equipment and services.
15) Why did the workers think that forming organized labor unions would help them get what they wanted from employers?
Uhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm lol
16) Describe two ways in which the growing railroad network helped American industry.
Industrial westward expansion
Move supplies faster
17) What forms of transportation moved goods into and out of this region?
Trains
Ships
18) What industry grew in the timbered regions of Wisconsin and Michigan?
Sawmills
19) Identify the major iron/steel manufacturing centers shown on the map.
South Bend
Detroit
Cleveland
Youngstown
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
20) If you traveled from Florida to California, what time zones would you cross?
Eastern
Central
Mountain
Pacific
it depends on where you started like KC stated
21) If it is 6 AM in Maine, what time is it in Hawaii?
1 AM
22) If it is 3 PM in Texas, what time is it in Alaska?
12 PM