The Industrial Revolution and Urbanization

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• What were the first reliable streetcars powered by?
• Who constructed the Penn Central Railroad?
• How did the Industrial Revolution affect economic thought?
• What factors led to the United States' technological boom?
• What did the U.S. do that resulted in it building and controlling the Panama Canal?
• What business did Andrew Carnegie dominate?
• For what reasons were farmers angry at railroad companies?
• Why was it so important for the US to have a canal through Central America?
• How did the principles of the American Revolution influence the debate over American imperialism in the Philippines?
• Approximately how long was the entire National Road?
• What effect did inexpensive, readily available steel have on the railroad industry?
• Why were the reaper and the steel plow important?
• Which country's residents became citizens of the United States in 1917?
• Which state is home to the world's first skyscraper?
• In the late 1800s, what was the creation of the Standard Oil Trust by John D. Rockefeller intended to do?
• Did the conservatives support industrial revolution?
• What are the negative and positive effects of the Industrial Revolution?
• Why did the Industrial Revolution happen?
• What was so revolutionary about the industrial revolution?
• What did Alfred Mahan believe was essential for America to have to protect overseas trade?
• Why did the United States think it was important to build a canal cross Central America?
• Who was James B. Duke?
• Why was the building of the railroads so important to mining and ranching?
• How was the Pullman Illinois unique from any other city?
• What was the U.S. Policy of Imperialism in the early 1900's?
• Why did the U.S. want the Panama Canal?
• What did Edison hope to accomplish by creating an "invention factory"?
• What does the term "urban sprawl" mean?
• Why dld the U.S. banking system need to be reformed in the early 1900s?
• What did the U.S. government promise to the railroads for laying track all across the country?
• Which invention had the greatest impact on American transportation?
• How did cars change American life?
• What was Andrew Carnegie's main contribution to society?
• Why did the U.S. Industrial Revolution begin in New England?
• How did improvements in transportation affect the price of goods in the U.S?
• What was the impact of business on public policy from the Civil War to World War I?
• What do you think about the business methods of Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Stanford?
• How did geography spur industrialization in the Northeast?
• Why did Henry Ford pay his workers so well?
• What was the effect of the fact that Carnegie was an avid reader and learner?
• The growth of population in cities during the late 1800s was known as what?
• Why was the United States described as a "police officer" in Latin America under President Theodore Roosevelt?
• What reasons did average Americans of the late 1800s have to approve of the railroad companies, and what reasons did they have to disapprove of them?
• Why was the Interstate Commerce Commission established?
• In general, how did life for rural Americans differ from life for urban Americans?
• Who proposed the first American Labor Day parade/celebration?
• What was "wage slavery" in company towns?
• What prompted the U.S. formally to state its Open Door policy in 1899 and 1900?
• Who was best known for his "Big Stick" diplomacy?
• How did the federal government aid railroad construction in the 1850s and 1860s?
• What was the significance of Promontory Point in Utah?
• In the mid-1800s, most of America's industry was located where?
• In what two ways did population growth help industrial expansion?
• What effect did the Industrial Revolution have on the workers?
• Was the rise of industry good for the United States?
• Industrialization resulted in what changes to American society?
• Why did the number of corporations grow dramatically after 1870?
• Eugene v. Debs was one of the founders of what new political force?
• Which American industry first used machines to do work previously done by hand?
• How did improved transportation affect farming?
• What industry is Rockefeller associated with?
• What industry is Carnegie associated with?
• How did railroads influence the growth of western territories?
• Why were assembly lines introduced into factories?
• How were class tensions affected by the Industrial Revolution?
• What method of manufacturing, introduced in the early 1800s, made mass production possible?
• How did Granville Woods improve the telegraph?
• Why did the Industrial Revolution occur in the U.S.?
• Which American industry first used machines to do work previously done by hand?
• What was important about the Bidwell party?
• On what date did Oklahoma become a state?
• How did James Watt contribute to the Industrial Revolution?
• Question #8a10a
• What did President Hoover expand more than any previous president?
• In addition to building automobiles. what other innovation is Henry Ford known for?
• What factors led to US imperialism in the early 1900's?
• What is the only major US city without skyscrapers? Why?
• How did the Industrial Revolution lead to a revolution in transportation?
• How did Henry Ford's assembly line change the way factories made products?
• What was the most significant communications achievement during the Gilded Age?
• What was the impact of the steam engine on the production of British goods?
• What contributed most to the growing gap between social classes during the Industrial Revolution?
• How did the mass production of cars affect the American economy?
• Who ran and won in the 1908 presidential election?
• The ability of the east coast of the United States to communicate with the west coast was FIRST made possible by what?
• Why were tenements a difficult place to live for the urban working class?
• What was the name given to the industry big business owners in the late 1800s?
• What were areas in a city called where most of the poor working class lived in crowded conditions?
• Can anyone kind of further explain the political cartoon? "A National Game That Is Played Out" I sort of understand the basics on it but there's only 2 websites that I've found that talk about it and they both say pretty much the same thing