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What spurred growth of industry?

What spurred growth of industry?. What spurred growth of industry?. ANSWER! Technological change. What region developed as the industrial center of the U.S.?. What region developed as the industrial center of the U.S.?. ANSWER! Northeast. The rise of big business resulted from_________.

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What spurred growth of industry?

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  1. What spurred growth of industry?

  2. What spurred growth of industry? ANSWER! Technological change

  3. What region developed as the industrial center of the U.S.?

  4. What region developed as the industrial center of the U.S.? ANSWER! Northeast

  5. The rise of big business resulted from_________

  6. The rise of big business resulted from_________ ANSWER! Government policies of laissez-faire capitalism and special considerations (land grants to build railroad)

  7. What acted as the primary labor source for American industry at the turn of the 20th century?

  8. What acted as the primary labor source for American industry at the turn of the 20th century? ANSWER! Immigrants (southern and eastern Europe), some workers came from farms for jobs in city

  9. What resources contributed to America’s economic transformation at the turn of the 20th century?

  10. What resources contributed to America’s economic transformation at the turn of the 20th century? ANSWER! Navigable rivers, Natural resources (coal, timber)

  11. What innovation created a stronger steel by taking out impurities?

  12. What innovation created a stronger steel by taking out impurities? ANSWER! Bessemer Steel Process

  13. Who invented the light bulb and electricityas a source of power and light?

  14. Who invented the light bulb and electricityas a source of power and light? ANSWER! Thomas Edison

  15. Who invented the telephone?

  16. Who invented the telephone? ANSWER! Alexander Graham Bell

  17. Who developed the airplane?

  18. Who developed the airplane? ANSWER! Wright Brothers

  19. Who developed assembly line manufacturing to mass-produce automobiles—Model T?

  20. Who developed assembly line manufacturing to mass-produce automobiles—Model T? ANSWER! Henry Ford

  21. Who was leader of the steel industry at the turn of the 20th century?

  22. Who was leader of the steel industry at the turn of the 20th century? ANSWER! Andrew Carnegie

  23. Who was leader of finance and banking at the turn of the 20th century?

  24. Who was leader of finance and banking at the turn of the 20th century? ANSWER! J.P. Morgan

  25. Who was leader of the oil industry at the turn of the twentieth century?

  26. Who was leader of the oil industry at the turn of the twentieth century? ANSWER! John D. Rockefeller

  27. Who was leader of the railroad industry in the northeast?

  28. Who was leader of the railroad industry in the northeast? ANSWER! Cornelius Vanderbilt

  29. What innovation allowed for “limited liability,” separating personal finance from big business?

  30. What innovation allowed for “limited liability,” separating personal finance from big business? ANSWER! Corporation

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