Chapter 6 Practice Quiz

1. Why did the nations industrial productivity rise in the late 1800s? 2. Why did the oil business change after Dra e found oil in Pennsylvania? 3. !o" did inventions such as the light bulb and telegraph change daily life in the late

1800s?
4. What "ere the advantages of building the transcontinental railroad? 5. What did the #esse$er Process do to help build %$erica? 6. What "ere features of big business? 7. &dentify vertical consolidation' horizontal consolidation' and econo$ies of scale( 8. Why did the )her$an %nti*+rust %ct see to stop big businesses fro$ for$ing trusts? 9. Why did the %$erican "or force gro" in the late 1800s? 10. Why did children "or ? 11. !o" did piece"or change the nature of factory "or ? 12. Describe conditions of factory "or ers