Who invented the telegraph in 1840?
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  • James Hargreaves
  • John Deer
  • Samuel Morse
  • John Montressor
Who invented the first automobile, assembly line?
  • Cyrus McCormick
  • Henry Ford
  • Samuel Morse
  • Alexander Graham Bell
Explain the impact electricity had on factories.
  • Factories had to close down early.
  • Factories could remain open 24 hours a day.
  • People began moving back to the countryside.
  • People could only go to the factories in the morning.
Invented electric lightbulb
  • Coach Webb
  • Thomas Edison
  • Coach Drummond
  • Ben Franklin
The assembly line allowed a much more efficient  ______________ of goods.
  • mass transportation
  • mass production
Rockefeller created Standard Oil Trust to
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  • protect small oil firms
  • increase competition among oil refining companies
  • control prices and practices in the oil refining business
  • distribute donations to charitable causes
The business practice used during the late 1800's to eliminate competition was 
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  • developing overseas markets
  • paying high wages to their workers
  • forming monopolies or trusts
  • increasing prices of their products
Rockefeller, Carnegie and Morgan were sometimes called 'robber barons' because
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  • they robbed from the rich and gave to the poor
  • they stole money from the government
  • they made risky investments
  • they used ruthless (cruel, uncaring) business practices
Which of the following inventions brought an end to the open range on the Great Plains?
  • steel plow
  • reaper
  • windmill
  • barbed wire
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