AMSCO APUSH Chapter 16 (6.5-6.6) Questions
and Answers (Graded A)
transatlantic cable - ANSWER - Invented by Cyrus W. Fields; made it possible to send messages across the
seas in an instant's time.
business inventions - ANSWER - typewriter, telephone, cash register, calculating machine etc
consumer inventions - ANSWER - kodak camera, fountain pen, safety razor
steel - ANSWER - more durable than iron, allowed for construction of skyscrapers, elevators
Edison and Westinghouse - ANSWER - lots of patents, electricity etc
Changes in Transportation - ANSWER - electric trolleys, streetcars, elevated railroads, subways, Brooklyn
Bridge all allowed people to live further away from cities
marketing consumer goods - ANSWER - department stores, chain stores, mail order companies,
packaged foods
Mass Production - ANSWER - Drops price for the consumer; The sewing machine makes it faster; Opens
up the ability to have department stores/shopping in free time
Vertical integration - ANSWER - company would control every stage of the industrial process from mining
the raw materials to transporting the finished product - US Steel (Carnegie)
Horatio Alger's Myth - ANSWER - An author that wrote a series of popular novels that talk of a young
man that becomes rich and successful through hard work
It is an example of the "self-made man". (Ex: Carnegie and Edison)
Poor ppl just don't work hard enough
and Answers (Graded A)
transatlantic cable - ANSWER - Invented by Cyrus W. Fields; made it possible to send messages across the
seas in an instant's time.
business inventions - ANSWER - typewriter, telephone, cash register, calculating machine etc
consumer inventions - ANSWER - kodak camera, fountain pen, safety razor
steel - ANSWER - more durable than iron, allowed for construction of skyscrapers, elevators
Edison and Westinghouse - ANSWER - lots of patents, electricity etc
Changes in Transportation - ANSWER - electric trolleys, streetcars, elevated railroads, subways, Brooklyn
Bridge all allowed people to live further away from cities
marketing consumer goods - ANSWER - department stores, chain stores, mail order companies,
packaged foods
Mass Production - ANSWER - Drops price for the consumer; The sewing machine makes it faster; Opens
up the ability to have department stores/shopping in free time
Vertical integration - ANSWER - company would control every stage of the industrial process from mining
the raw materials to transporting the finished product - US Steel (Carnegie)
Horatio Alger's Myth - ANSWER - An author that wrote a series of popular novels that talk of a young
man that becomes rich and successful through hard work
It is an example of the "self-made man". (Ex: Carnegie and Edison)
Poor ppl just don't work hard enough
