Summarize the arguments for and against monopolies and trusts.

Study the given map of industrial centers of the United States. Then, write a paragraph explaining why Pittsburgh's location helped it to become the steel-making capital of the United States.

How did the Triangle Fire influence public opinion?

How was factory work in the late 1800s different from factory work before the Civil War?

What was the assembly line, and how did it transform manufacturing?

What advantages did the corporation offer to investors?

What methods did railroad companies use to limit competition?

Describe Economic Impact of Homestead Act

Describe how the economic impact of the Homestead Act contributed to the close of the frontier in the late nineteenth century. Write a paragraph describing the economic impact of the Homestead Act of 1862 and the earlier Preemption Act of 1841. Describe what the Preemption Act provided, what the Homestead Act provided, and how these acts helped lead to the close of the frontier.

What was the Homestead Act? What did a family have to do to qualify for the Homestead Act?

Write sentences that use the given chapter vocabulary words, leaving blanks where the vocabulary words would go. Exchange your sentences with another student, and fill in the blanks in each other's sentences.

trade union

Explain the significance of: (a) Cyrus Field, (b) Alexander Graham Bell, **(c)**Thomas Edison, (d) Gustavus Swift, (e) Elijah McCoy, (f) Henry Ford.

Explain the significance of: (a) Andrew Carnegie, (b) Bessemer process, (c) John D. Rockefeller, (d) Sherman Antitrust Act.

Write sentences that use the given chapter vocabulary words, leaving blanks where the vocabulary words would go. Exchange your sentences with another student, and fill in the blanks in each other's sentences.

network

Explain the significance of: (a) Knights of Labor, (b) Haymarket Riot, (c) American Federation of Labor, (d) ILGWU, (e) Triangle Fire.