Lesson 1 "The Nation Enters the Industrial Age"

Turn to Page 366 analyze the timeline at the bottom of the page and read the introduction to the chapter.

Scan Pages 367-370; focus on the gray boxes, which contain the key vocabulary terms.

Scan Pages 367-370 for pictures and diagrams, read each of the captions.

Scan for an read the short articles in the colored boxes that you find on Pages 367-370.

Read Pages 367-370 (take notes of important ideas)

Do you know the answers to the questions on page 370? (See Key Points below for help)

Do you know the vocabulary words? (See Key Points below for help)

Take the quiz on Lesson 1 "The Nation Enters the Industrial Age" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)

Review answers on the quiz and print it out. This will be very useful when you are studying for the test.

Lesson 1 Key Points

Vocabulary Terms

Entrepreneur - a person who stats and organizes a business

Flexible - the ability to move or twist easily

Method - a way of doing something

Petroleum - a liquid that can be made into fuel.

Purify - to make something pure.

engineering - using science and math to design an construct buildings or other objects.

Skyscraper - a tall building

Suspension Bridge - a large bridge supported by wires or chains attached to tall towers.

Section Review Answers

1. An entrepreneur is a person who organizes a business.
2. The longest suspension bridge in the world at the time it opened was the Brooklyn Bridge.
3. A skyscraper is a tall building.
4. Andrew Carnegie built the first steel plant in the country.
5. William Kelly discovered a way to make iron into steel.

Did you learn these Objectives?

Can you explain how Carnegie helped develop the steel industry?

Are you able to tell why steel became important?

Lesson 2 "Rockefeller and the Oil Industry"

Scan Pages 371-374; focus on the gray boxes, which contain the key vocabulary terms.

Scan Pages 371-374 for pictures and diagrams, read each of the captions.

Scan for an read the short articles in the colored boxes that you find on Pages 371-374.

Read Pages 371-374 (take notes of important ideas)

Do you know the answers to the questions on page 374? (See Key Points below for help)

Do you know the vocabulary words? (See Key Points below for help)

Take the quiz on Lesson 2 "Rockefeller and the Oil Industry" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)

Review answers on the quiz and print it out. This will be very useful when you are studying for the test.

Lesson 2 Key Points

Vocabulary Terms

Refinery - a place where a good is made pure or made into other products.

Corporation - a large, organized company owned by stockholders

Criticize - to show disapproval

Kerosene - a fuel used in lamps.

Monopoly - A corporation that has little competition.

Capital - money used for investments

Horizontal combination - buying one's competition

Liability - a risk

vertical combination - A kind of business organization that controls each step in making something.

trust company - a large, powerful company that often is a monopoly.

Section Review Answers

1. The first oil well was built in Titusville, Ohio.
2. John D. Rockefeller organized Standard Oil Company.
3. A monopoly is a company that has little competition.
4. A kind of business organization that controls each step in making something is called a vertical combination.
5. A large, powerful company that often in a monopoly is called a trust company.

Did you learn these Objectives?

Can you identify the industry Rockefeller helped develop?

Are you able to explain how American businesses grew large and more powerful?

Lesson 3 "Other Major U.S. Industries"

Scan Pages 375-379; focus on the gray boxes, which contain the key vocabulary terms.

Scan Pages 375-379 for pictures and diagrams, read each of the captions.

Scan for an read the short articles in the colored boxes that you find on Pages 375-379.

Read Pages 375-379 (take notes of important ideas)

Do you know the answers to the questions on page 379? (See Key Points below for help)

Do you know the vocabulary words? (See Key Points below for help)

Take the quiz on Lesson 3 "Other Major U.S. Industries" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)

Review answers on the quiz and print it out. This will be very useful when you are studying for the test.

Lesson 3 Key Points

Vocabulary Terms

By-product - something produced in the process of making something else.

Slaughter - to kill animals for food and other products.

Phonograph - a machine used to reproduce sound

Reproduce - to copy or duplicate

Typesetting - the methods used to prepare type to be printed.

Section Review Answers

1. Cornelius Vandrerbilt linked a number of short railroads in the Northeast.
2. Edison invented the phonograph, and many electrical devices.
3. One of Edison's first inventions was the indoor electric light bulb.
4. A phonograph was used to reproduce sound.
5. Henry Ford began experimenting on gasoline engines.

Did you learn these Objectives?

Can you identify other major industries that were built?

Are you able to name some inventions that were developed and who invented them?

 Preparing for Chapter 19 Test

Turn to Page 380 and read the article, "Queen Liliuokalani's Statement on Hawaii".

Turn to Page 381 and read the Chapter 19 summary.

On page 382-383 you will find the Chapter 19 review, complete the review.

Check your answers with those in the Key Points.

Take the Chapter 19 Test "Becoming an Industrial Giant"

Review the answers then print the results for your records.

Chapter 19 Review answers

1. "The Empire Builder"
2. Andrew Carnegie
3. engine
4. George Eastman
5. meat-packing
6. monopoly
7. natural resources
8. phonograph
9. railroads
10. Standard oil Company
11. steel
12. stock
13. Titusville

The Comprehension: Understanding Main Ideas

1. Carnegie owned the companies that supplied his raw materials and the transportation systems to transport his products.
2. Hill encouraged immigrants by teaching them farming skills, founding schools, and starting various businesses to employ people in the Northwest.
3. Most corporations are very large companies that are owned by a group of investors who buy shares of the corporation in the form of stock.
4. Rockefeller developed refineries to turn crude oil into products such as kerosene and gasoline.
5. Edison brought together a group of scientists, engineers, and machinists who worked in teams to develop things for businesses and consumers to use.

Congratulations you finished the Chapter 19!!