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11.45 Second Industrial Revolution and Big Business Worksheet

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Second Industrial Revolution and Big Business: Choose the development that best explains how railroads, steel, oil, electricity, corporations, trusts, entrepreneurship, and government policies transformed the U.S. economy. Aligned to Broad national and selected state U.S. History alignment: C3 Framework; CCSS Literacy in History/Social Studies 11-12; AP U.S. History; NAEP U.S. History; selected CA, NY, MA, FL, and TX frameworks where applicable. 11.45 - Second Industrial Revolution and Big Business: Choose the development that best explains how railroads, steel, oil, electricity, corporations, trusts, entrepreneurship, and government policies transformed the U.S. economy. Standards references: C3 D2.Eco.3-10.9-12; CCSS RH.11-12.3, RH.11-12.7; APUSH Period 6; NAEP Theme 3; CA HSS 11.2; NY 11.5; FL SS.912.A.3; TEKS 113.41(c)(3).

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

Which synthesis best explains how the Second Industrial Revolution transformed the U.S. economy by 1920?

AThe economy stayed mostly local because railroads, electricity, and corporations had little effect.

BIndustrial growth depended only on one inventor and did not change markets or government.

CThe United States became less connected because big business prevented national distribution.

DNew technologies, national transportation, corporate organization, finance, and policy created an industrial capitalist economy.

Solution & Explanation:The best synthesis connects technological change with infrastructure, corporate organization, finance, and government policy to explain a broad economic transformation.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

Use the innovation chart. It shows patent filings rising, research laboratories appearing, and corporate spending on electrical and chemical research increasing by 1900. Which conclusion is best supported?

AInnovation declined because corporations had no reason to fund research.

BPatents became irrelevant because new technologies could not be commercialized.

CInnovation increasingly became organized and financed by business institutions.

DResearch shifted entirely away from electricity, chemicals, and manufacturing.

Solution & Explanation:The chart supports the idea that invention became more systematic and tied to corporate investment, not only individual tinkering.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

Which development most directly explains why industrialization helped create Progressive Era demands for reform?

AIndustrial growth eliminated inequality, unsafe conditions, and political controversy.

BCorporate concentration, rate discrimination, labor conflict, and political influence raised public concern.

CBig business had no relationship to railroads, trusts, or government policy.

DProgressive reform began before corporations, trusts, or industrial cities existed.

Solution & Explanation:Industrial growth created both economic expansion and visible problems, helping fuel later reform movements against abuses of corporate power.

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