USII.4d Industrial Revolution Test Review

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All of the following caused a growth in industry EXCEPT-- Options: lack of financial resources, available work force, abundant supply of new inventions, access to raw materials and energy sources

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lack of financial resources

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Which of the following was the Captain of Industry for the steel industry? John D. Rockefeller, Alexander Graham Bell, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie

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Andrew Carnegie

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Who made his fortune in the oil industry and began an oil company known as the Standard Oil Company?

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John D. Rockefeller

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Which of the following was NOT a factor which led resulted in the growth of industry? Access to raw materials, Larger work force, Women's Suffrage, New inventions

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Women's Suffrage

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Which of the following was NOT a factor that led to the growth of industry? Financial resources, New inventions, Larger work force, Higher education

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Higher education

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What is one result of this system? (This map would be entitled "Railroad System, 1890")

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Increased industrial development

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Which of the following is NOT an example of a big business in the years following the Civil War? Options: Oil, Shipping and Railroads, Steel, Agriculture

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Agriculture

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Before World War I, which factor helped to transform the United States from an agricultural to an industrial nation?

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Lower production costs

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Which Captain of Industry was associated with the industry in the picture above?

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John D. Rockefeller

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Why were Thomas Edison's inventions important to the growing economy of then and now?

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He made it possible to provide electricity commercially.