Unit 10 Industrialization

Front

How did new methods of mass production contribute to the Industrial Revolution?

Back

New products were made quickly and cheaply

Front

Which invention, improved by Edison, most changed the way factories operated in the late 19th century?

Back

The lightbulb

Front

What happened as America shifted from an agrarian (farming) nation to an industrial nation?

Back

New technologies helped farm work get done quicker and quicker, it led to higher crop output, and many people moved to the cities to make more money.

Front

The telephone, invented by Alexander Graham Bell, improved communication and replaced which of the following?
Skyscraper, Plow, Cell phone

Back

Telegraph

Front

What impact did availability of electricity have upon the homes in the late 1800s?

Back

It led to the invention of such things as washing machines and vacuum cleaners.

Front

How did electricity change the United States?

Back

Stores and factories could stay open longer, to make more products and money.

Front

Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller developed business practices that let them take total control of a specific industry. This practice was called ______________.

Back

monopoly

Front

Which of the following identifies the 4 factors of production? Time, money, workers, technology; Money, Workers, Assembly Line, and Bessemer Process; Workers, Money, Technology, Materials; Materials, Money, Time, Technology

Back

Workers, Money, Technology, Materials

Front

Growth of big business led to all EXCEPT which of the following:
People left cities and began to farm,
By 1900, more Americans worked in factories than on farms,
Big business created millions of jobs,
The US became the world’s leading producer of manufactured goods

Back

People left cities and began to farm

Front

Which invention of the 1800s did NOT contribute to the rise of big business? Options: Railroads, Electrical Lighting, Telephones, Bicycles

Back

Bicycles