Industrial Revolution Section 1-2

Multiple Choice

Why were railroads so important during this time?

• they moved goods more quickly and less expensively over greater distances

• they were fun to ride on to go visit family in other states

• people could ride on railroads to get to their jobs in another city

Multiple Choice

Process which made steel more affordable and profitable.

• Laissez-faire

• Interstate Commerce

• Bessemer

• National Market

Multiple Choice

Several corporations were guilty of creating an ___________, or having total control of one industry.

• Mass Production

• Patent

• Monopoly

• Railroad

Multiple Choice

What innovation made manufacturing more efficient?

• Electricity

• Railroad

• Telephone

• Oil refining