Chapter 12

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a phase in the North's industrialization?

• Employers divided jobs into smaller steps.

• Factories were built to bring workers together.

• Machines were used to complete tasks.

• Workers were given more leisure time.

Multiple Choice

What invention allowed for the efficient transport of goods and people over great distances?

• The telegraph

• The steamboat and clipper ship

• The steel-tipped plow

• The mechanical reaper

Multiple Choice

Who demonstrated the ability of the telegraph in 1844?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Samuel Morse

• Nikola Tesla

Multiple Choice

What was a major economic activity in the Midwest due to the invention of the steel-tipped plow, mechanical reaper, and thresher?

• Mining

• Textile manufacturing

• Raising wheat

• Shipbuilding

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of laying thousands of miles of railroad tracks?

• To improve communication

• To connect cities in the East and the Midwest

• To increase agricultural output

• To promote tourism