Unit 2, Part 1: Industrialization

Multiple Select

Select all the factors that helped the United States become a leading industrial power by 1920.

• Growing urban population

• Government support for business

• Scarcity of natural resources

• Markets for new products

Multiple Choice

Which of the following contributed to the United States becoming the leading industrial power by 1920?

• New uses of natural resources

• Decline in urban population

• Government support for business and innovation

• Lack of markets for new products

Open Ended

What is black gold?

Multiple Choice

Which best explains how the discovery and use of oil (black gold) impacted economic development in the United States?

• The discovery and use of oil significantly accelerated economic development by fueling industrial growth and creating new job opportunities.
• The use of oil had no significant impact on job creation in the U.S.
• Oil discovery led to environmental degradation and economic decline.
• Oil was primarily used for agricultural purposes, not industrial growth.

Multiple Choice

What is the significance of removing carbon from iron during the steel-making process?

• It makes the metal heavier and more brittle.

• It produces a lighter, more flexible, and rust-resistant metal.

• It turns iron into gold.

• It decreases the metal's strength.

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blank: Removing the carbon from iron produces a lighter, more flexible, and rust-resistant metal called ___.

• steel
• wood

• iron

• gold

Multiple Choice

Which best explains how improvements in farm technology, such as those introduced by John Deere, impact the labor force in rural areas?

• Farm technology improvements increase job opportunities in rural areas.
• Farm technology improvements reduce labor demand in rural areas.
• Farm technology improvements lead to higher wages for farm workers.
• Farm technology improvements have no effect on the labor force.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a new use for steel mentioned in the lesson?

• Railroads

• Mechanical farming equipment

• Electric power plants

• Plows

Multiple Choice

The Brooklyn Bridge spanned ___ feet of the East River in NYC.

• 1595
• 1989

• 100000000000000000000000000

• 3

Multiple Choice

Which structure, completed in 1883, used steel cables supported by towers higher than any man-made weight-bearing structure except the Pyramids of Egypt?

• Golden Gate Bridge

• Brooklyn Bridge

• London Bridge

• Sydney Harbour Bridge

Multiple Select

Select all the ways electricity changed the nature of businesses in America, according to the lesson.

• Electric power ran numerous machines

• Business owners had more freedom deciding where to locate their plants/factories

• It made farming obsolete

• It increased the cost of production

Multiple Choice

Which of the following individuals contributed to the improvement of the light bulb by inventing the carbon filament in 1881?

• Thomas Edison

• George Westinghouse

• Lewis H. Latimer

• Alexander Graham Bell

Multiple Choice

By 1910, women made up nearly ___ percent of the clerical workforce.

• 40
• 50

• 20

• 0

Multiple Choice

Which inventions created new job opportunities for women in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

• The typewriter and the telephone

• The sewing machine and the radio

• The automobile and the telegraph

• The washing machine and the camera

Multiple Choice

How did the mechanization of tasks in the late 1800s affect laborers' perceptions of their own value?

• They felt their worth was reduced

• They felt more valued

• They became wealthier

• They worked longer hours