USHC Unit 4: Industrial Revolution day 1 Factors of Industrial R

All of the following are factors that contribute to economy growth except:

• Natural resources (land)
• Cheap labor
• Technology
• Decrease of trade with france

In the early years of the Industrial Revolution, what was used to power locomotives and factories?

• Coal
• Steel
• Water
• Plastic

As the industrial revolution began, most of the new industries relied on which industry?

• Railroad
• Steel
• Lumber
• Textile

Economic system where the factors of production is privately owned with little to no government control

• Captialism/Free enterprise
• Democracy
• Market Economy
• Free Economy

Grant by federal Gov’t giving the inventor exclusive rights to develop, use, and sell an invention

• Patent
• Invention grant
• Receipt
• Government bond

Process used to make steel

• Bessemer Process
• Assembly Line
• Mass Production
• Steeler Process

What industry became the biggest consumer of steel?

• Railroad Industry
• Textile Industry
• Boating Industry
• The Military

Steel was used to build ____________ which helped increase space in cities.

• Skyscrapers
• Subways
• Cars

Steel was used to build__________ which allowed travel to increase

• Buildings
• Elevators
• Bridges

Gov’t granted western farmland to settlers for free as long as they stayed there.

• Homestead Act
• Railroad Act
• Granger act
• Westward Expansion Act