USII.4d Industrial Revolution Test Review

All of the following caused a growth in industry EXCEPT--

• lack of financial resources
• available work force
• abundant supply of new inventions
• access to raw materials and energy sources

Which of the following was the Captain of Industry for the steel industry? 

• John D. Rockefeller
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• Andrew Carnegie

He made his fortune in the oil industry and began an oil company known as the Standard Oil Company. 

• John D. Rockefeller
• Thomas Edison
• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• Andrew Carnegie

Which of the following was NOT a factor which led resulted in the growth of industry?

• Access to raw materials
• Larger work force
• Women's Suffrage
• New inventions

Which of the following was NOT a factor that led to the growth of industry?

• Financial resources
• New inventions
• Larger work force
• Higher education

What is one result of this system? (This map would be entitled "Railroad System, 1890")

• Decreased communication
• Increased industrial development
• Increased cost of production
• Decreased price of land

Which of the following is NOT an example of a big business in the years following the Civil War?

• Oil
• Shipping and Railroads
• Steel
• Agriculture

Before World War I, which factor helped to transform the United States from an agricultural to an industrial nation?

• Declining financial resources
• A shortage of skilled workers
• Lower production costs
• Lack of new inventions

Which Captain of Industry was associated with the industry in the picture above?

• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• Andrew Carnegie
• John D. Rockefeller
• Alexander G. Bell

Why were Thomas Edison's inventions important to the growing economy of then and now?

• He invented the light bulb
• He made it possible to provide electricity commercially
• He made records possible
• He sold his inventions to others