Industrialization Quiz

Which area in the map provided the petroleum for the oil-refining industry that arose in the United States in the mid-late 1800s?

• the area labeled W

• the area labeled X

• the area labeled Y

• the area labeled Z

The person most responsible for making the steel industry a big business in the United States is

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Henry Bessemer

• Tom Scott

When one person or corporation owns an entire industry, it is called

• A corporation

• A patent

• A monopoly

• An entrepeneur

Which of the following was an inventor of the late 1800s?

• Andrew Carnegie

• Thomas Edison

• Tom Scott

• John D. Rockefeller

Which of the following were factors resulting in the Growth of Industry?

• Access to raw materials and energy

• Inventions(mechanical uses of electricity, electric lighting, the telephone)

• Railroads across the country

• Financial resources

• Advertising

How did transportation advances help to create a rise in big business?

• Workers lived further away from factories.

• Products could be transported to a new national market.

• Mechanization decreased the need to transport goods over long distances.

• Labor unions were disbanded after the railroad strikes.

The inventor of the telephone was

• Andrew Carnegie

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Bessemer

What was one consequence of the business boom?

• Rural areas gained population as land prices became more affordable.

• Average incomes for all Americans rose as business profits were shared equally.

• People began moving to cities in search of jobs.

• Companies offered more job security to their workers, promising them jobs for life.

An entrepreneur is

• A group of corporations that unite to reduce competition.

• A person who assembles the resources necessary to start a business.

• A theory that business works best when their very little involvement from the government.

• A company that controls all production and sales of a particular product.

Which economic theory allowed government and business to accept these kinds of working conditions for children?

• Entrepreneur

• Monopoly

• Free Enterprise

• Captialism