Causes and Inventions of the Second Industrial Revolution

Which of the following was the first railroad to connect the entire United States?

• Transnational Railroad

• TransAmerican Railroad

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Transoceanic Railroad

Mass production led to:

• Products being more superior in quality

• goods became less expensive

• laborers received higher wages

• industries moved to rural areas

Identify two major effects of new technology on business during the Industrial Revolution.

• Production became faster and less expensive.

• Workers made more money and worked fewer hours.

• The streets were less traveled and cleaner.

• Fewer goods were manufactured and sold.

How did Thomas Edison’s invention of the light bulb affect industry?

• Brighter lights made people more productive so they worked fewer hours.

• Electric lights made it possible for factories to run after dark.

• Bulb manufacturing became the biggest industry in the United States.

• Having better lighting largely eliminated industrial accidents.

A place where people and machines join together to mass produce goods.

• Cartel
• Corporation
• Factory
• Urbanization

Why did people move to the cities during the Industrial revolution?

• Jobs in factories
• Jobs on the farm
• Family
• Friends

Name two inventions by Garrett A. Morgan.

• The Gas Mask & traffic signal

• The Pencil Sharpener & potato chips

• Automobile & super soaker

• airplane & telephone

The __________ process refers to the method to mass produce vast quantities of steel.

• Besser
• Bossom
• Bessemer
• Bessem

What was the period in the late 1800s when US manufacturing experienced rapid growth?

• Industrial Revolution

• American Revolution

• Second Industrial Revolution

• Scientific Revolution

Who invented a quicker and cheaper way to make steel?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Henry Bessemer

• George Pullman

• Nikolaus Otto