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Industrial Revolution

Authored by Marcela Marquez

History

9th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

How did the discovery of minerals in America fuel industrialization?

American companies could acquire natural resources more cheaply.

The U.S. government could now regulate the mining of natural resources.

New states, created by an influx of prospectors, welcomed new companies.

Minerals could be exported to other countries at a high profit

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What role did railroads play in industrialization?

There were many laws in place that helped merchants profit from the railroads.

Railroad tycoons used their money for many charitable causes.

Railroads used coal, which was mined in the West.

They expanded markets for industrial products by making it easier for Western settlers to purchase them

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What two factors led to a larger workforce available to new industries?

immigration and higher infant survival rates

retired Civil War generals and army regulars entered the workforce

lower tariffs and immigration from the American West

urban tenements and widespread poverty

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

How did Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone contribute to growing industrialization?

He founded the Bell Telephone Company.

His assistant, Watson, became a communications tycoon

His invention revolutionized communication between businesses and individuals.

He invested heavily in new technologies that fueled business.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What ideal of the free enterprise system wanted the government to remain out of economic affairs?

laissez-faire

interregulation

supply and demand

commercial advancement

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

People who risk their own capital to organize and run a business are called

capital investors

robber barons

industrialists

entrepreneurs

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Gustavus Swift's introduction of the __________ changed the American diet.

refrigerated railroad car

automatic loom

battery

electric generator

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