Industrialization- Quiz

The U.S. free enterprise system encourages

• social production

• foreign industrialization

• government regulation

• market competition

Henry Ford changed the way that goods were manufactured by developing the

• railroad system

• combustion system

• assembly line

• diesel engine

The inventions listed below led to which historical period?

Cotton Gin

Steamboat

Interchangeable Parts

• Industrial Revolution

• Great Awakening

• Era of Good Feelings

• Harlem Renaissance

Which of the following was first created to help Americans take advantage of major waterways in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?

• induction electric motor

• diesel engine

• steam engine

• universal motor

The technological innovations of the 1850's led to a change in production from cottage based industry to

• shipping based

• agriculture based

• factory based

• plantation based

Which industrial development led to the introduction of mass production techniques in the early twentieth century?

• labor unions

• interchangeable parts

• patent system

• skilled laborers

The rapid rise of urbanization was brought on by which of the following?

• European immigrants moving to cities looking for work

• The Gold Rush causing people to move to the western frontier

• Creation of suburban neighborhoods on the edge of cities

• Territorial expansion through the idea of Manifest Destiny

The building of canals like the Erie Canal, proved vital to the growing industrial revolution in the U.S. by

• linking roadways to major industrial centers & reducing the amount of time to export raw materials to foreign ports

• providing routes to inland waterways, linking agricultural centers to industrial centers & reducing transport time for raw materials to inland factories

• linking centers of trade & production, providing a quicker route to transport goods, & creating the ability to transport heavier loads on barges

Whose invention of interchangeable parts changed the way America's factories operated during the Industrial Revolution?

• Eli Whitney

• Henry Ford

• Samuel Slater

• Robert Fulton

Which of the following best describes the railroads primary contribution to economic development in the U.S.?

• Enabled trade to most parts of the country

• allowed more immigrants to enter the country

• lowered cost of shipping in the U.S