Industrial Revolution Quiz

What did the Bessemer process achieve?

• It created electric power to streetcars.
• It allowed meat to be processed and refrigerated.
• It more efficiently converted iron to steel.
• It allowed planes to travel faster and farther distances. 

What impact did inventions such as the telephone, sewing machine, and typewriter have in the role of women in American society? 

• These inventions were controlled byt he government and therefore limited their role in American politics.
• These inventions provided new job opportunities for children, leaving women with more tasks at home. 
• These inventions pushed women further out of the working world. 
• These inventions provided new job opportunities to women. 

How did the American economy change in the years after the Civil War?

• The American economy shifted from agricultural to manufacturing.
• The American economy shifted from manufacturing to agricultural.
• The American economy shifted from trade to agriculture.
• The American economy shifted from manufacturing to trade. 

During the Industrial Revolution, the term "technology" referred to what other factor than physical inventions being created during that time?

• idea of how to use new inventions
• finances used to pay for new inventions
• laws that protected new inventions
• profits made from new inventions