Industry Quiz

All of the following factors contributed to the immense industrial boom of the early 1900s EXCEPT

• A wealth of natural resources

• A growing urban population

• Government support for business

• The emergence of the middle class

Who invented the light bulb, which revolutionized both business and leisure time?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Edwin Drake

• Thomas Alva Edison

• George Pullman

Who invented the telephone, which revolutionized both business and personal communication?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Edwin Drake

• Thomas Alva Edison

• George Pullman

The Bessemer Process was the method to make ______.

• gasoline

• automobiles

• railroad ties

• steel

Why was Pullman, Illinois, an unusual town?

• It had one main industry

• It owed its prosperity to the railroads

• It specialized in a regional product

• It was built by a company to house its workers

The main purpose of the company known as Credit Mobilier was to _______.

• build the transcontinental railroad

• obtain a monopoly of the railroad industry

• steal railroad money for its shareholders

• obtain political positions for its shareholders

Which of the following MOST allowed manufacturers to build their factories away from rivers?

• electricity

• railroads

• steel beams

• the telephone

The use of standardized time and time zones was introduced in order to benefit _______.

• telephone and telegraph operators

• manufacturers who dealt in interstate trade

• railroad companies and train travelers

• factory owners whose workers had set schedules