CPUSH Industrialization

Who invented the lightbulb?

• Wilbur Wright

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Benjamin Franklin

Who developed the refrigerated rail car?

• Gustavus Swift

• George Westinghouse

• Christopher Sholes

• Alexander Graham Bell

Who was credited with developing the telephone?

• Orville Wright

• George Westinghouse

• Alexander Graham Bell

• George Washington Carver

Who is credited with developing the keyboard used on the typewriter?

• Christopher Sholes

• Wilbur Wright

• George Westinghouse

• Gustavus Swift

What term refers to when a company grows by buying its competitors?

• Vertical Integration

• Horizontal Integration

• Monopoly

• Captains of Industry

What term refers when a company owns all parts of the industrial process?

• Vertical Integration

• Robber Baron

• Horizontal Integration

• Captains of Industry

Who was the founder of the Standard Oil Company?

• Wilbur Wright

• Orville Wright

• William Vanderbilt

• John D. Rockefeller

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of industrialism during the late 1800s?

• Machines

• Factories

• Mines

• Railroads

• Highway

What product helped build cities?

• Coal

• Steal

• Limestone

• Concrete

How did the Industrial Revolution lead to Consumerism?

• Immigrants began moving to the United States allowing it to be cheap labor for factories.

• People began spending money at window shops in large cities.

• Provided opportunity for companies to start factories overseas.

• Gave the right to allow people to own all parts of a business.