Industrial Revolution Test Review

He made his fortune in the oil industry and began an oil company known as the Standard Oil Company. 

• John D. Rockefeller
• Thomas Edison
• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• Andrew Carnegie

Which of the following was the Captain of Industry for the steel industry? 

• John D. Rockefeller
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• Andrew Carnegie

Who invented the telegraph in 1840?

• James Hargreaves
• John Deer
• Samuel Morse
• John Montressor

After the Civil War, the economy in the US changed ... 

• from shipping and trading to farming
• from bartering to purchasing
• from agriculture & trade to production of manufactured goods
• from farming to building

The Bessemer Process, which converted iron into steel, was brought to the U.S. by:

• Eli Whitney
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Andrew Carnegie
• Thomas Edison

All BUT ONE of the following is true about the incandescent light bulb...

• made the use of electricity popular
• light homes more safely using electricity rather than kerosene lamps
• light factories more safely using electricity rather than kerosene lamps
• Invented by Einstein

Women particularly benefited from the availability of electricity because it made the following inventions possible:

• vacuum cleaners, washing machines, sewing machines
• sewing machines, washing machines, microwaves
• vacuum cleaners, curling irons, washing machines
• microwaves, sewing machines, vacuum cleaners

The Wright Brothers were responsible for starting the...

• meat-packing industry
• steel industry 
• shipping industry
• aircraft industry

Henry Ford first used the assembly line in the production of:

• automobiles
• railroads
• street cars
• light bulbs

The ______ , invented by Alexander Graham Bell, was an improvement on the earlier communication by telegraph and was quicker and easier to use.

• cd player
• transistor radio
• telephone
• walkie-talkie