Industrialization and Urbanization in America

Why did Andrew Carnegie go to work at age thirteen when his family first arrived in the United States?

• He was not smart enough to go to school

• He looked and acted as though he were eighteen

• The family needed the extra income

• All thirteen year old children worked at this time

What did the young Carnegie do to get better jobs?

• He learned telegraphy and bookkeeping, and read books

• He learned foreign languages and wrote books

• He got a college degree in business

• He and his friend Tom O'Donnell formed their own company

What is industrialization?

• the production of goods by machine in factories

• the production of goods by master craftsmen

• the production of goods by hand

• the production of goods by people in their homes

How important were railroads to industrial growth?

• not important

• a minor influence

• less important than automobiles

• very important

Who was Cornelius Vanderbilt?

• the business partner of Andrew Carnegie

• the inventor of oil-drilling machines

• the head of the New York Central railroad system

• a textile mill owner

Which factor did not contribute to America's industrial growth?

• abundance of natural resources

• growing population

• child labor laws

• availability of capital

What is a patent?

• a protected right to make and sell a product

• a kind of oil used to light lamps before electricity

• a special share of stock sold only to owners of the company

• a way of measuring the width of railroad tracks

Which of the following did Thomas Edison invent?

• phonograph

• light bulb

• moving picture camera

• all of these

In the 1880's, why did Andrew Carnegie's steel company shift production from rails to beams?

• the railroads didn't need any more rails

• the company couldn't make money on rails

• the railroads needed beams

• the new skyscrapers would need beams

What happened to the gap between the rich and the poor during the growth of big business?

• the gap closed

• the gap got smaller

• the gap widened

• nothing happened