Industrialization and Invention Quiz

Which energy source was most important during the earliest stages of industrialization?

• electricity

• natural gas

• petroleum

• steam

How did the invention and spread of the telegraph affect American society in the 1800s?

• It enabled businesses to increase their markets by improving long-distance communication.

• It led to the development of suburbs by making jobs outside of the city more plentiful.

• It increased access to popular culture by allowing musicians to record and distribute their music.

• It gave ordinary people access to technology that did not require special training to operate.

Corporations raise capital by

• acquiring natural resources

• developing bureaucracies

• hiring blue-collar and white-collar workers

• selling bonds and shares of stock

Workers employed by Carnegie mined iron ore in Ohio. The ore was transported across the Great Lakes on ships owned by Carnegie and then his railroad. This information best describes which business innovation from the industrial era?

• the assembly line

• bureaucratization

• vertical integration

• the department store

Which statement contrasts the work of a farmer in the 1820s with the work of a farmer in the 1840s?

• The earlier farmer harvested crops by hand, while the later farmer harvested crops using mechanical reapers and steel plows.

• The earlier farmer relied on animals to power machinery, while the later farmer relied on steam-powered machines.

• The earlier farmer sold crops in local markets only, while the later farmer shipped crops across the country in refrigerated cars.

Which development most contributed to the urbanization of American society during the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• Industries were located in cities, where many farmers formed enslaved people, and immigrants moved to find work in factories.

• The construction of transcontinental railroads made cities accessible for the first time to settlers in western territories

• The government offered incentives and the promise of free homes if people moved to the cities to fill vacant industrial jobs

• Improvements in city planning enticed people in rural areas to move to more populated areas where life was safer and more comfortable

The work of George Westinghouse and Nikolai Tesla helped to

• spread the use of electricity

• replace steam power with oil power

• expand the national railroad network

• convince individuals to invest in the stock market

The spread of railroads during the 1800s aided the U.S. economy by

• reducing the time workers spent commuting to and from work

• providing a large number of well-paying jobs to recent immigrants

• bringing consumers closer to the agricultural regions where their food was grown

• making it easier to move natural resources and finished goods around the country

Which action was one of the U.S. government's earliest responses to the environmental damage caused by industrialization?

• passage of air and water pollution regulations

• an effort to convert from coal power to electricity

• a push to move factories from cities into suburban areas

• establishment of a system of national parks and forests