Chapter 10 practice assessment

Which statement best describes a result of industrialization in the United States during the

mid-nineteenth century?

• People moved to cities in search of economic opportunity.

• Farmers began to cultivate land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Native peoples were forcibly relocated to western territories.

• Government officials began to promote the idea of Manifest Destiny.

Known as the "Master of Steel"

• John D. Rockefeller
• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• Gustavus Swift
• Andrew Carnegie

He was known as a major entrepreneur in the Oil Industry

• John Rockefeller
• Andrew Carnegie
• Cornelius Vanderbelt 
• Gustavus Swift

City building and the movement of people to cities.

• Industrialization

• Organization

• Ruralization

• Urbanization

He patented the light bulb

• Edward Drake

• Thomas Edison

• Thomas Hobbes

• Alexander Bell

This connected the East Coast to the West Coast and allowed for people and goods to be transported much more rapidly across the country

• Highway

• Airways

• Mississippi River

• Transcontinental Railroad

Mechanization is...

• when a human operates a machine

• installing machines into the human body

• using machines to do work instead of humans

• advancing machine technology

Which city became the core of the automobile industry during industrialization?

• Detroit, MI

• Pittsburgh, PA

• New England

• Atlanta, GA

Due to mechanization, farms needed fewer...

• Tools

• Machines

• Workers

• Fields

What is one reason many Americans moved from rural to urban areas?

• urban areas

• immigration laws

• better heating

• job opportunities