Industrialization quiz #1

Who invented the light bulb?

• Alexander Graham Bell
• Thomas Edison
• George Pullman
• George Eastman

Cornelius Vanderbilt was the captain of which industry?

• Steel
• Automobile
• Oil
• Shipping and railroad

Andrew Carnegie was the captain of which industry?

• Oil
• Shipping and railroad
• Automobile
• Steel

John D. Rockefeller was the captain of which industry"

• Steel
• Oil
• Shipping and Railroads
• Automobile

What did the electric light do for industries?

• It made the consumer happier
• It made the workers happier
• Made the workday shorter
• Made the workday longer

Where were steel mills located?

• Chicago
• Detroit
• Pittsburgh
• New England

A production system with machines and workers arranged so that each person performs a task over and over as the item passes along a conveyor belt.

• assembly line
• partnership
• corporation
• industry

I am the founder of the Standard Oil Company. I am ___________

• John D. Rockefeller
• Andrew Carnegie
• Wright Brothers
• Thomas Edison

The inventor of the telephone in 1876 was

• Thomas Edison
• Nicola Tesla
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Eli Whitney

This is a term for when one company controls the majority of an industry

• Monopoly
• Dividend
• Corporation
• Company