US 2 Chapter 3 test

After the Civil war, industry rapidly expanded, and millions of Americans left their farms to work

in mines and factories. This is known as

• The second industrial revolution

• The work force revolution

• The great migration

• The great switch

The Second industrial revolution is categorized by an increase in technology. This was

primarily due to the advances in what?

• agriculture
• Plumbing

• electrification

• architecture

What dose GNP stand for?

• Gross National Product
• Gigantic National Power
• Global Net Profit
• Great National Product

What where the two main factors that helped America industrialize so quickly?

• America could buy raw materials cheaply from Canada and Mexico

• Abundant raw materials

• Cheap labor due to a huge influx of immigrants

• The smartest immigrants came to America

The American oil industry started out due to the demand for what?

• Cheap gas for transportation

• electricity
• kerosene

• A cheap way to power trains

Between 1860 and 1910 the population of the United States did what?

• Tripled

• Doubled

• Dropped by half

• Dropped by 25%

Where did most of the immigrants come from? (Mark all that apply)

• Europe

• Australia

• Asia

• Africa

who was a renowned inventor during this time who created the modern day research lab?

• Thomas Edison
• Benjamin Franklin
• Nikola Tesla
• Alexander Graham Bell

Edison is associated with the creation or improvement of all these inventions except one

• Electric Generator

• Phonograph

• Ice Machine

• Light bulb

Who is associated with laying a telegraph cable across the Atlantic in 1866?

• Alexander Graham Bell
• Thomas Edison
• Nikola Tesla
• Cyrus Field