Chapter 4 Review

Which of the following best fits the missing item on the chart?

• Farmers sold their products all over the country

• Newcomers settled in cities and towns.

• Many farmers went into debt.

• Indiana businesses shipped products quickly and easily.

Which of the following increased the productivity of farmers?

• Ball Brothers' glass jars

• Caleb Mill's speech

• James Oliver's steel plow

• Elbert Gary's steelworkers

How did James Oliver's plow change Indiana's economy?

• It used Indiana's energy resources more efficiently.

• It provided containers for food products.

• It increased the productivity of farmers.

• It provided work for many immigrants.

How did increased productivity affect the price farmers could charge for their products?

• It increased the number of products, so the price per item went up.

• It increased the number of products, so the price per item went down.

• It decreased the number of products, so the price per item went up.

• It decreased the number of products, so the price per item went down.

What natural resource attracted new businesses to towns near Muncie in the late 1800s?

• coal

• rivers

• oil

• natural gas

Which Indiana natural resource was used to power trains?

• coal

• natural gas

• gasoline

• kerosene

Many of the immigrants who came to Indiana during the 1870s and 1880s came from which countries?

• England and Scotland

• Russia and Poland

• Ireland and Germany

• China and Japan

What new service jobs were created in Indiana's growing cities?

• automobile makers, oil company workers, and steel mill workers

• farmers, flour mill workers, and meat packing workers

• storekeepers, grocery clerks, and business owners

• firefighters, street cleaners, and water company workers

Which new service job was needed because most city buildings were made of wood?

• water company worker

• firefighter

• street cleaner

• garbage collector

Which of the following was started to improve Indiana's literacy?

• the Grange

• labor unions

• public education

• oil refineries