Industrialization- Quiz

Who was the captain of the steel industry?

• Andrew Carnegie

• Henry Ford

• John D. Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

Who had a monopoly on the oil business?

• Andrew Carnegie

• Henry Ford

• John D. Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

Who greatly expanded the American railroad system?

• Andrew Carnegie

• Henry Ford

• John D. Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

Which of the following did NOT help bring about the rise of big business?

• Advertising

• Improvements in transportation

• Lower production costs

• Lower population in cities

Who invented the telephone?

• Nikola Tesla

• Alexander Graham Bell

• The Wright Brothers

• Karl Marx

During industrialization, farms...

• Produced less food

• Needed fewer workers

• Grew in population

• Were destroyed by natural disasters

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

How did Thomas Edison's invention of the light bulb affect the economy?

• He formed a monopoly on electricity

• He caused electricity to go out of date

• He decreased the amount of electricity Americans used

• He increased the demand for electricity

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

• urban areas

• immigration laws

• better heating

• job opportunities

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• Great Britain

• United States

• Russia

• Africa