Industrial Revolution Quiz

What does the term "urbanization" refer to in the context of the Second Industrial Revolution?

• Plantations

• Farms

• Cities

• Railroads

How did monopolies negatively impact consumers during the Second Industrial Revolution?

• They offered few services.

• They held strikes and boycotts.

• They replaced small workshops.

• They set high prices.

What hope did Emma Lazarus's poem "The New Colossus" express for new arrivals to the United States?

• That immigrants would be welcomed and make a positive impact

• That immigrants would encourage people to stay in Europe

• That immigrants would be able to find work in the countryside

• That immigrants would help the United States industrialize

What group was formed by workers who wanted to improve their pay and make factories safer?

• Monopoly

• Mill

• Union

• Capital

Use the image to answer the question: Why were factories like this one important during the Second Industrial Revolution?

• They produced textiles used for clothing.

• They made steel used for buildings and railroads.

• They made lumber used for making ships and schools.

• They produced oil used for heating homes.

The discovery of __________ was important because it was used to help machines run smoothly, and to make fuel to power those machines.

• oil

• coal

• natural gas

• lumber

Which feature most likely created a challenge for the builders of the transcontinental railroad?

• the Great Lakes

• the Rocky Mountains

• the Appalachian Mountains

• the Columbia River

A manufacturer needs ______ to buy or build a factory, pay its workers and buy equipment.

• credit

• capital

• business

• bank

What event is shown in the image?

• discovery of oil in Pennsylvania

• completion of the transcontinental railroad

• invention of the first steam engine

• creation of a new trade union

One good effect of the railroads during the 1800s was that they __________.

• connected the East and West Coasts of the United States

• connected Europe and Australia

• connected the United States and Europe

• connected North and South America