Immigration & Industrialization

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• The United States

• Germany

• Italy

• Great Britain

In the early days of the Industrial Revolution, which item was manufactured in great numbers in factories?

• Automobiles

• Textiles

• Cookware

• Farm equipment

What is the movement of people from rural to urban areas called?

• Urbanization

• Naturalization

• Assimilation

• Inflation

Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell and James Hargreaves are all examples of...

• generous philanthropists

• rich industrialists

• important inventors

• greedy robber barons

Which industry did Andrew Carnegie make his fortune in?

• Oil

• Banking

• Steel

• Automobiles

The run down apartments that many poor people (mainly immigrants) in large cities lived in were called...

• public housing

• tenements

• apartments

• flats

From which continent did most immigrants come from during the turn of the century?

• Europe

• South America

• Asia

• Africa

Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?

• Low wages

• Child labor

• Safety precautions

• Long hours

The term "laissez-faire" roughly translates to mean...

• let us rebel

• leave us alone

• labor force

• liberate us

Who had a monopoly on the oil industry during the Industrial Revolution?

• Andrew Carnegie

• J.P. Morgan

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• John D. Rockefeller