Industrial Revolution Quiz

What was the Industrial Revolution?

• A time when workers began to use machines to make textiles, etc.

• A period when agriculture was the main industry

• A time when people moved to rural areas

• A period of global peace and prosperity

What impact did the Industrial Revolution have on society?

• People started to move to cities in order to follow the jobs.

• People moved to rural areas to farm

• People stopped working altogether

• People began to travel more for leisure

Who is associated with the assembly line?

• Henry Ford

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Nikola Tesla

What did the standardized track system do for railroads?

• Created a system where all lines could be used by all trains

• Made trains slower

• Made trains more expensive

• Made trains less efficient

Where did most immigrants move to during the Industrial Revolution?

• Northern cities

• Southern cities

• Rural areas

• Coastal towns

What is a Corporation?

• A share of a company that is purchased making the buyer part owner in that company.

• When a company buys out other companies in the same business.

• When a business sells or issues shares of company ownership through stocks.

• New structure of business, due to the size.

Which companies are mentioned in the context of new business concepts?

• Montgomery Wards and Sears and Roebuck.

• Menlo Park and New Jersey.

• Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell.

• Samuel Morse and Alexander Graham Bell.

What agricultural inventions made farming more efficient?

• Telegraph and Telephone.

• Combine and Tractor.

• Department stores and Mail-in catalogs.

• Stocks and Bureaucracy.

Who became widely known for his inventions out of Menlo Park, New Jersey?

• Samuel Morse.

• Alexander Graham Bell.

• Thomas Edison.

• Montgomery Wards.

Who is associated with the invention of the Telegraph?

• Thomas Edison.

• Alexander Graham Bell.

• Samuel Morse.

• Montgomery Wards.