History of Industry in America

What city was the center of the automobile producing industry?

• Pittsburgh

• Detroit

• New York

• Chicago

Which person made production faster and cheaper?

• Henry Ford

• John D. Rockefeller

• Jane Addams

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

Who was the leader of the steel industry, which was centered in Pittsburgh?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Thomas Edison

What was the main industry of the Northeast that used cloth and wool from different areas of the country?

• Oil industry

• Steel industry

• Textile industry

• Railroad industry

Who was the head of the railroad industry, in which he bought smaller companies and built a large transportation system in the U.S.?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• John D. Rockefeller

What was the raw material used to make steel?

• Oil

• Iron ore

• Limestone

• Wood

Working from his lab in Menlo Park, who created over 1,000 patents, including the longer-lasting light bulb?

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

Large, cramped buildings called what were used to house poor immigrants?

• Ghettos

• Tenements

• Settlement houses

• Factories

What were the names given to poor immigrant neighborhoods, usually separated by immigrant groups?

• Ghettos

• Suburbs

• Neighborhoods

• Districts

A ______________ was a place where immigrants could go to get educated, learn job skills, the English language, and American customs.

• Settlement house

• Labor union

• Temperance house

• Muckraker house