CS#8 - The Rise of Industry Summative Review - U.S. Studies

All of the following helped to transform the American economy from an agrarian to an increasingly urban industrial society in the late 1800’s EXCEPT

• corporations

• heavy industry

• mechanized farming

• victories in foreign wars

• technological innovations

Increased mechanization of industry and improvements to worker efficiency during the Second Industrial Revolution led to

• the United States becoming a world supplier of military hardware

• the increased productivity of factories in the United States

• the decreased use of railroads in the United States

• safer air travel

Increased mechanization of industry and improvements to worker efficiency led to engineering colleges to be established to feed the enormous demand for expertise. All of this along with the rapid growth of small business led to

• a great increase in real estate development in Florida

• the rise of a new middle class in northern cities

• the growth of oil refineries in Alaska

• the Civil War

What did incorporating their businesses and possessing limited liability insurance do for owners of businesses and entrepreneurs?

• it meant that a firm and its owners were limited in their liability to their creditors only up to the resources of the firm

• it meant that a firm and its owners were no longer shielded from losing their personal wealth if their company went bankrupt

• it meant that corporations were not liable for their employees injured on the job

• it meant that they had more time for exercising

Heavy industry grew, i.e. factories that used heavy equipment, large machine tools, and huge buildings. Traditional examples of heavy industry from the mid-19th century through the early 20th included all of the following EXCEPT

• steelmaking

• artillery production

• locomotive and machine tool building

• making eye glasses

• mining

Which of the following statements about the Second Industrial Revolution is TRUE?

• it marked a shift from a predominance of factory workers to a predominance of agricultural workers

• it marked a shift from a predominance of agricultural workers to a predominance of factory workers

• it marked a huge migration of city dwellers into rural areas of the country

All of the following statements about the factory workers during the Second Industrial Revolution are TRUE EXCEPT

• they worked for low pay and worked in unsanitary conditions

• they worked up to 16 hours a day in unsafe conditions

• they performed boring and or tedious tasks and did not have any retirement or insurance

• they were not allowed to quit their jobs without the approval of the mayor of the town

Which of the following statements about the Second Industrial Revolution is TRUE?

• it marked a shift of people from rural living to urban living

• many more factory workers lived in the suburbs and country houses

• the common laborer received large increases in pay

• health insurance was fully paid for by the employer

All of the following statements about the growth of mechanized farming in the United States in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s are TRUE EXCEPT

• it helped to transform the American economy

• the amount of cereal crops produced decreased

• production was made more efficient

• machines began to replace human labor

All of the following were technological innovations in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s that transformed the American economy EXCEPT

• the telephone

• the phonograph

• the turbo prop engine

• the incandescent light bulb