WorksheetsIndustrialization
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What financial resourced were used to help industries grow and prosper?
a)
bank loans and stock sales (incorporation)
b)
sales
c)
mechanization
d)
transcontinental railroad
2.
How did advertising help industry grow and prosper?
a)
Gave consumers assembly lines
b)
Moved to national markets
c)
Convinced people they need the product
d)
Use the transcontinental railroad
3.
What made the cost of production lower?
a)
financial resources
b)
raw materials
c)
light bulbs
d)
assembly line
4.
How did transportation help industries grow and prosper?
a)
It controlled raw materials
b)
It meant borrowing money from banks.
c)
It shipped consumer goods to national markets
d)
It moved energy to where it was needed
5.
What did the electric light do for industries?
a)
It made the consumer happier
b)
It made the workers happier
c)
Made the workday shorter
d)
Made the workday longer
6.
Which of these groups helped fill the labor needs in factories?
a)
immigrants
b)
elderly
c)
Congressmen
d)
patients
7.
Where were factories located?
a)
Southern U.S.
b)
Western U.S
c)
Eastern U.S.
d)
Northern U.S.
8.
Where were steel mills located?
a)
Chicago
b)
Detroit
c)
Pittsburgh
d)
New England
9.
John D. Rockefeller is the captain of which industry"
a)
Steel
b)
Oil
c)
Shipping and Railroads
d)
Automobile
10.
Andrew Carnegie was the captain of which industry?
a)
textile
b)
shipping and railroad
c)
automobile
d)
steel
11.
Cornelius Vanderbilt is the captain of which industry?
a)
assembly line
b)
automobile
c)
textile
d)
shipping and railroad
12.
Which industry is located in New England?
a)
meat-packing
b)
textile
c)
automobile
d)
steel
13.
Which industry is located in Detroit?
a)
automobile
b)
steel
c)
textile
d)
meat-packing
14.
Which industry is located in Chicago?
a)
automobile
b)
meat-packing
c)
textile
d)
steel
15.
Where did former farmers move in order to find work?
a)
rural areas
b)
counties
c)
cities (urban areas)
d)
suburbs
16.
What caused the reduction of the need for farm labor?
a)
telephones
b)
lightbulbs
c)
immigrants
d)
mechanization
17.
What provided all Americans with consumer goods?
a)
telegrams
b)
letters
c)
mail order catalogues
d)
mechanization
18.
Who invented the light bulb?
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Thomas Edison
19.
Who invented the telephone?
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Thomas Edison
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