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WorksheetsChapter 5 Review: Big Business
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
After the Civil War (1865), how did the United States economy change?
a)
from agricultural to industrial
b)
from factories to farming
c)
from urban to rural
d)
from industrial to agricultural
2.
Transportation advancements allowed natural resources like iron ore to be moved to sites of ______.
a)
Steel mills
b)
Sewing factories
c)
Automobile factories
d)
Textile Industries
3.
Where would copper and lead have been transported in the late 1800s?
a)
Eastern factories
b)
Southern plantations
c)
Steel mills in Pittsburgh
d)
England
4.
Once resources were processed and made into a product, companies transported the finished product to...
a)
national markets
b)
eastern factories
c)
steel mills
d)
financial resources
5.
What are financial resources?
a)
Money available to be used
b)
The people who work for a company
c)
Goods manufactured and sold
d)
Things taken from nature to be used in manufacturing
6.
Which person is credited with the development of the assembly line?
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Thomas Edison
7.
The light bulb was created in 1878. This invention was significant because ...
a)
it increased factory safety and led to American electrification.
b)
it decreased immigration to American cities.
c)
it increased the number of agricultural jobs.
d)
it decreased urban pollution.
8.
What device did Alexander Graham Bell create that changed communication forever?
a)
Telephone
b)
Internet
c)
Telegraph
d)
Electrical systems
9.
Which of the following people helped develop the airplane?
a)
Orville Wright
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
Henry Ford
d)
Thomas Edison
10.
One major advantage of the assembly line was that it increased the -
a)
speed of production
b)
cost of production
c)
prices of goods
d)
wages of workers
11.
Which man helped industrialize electricity?
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Horatio Alger
c)
James Watts
d)
Alexander G. Bell
12.
All of the following caused a growth in industry EXCEPT
a)
lack of financial resources
b)
access to raw materials and energy sources
c)
available work force
d)
abundant supply of new inventions
13.
Child labor, low wages, and unsafe working conditions could best be described as...
a)
Negative Effects of Industry
b)
Positive Effects of Industry
c)
Restrictions on child labor
d)
Reasons for Increased Immigration
14.
Financial resources, inventions, access to resources, and a work force of immigrants are all...
a)
Factors resulting in growth of industry
b)
Manifest Destiny
c)
Reasons for westward expansion
d)
Reasons for rise and prosperity of big business
15.
Which of the following would have been considered a typical work week during the industrialization of the United States?
a)
12 hours a day, 7 days a week
b)
5 hours a day, 7 days a week
c)
8 hours a day, 5 days a week
d)
20 hours a day, 6 days a week
16.
Which of the following was a negative effect of industrialization?
a)
unsafe working conditions
b)
labor unions
c)
the reaper
d)
high salaries
17.
Who was a leader in the steel industry?
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
Alexander Graham Bell
18.
Who was a leader in the oil industry?
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
Alexander Graham Bell
19.
Who was a leader in the railroad industry?
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
Alexander Graham Bell
20.
Which of the following contributed (led to) the rise of big business in the late 1800s?
a)
Captains of industry
b)
Workers going on strike
c)
Lack of financial resources
d)
Lack of a workforce
21.
Captains of Industry, advertising, and national markets opening up are considered...
a)
Reasons for rise and prosperity of big business
b)
Reasons for westward expansion
c)
Reasons for immigration
d)
Factors resulting in growth of industry
22.
Andrew Carnegie had a problem with one of his steel plants in 1892 after cutting his workers' wages. Several men were killed in a clash with police and strikers. Eventually, the strike was put down and the steelworkers union fell apart. What was the name of this strike?
a)
Homestead Strike
b)
Pullman Strike
c)
Vanderbilt Riot
d)
Haymarket Riot
23.
Which area was the center of the textile industry?
a)
New England
b)
Chicago
c)
Pittsburgh
d)
Great Plains
24.
Reduced work hours and a minimum wage are considered...
a)
Progressive reforms
b)
Assembly line
c)
Mechanization of agriculture
d)
Women's suffrage movement
25.
Which group is most likely to call for a strike?
a)
American Federation of Labor
b)
Captains of Industry
c)
Boss Tweed and his political machine
d)
The Suffragists
26.
How did a growing number of workers respond to their poor working conditions and low pay?
a)
They formed or joined unions
b)
They started working at companies with very high pay
c)
They moved to settlement houses
d)
They started new companies with generous working conditions098
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