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Industry

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which area is correctly matched with its industry? 
a)
Non-contiguous ----- Railroad 
b)
Pittsburgh ----- Steel 
c)
Detroit ----- Textile 
d)
New England ----- Automobile 
2.
Who invented the airplane? 
a)
Andrew and Thomas Carnegie
b)
Henry and Edsel Ford 
c)
Wilbur and Orville Wright 
d)
Thomas and William Edison 
3.
The city identified on the map is known for which industry? 
a)
Textile 
b)
Steel 
c)
Meat 
d)
Automobile 
4.
One major advantage of the assembly line was that it increased the... 
a)
Cost of production 
b)
Speed of production 
c)
Prices of goods 
d)
Wages of workers 
5.
Which person would most likely resist changing the negative effects of industry? 
a)
Captain of Industry 
b)
Union Leader 
c)
Striking Factory Worker 
d)
Progressive Reformer 
6.
Which invention of the 1800s did NOT contribute to the rise of big business? 
a)
Bicycle 
b)
Railroad 
c)
Electric lighting 
d)
Telephone 
7.
How did the assembly line help American industries grow? 
a)
It gave everyone a car to get to markets and buy products made by them. 
b)
It was government supported. 
c)
It made steel plentiful. 
d)
It let them make their product at a lower cost so consumers could afford it. 
8.
Which man created the lightbulb and industrialized electricity? 
a)
Thomas Edison 
b)
Alexander Graham Bell 
c)
Henry Ford 
d)
James Watts 
9.
This is a method where workers stay in one place as products move along a moving belt. 
a)
Mechanization 
b)
Assembly line 
c)
Automated systems 
d)
Production 
10.
Which city was known for steel? 
a)
New England 
b)
Detroit 
c)
Chicago 
d)
Pittsburgh 
11.
The people working in textile mills most likely lived in 
a)
New England 
b)
Detroit 
c)
Atlanta 
d)
Mid-Atlantic 
12.
Which is NOT a reason for rise and prosperity of big business? 
a)
Captains of industry 
b)
Advertising 
c)
Advancements in transportation created national markets 
d)
Higher production costs 
13.
Young mine workers motivated labor unions to...
a)
increase working hours 
b)
reform education policies 
c)
limit employment of children 
d)
refuse employment to immigrants 
14.
What was Rockefeller's strategy for economic control of the oil business? 
a)
association 
b)
cooperation 
c)
monopoly 
d)
cooperative 
15.
Which industry is Andrew Carnegie associated with? 
a)
Steel 
b)
Oil 
c)
Shipping and Railroads 
d)
Banking 
16.
All of the following caused a growth in industry EXCEPT... 
a)
available work force 
b)
lack of financial resources 
c)
abundant supply of new inventions 
d)
access to raw materials and energy sources 
17.
Henry Ford was responsible for...
a)
lightbulb and electrification 
b)
telephone and communication 
c)
assembly line and automobiles
d)
airplane and transportation 
18.
Cornelius Vanderbilt was a captain of which industry? 
a)
Oil 
b)
Textiles 
c)
Steel 
d)
Shipping and railroads 
19.
What greatly increased farm productivity and reduced labor needs? 
a)
mechanization 
b)
assembly line 
c)
cooperations 
d)
monopolies 
20.
Who was a Scottish immigrant from a poor family who ended up giving away most of his fortune? 
a)
Andrew Carnegie 
b)
John D. Rockefeller 
c)
Jay Gould 
d)
Henry Ford 
21.
This device was invented by Alexander Graham Bell and changed communication. 
a)
Lightbulb 
b)
Automobile 
c)
Telephone 
d)
Bessemer process 
22.
Electrification and the telephone increased..
a)
Westward expansion 
b)
Immigration 
c)
Racial segregation 
d)
Industrial growth 
23.
Fill in the blank of this progression.
Natural resources,
____________,
Finished products,
National markets. 
a)
Factories 
b)
Stores 
c)
Settlements 
d)
Shipyards 
24.
Chicago is most known for which industry? 
a)
automobiles 
b)
meat-packing 
c)
textiles 
d)
steel 
25.
Where would copper and lead have been transported in the late 1800s? 
a)
Southern plantations 
b)
Eastern factories 
c)
England 
d)
Steel mills in Pittsburgh 
26.
During the Industrial Revolution in America people moved from...
a)
the rural countryside to the city 
b)
cities to the country 
c)
United States to Mexico 
d)
United States to Canada