Worksheets(ch2/ L4) Factors that Led to the Growth of Industry (FIGW) 2021
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What would be a good title for this list?
-financial resources
-inventions
-getting access to resources
-work force
-financial resources
-inventions
-getting access to resources
-work force
a)
Reasons for Increased Immigration
b)
Reasons for the Growth of Cities
c)
Reasons for the Growth of Industry
d)
Reasons for the End of BIG BUSINESS
2.
What are financial resources?
a)
money
b)
shares of a company
c)
natural resources
d)
iron ore and copper
3.
Where were most factories located?
a)
near railroads and rivers
b)
on the West coast
c)
the Great Plains
d)
all of these
4.
Who is credited with inventing the telephone?
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Jane Addams
5.
Who was captain of the financial/banking industry?
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
J.P. Morgan
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Andrew Carnegie
6.
Who worked in the urban factories?
a)
immigrants
b)
migrants from rural areas
c)
African American migrants from the South
d)
all of these
7.
Which invention helped factories stay open more hours each day?
a)
electric lighting
b)
transcontinental railroad
c)
steel plow
d)
telephone
8.
Who was a leader of the FINANCIAL industry during this time in history?
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
J.P. Morgan
d)
Jane Addams
9.
Who is given credit for inventing electric lighting and advancing other uses for electricity?
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
J.P. Morgan
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
10.
What would be a good title for this list?
- Andrew Carnegie
- J.P. Morgan
- John D. Rockefeller
- Cornelius Vanderbilt
- Andrew Carnegie
- J.P. Morgan
- John D. Rockefeller
- Cornelius Vanderbilt
a)
Captains of America
b)
Captains of Industry
c)
Majors of Markets
d)
Captains of Business
11.
Who was captain of the steel industry?
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Andrew Carnegie
12.
Who was captain of the oil industry?
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
Henry Ford
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Andrew Carnegie
13.
Who was captain of the railroad industry?
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
J.P. Morgan
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Andrew Carnegie
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