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WorksheetsIndustry Review
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 35mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Using machinery to replace manual labor is called...?
a)
Oppressive
b)
Urbanization
c)
Mechanization
d)
Iron Man
2.
Electric lighting and telephone service increased:
a)
immigration
b)
westward expansion
c)
racial segregation
d)
industrial growth
3.
Who became the leader of the steel industry in the U.S.?
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
J.P. Morgan
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
4.
An area often referred to as the country that is sparsely populated is called...
a)
Urban Area
b)
Rural Area
c)
Land Cover
d)
Land Use
5.
Businessmen who were especially successful and powerful were called...?
a)
Oppressive
b)
Political machines
c)
Captains of Industry
d)
Captain America
6.
Who investigated the practical use of electricity and invented a scientific light bulb?
a)
Frederick Taylor
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Thomas Edison
7.
A railroad baron who was known as the "Commodore."
a)
George Westinghouse.
b)
George Pullman
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
William McKinley
8.
He became a railroad baron after earning a large fortune in the steamship industry.
a)
George Pullman
b)
George Westinghouse
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
William Jennings Bryan
9.
Because of the rapid growth of Industrilization in the North people moved out of rural towns to?
a)
Rural farms
b)
Urbanzied cities
c)
Subrebs cities
d)
El rancho
10.
Between 1860 and 1910, the U.S. population tripled due to:
a)
The Baby Boom
b)
Immigration
c)
The Homestead Act
d)
Better Healthcare
11.
This man was known for his success in consolidating the railroads
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
Gustavus Swift
12.
He created the company known as Standard Oil
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Thomas Edison
13.
The law created to prevent monopolies, and break up large companies like Standard Oil
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Homestead Act
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
14.
Name for entrepreneurs who use ruthless tactics to destroy competition or to keep wages low
a)
Captain of Industry
b)
Robber Baron
c)
Philanthropist
d)
Consolidator
15.
Name the immigrant who invented the telephone.
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Alexander Graham Bell
16.
The innovation of this transportation help open up the national market?
a)
boats
b)
railroads
c)
autombils
d)
horse drawn carriages
17.
The area inside the city is called ______.
a)
urban
b)
suburban
c)
rural
18.
The powered loom made textile production easier. What is the best synonym for "textile?"
a)
Steel
b)
Coal
c)
Cloth
d)
Cotton
19.
Which of the following was a major effect of the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Poverty was eliminated.
b)
Societies moved from agriculture to industry.
c)
The number of wars between countries decreased.
d)
Unemployment increased.
20.
What is urbanization?
a)
The movement of people from urban to rural areas
b)
Cities
c)
Farm towns
d)
The movement of people from rural to urban areas
21.
Who invented the telephone, an easier form of communication than the telegraph?
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Samuel B. Morse
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Thomas Edison
22.
Who flew the first successful flight using a "flying machine"?
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
The Wright Brothers
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
John D. Rockefeller
23.
What did Henry Ford contribute to the United States during this time period?
a)
made the lightbulb more practical
b)
assembly line which helped build automobiles
c)
steel production
d)
cars
24.
Andrew Carnegie was a "captain" of what industry?
a)
automobile
b)
communications
c)
oil
d)
steel
25.
Standard guage, standard time, and the Pullman Car all had a tremendous impact on what industry?
a)
airline
b)
automobile
c)
maritime
d)
railroad
26.
In the 19th Century, John D. Rockefeller was MOST associated with which company?
a)
U.S. Steel
b)
Standard Oil
c)
General Motors
d)
American Telephone and Telegraph
27.
All of these were problems created by the late 19th century urbanization EXCEPT
a)
a need for city planning
b)
a shortage of factory workers
c)
a lack of adequate transportation
d)
a need for an adequate water supplu
28.
What was an American capitalist of the Gilded Age whose contributions benefited society?
a)
Captain of Industry
b)
Social Darwinist
c)
Socialist
d)
Fundamentalist
29.
Complete control over an industry's production, wages, & prices
a)
monopoly
b)
capitalism
c)
socialism
d)
concentration of wealth
30.
Where did you most likely live in 1890 if your parents worked in a factory like the one seen in the picture above?
a)
New York City
b)
Atlanta
c)
Chicago
d)
Philadelphia
31.
What was the result of the industrial growth during the late 1800's?
a)
Growth in the percentage of agricultural workers
b)
Less diversity in American cultures
c)
A population shift from urban to rural areas
d)
A sharp increase in urban populations
32.
Which city developed into a steel-manufacturing area?
a)
Boston
b)
Detroit
c)
Pittsburgh
d)
New York City
33.
Job opportunities caused movement in America. People moved from--
a)
the rural countryside to the city
b)
the United States to Mexico
c)
The United States to Canada
d)
cities to the country
34.
What factor led many farmers, families, and young women to move to cities during the nineteenth century?
a)
the growing availability of factory jobs
b)
the constant fear of an influenza outbreak
c)
the declining interest in westward expansion
d)
the educational opportunities at free universities
35.
What industry did Pittsburgh become the center of?
a)
Cotton
b)
Steel
c)
Automoblies
d)
Airplanes
36.
This led to faster production and lower prices
a)
Patent
b)
Assembly Line
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Automoblie
37.
A monopoly does this to its competitors to control an industry
a)
Wipes out its competitors
b)
Splits into many smaller companies
c)
Gives money to many charities
d)
Cooperates with other companies to have competition
38.
The mechanization of agriculture in the United States led directly to
a)
an increase in production
b)
less dependence on railroads by farmers
c)
fewer agricultural exports
d)
the decreasing size of the average farm
39.
During the late 1800s, what was a major effect of industrialization on workers in the United States?
a)
Membership in labor unions declined.
b)
Workers migrated to rural regions.
c)
Most factory jobs became service industry jobs.
d)
Skilled craftsman were replaced by semiskilled machine operators.
40.
Which three big businesses transformed America in the years between 1870 and 1914?
a)
meatpacking, automobile, and construction
b)
railroads, steel and oil
c)
textile, meatpacking and canals
d)
political machines, settlement houses and ghettos
41.
He used the Bessemer Process in a factory in Pittsburg Pennsylvania, to mass produce stronger steel
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Terrence Powderly
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
42.
Invented the Light bulb.
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Edwin Drake
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
43.
The Captain of Banking, Finance, and Investment
a)
JP Morgan
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
Henry Ford
44.
He created the First billion dollar corporation called US Steel
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
J.P. Morgan
d)
Thomas Edison
45.
Who is the author of The Jungle?
a)
Theodore Dreiser
b)
William Dean Howells
c)
Sinclair Lewis
d)
Upton Sinclair
46.
Which industry did Upton Sinclair write The Jungle about?
a)
Steel
b)
Railroad
c)
Meatpacking
d)
Coal
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