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WorksheetsIndustrialization Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which area in the map provided the petroleum for the oil-refining industry that arose in the United States in the mid-late 1800s?
the area labeled W
the area labeled X
the area labeled Y
the area labeled Z
The person most responsible for making the steel industry a big business in the United States is
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Henry Bessemer
Tom Scott
When one person or corporation owns an entire industry, it is called
A corporation
A patent
A monopoly
An entrepeneur
Which of the following was an inventor of the late 1800s?
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas Edison
Tom Scott
John D. Rockefeller
Which of the following were factors resulting in the Growth of Industry?
Access to raw materials and energy
Inventions(mechanical uses of electricity, electric lighting, the telephone)
Railroads across the country
Financial resources
Advertising
How did transportation advances help to create a rise in big business?
Workers lived further away from factories.
Products could be transported to a new national market.
Mechanization decreased the need to transport goods over long distances.
Labor unions were disbanded after the railroad strikes.
The inventor of the telephone was
Andrew Carnegie
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Henry Bessemer
What was one consequence of the business boom?
Rural areas gained population as land prices became more affordable.
Average incomes for all Americans rose as business profits were shared equally.
People began moving to cities in search of jobs.
Companies offered more job security to their workers, promising them jobs for life.
An entrepreneur is
A group of corporations that unite to reduce competition.
A person who assembles the resources necessary to start a business.
A theory that business works best when their very little involvement from the government.
A company that controls all production and sales of a particular product.
Which economic theory allowed government and business to accept these kinds of working conditions for children?
Entrepreneur
Monopoly
Free Enterprise
Captialism
