WorksheetsIndustry and Innovation
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 38mins
The rise of big business meant most people worked at _____.
farms
plantations
factories
churches
Which statement best describes the United States economic history during the period 1865-1900?
Industrialization increased at a rapid rate.
Factories imported most of their raw materials.
The lack of immigration tended to decrease industrial production.
American industrial technology was hindered by the Civil War.
What did the Homestead Act offer?
a new home for travelers
a stop along the Oregon Trail
free land after 5 years of living on it.
This process converted iron to steel and allowed for taller buildings, longer bridges, and heavier machinery.
Carnegie Process
Ironing Process
Bessemer Process
Bell Process
Using the map above, which 2 regions developed strong industrial economies following the Civil War?
1 and 4
1 and 3
2 and 3
1 and 2
Heavy industry required a large labor force. What source of labor is referenced in the poem?
Urbanization... farmers leaving to work in the cities
The Great Migration
Immigration
Women and children entering the factories
Who is the industrialist/ robber baron pictured in the political cartoon above?
Andrew Carnegie
John D Rockefeller
J.P. Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
The assembly line technique was used to mass produce the automobile pictured above. What name is most associated with this innovation?
Henry Ford
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Jonas Salk
Henry Bessemer
Thomas Edison is credited with over 1000 patents during his lifetime. Which invention below would NOT be connected with him?
Which image below would be connected with the Bessemer Process?
What is industrialization?
The shift from human and animal power to machine power.
The process of moving from machine power to animal power.
The belief that the United States should expand across the North American continent.
The use of hard working immigrants to mine natural resources.
When did the United States enter a period of rapid industrial growth?
Before the Revolutionary War.
After the Revolutionary War.
After World War 1
After the Civil War.
The expansion of Industrialism in the United States led to an increase in
Construction materials
Immigrants to complete the work.
Modes of Transportation
All answers are correct.
Produced from iron ore, which of the following is the strongest material in the list below?
Bituminous coal
Steel
Iron
Textiles
What are companies who dominate a specific industry (steel, oil, etc.) called?
Monopolies
Local Business
Corporations
Competitors
What did Union workers do when negotiations with their employers failed?
They used collective bargaining
They went on strike
They gave up and went home
They set factories on fire
The biggest oil company in the US during the period 1865-1900 was created by
JP Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
The man responsible for founding the biggest steel corporation in the US during the period 1865-1900 was
JP Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
How did Andrew Carnegie make his fortune?
He established a network of radio companies.
He set up telegraph offices in the United States and Europe.
He established electricity companies all over the world.
He produced steel very efficiently.
The telephone was an innovation of
Guglielmo Marconi
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Jean Lenoir
Gustav Eiffel
The light bulb was an innovation of
Guglielmo Marconi
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Jean Lenoir
Gustav Eiffel
Innovations are something new, a change; the act of introducing a new method, idea, device, etc.
True
False
America's 2nd industrial Revolution included all EXCEPT:
spread of railways
Bessemer process
telegraph, telephone, transatlantic cable, elevator, sewing machine, lightbulf
national market
the spinning jenny and water frame
the spread of railroads provided
stimulus to iron, coal, and steel industries
cheaper transportation costs for carrying raw materials and finished goods
stimulus to the rights of minorities
cheaper rubber for the rail roads
nicola tesla:
telephone
electric motor vehicles
alternating current
light bulb
John D Rockefeller did all of the following EXCEPT
Standard Oil Co. kerosene & gasoline
manufacture steel with Bessemer process
railroad rebates
pipeline transport
Henry Ford
less expensive train cars
less expensive automobile
Wilbur and Orville Wright
Bessemer process 1856
airplane 1903
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Law instituting anti-trust laws, therefor allowing monopolies to form in the marketplace
Gives the president full power to deploy spies into enemy territory
Combinations "in restraint of trade" are prohibited
Act denying trust, or alliances, with European countries
Federal Laws Regulating Business
Interstate Commerce Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Bessemer Act
Homestead Capital Law
Dangers of Monopoly
Less incentive to improve products
Monopolists can overcharge consumers
Businesses forming pooling agreements
Formation of trusts
Define innovation
To design something new
To improve upon a previous creation
To build a business from nothing
Slogan made famous by American manufacturing tycoon, John Nissan
Define Invention
To design something new
To better a previously designed creation
A belief system based on pro-machinery formed during the Industrial Revolution
To seek better business strategies
Garret Morgan
Financier made famous by financing T. Edison
Formed U. S steel
Creator of J. P Morgan banking
Patented traffic signal, and a breathing apparatus for firemen
Famous African American Entrepreneur who created a haircare line leading to her becoming the first self-made female millionaire in America
Sarah Goode
Josephine Cochran
Madame C J Walker
Carly A. Williams
Big Business men who used ruthless tactics to succeed in railroad, oil, and steel businesses
robber barons
monopoly
Andrew Carnegie
natural resource, steam from this used to move ships and trains
oil
coal
steel
Which industry did the Industrial Revolution first take hold in Great Britain?
textiles
iron production
agriculture
transportation
