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Rise of Industry - Sections 1-5

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is the growth in new technologies and manufacturing during the late 18th and early 19th century

a)

Mass production

b)

Laissez-Faire

c)

Urbanization

d)

Industrial Revolution

2.

This image is an example of

a)

Labor Union

b)

Mass Production

c)

Monopoly

d)

Urbanization

3.
process which made steel more affordable and profitable
a)
Gospel of Wealth
b)
Bessemer Process
c)
Smelting
d)
Monopoly
4.

This image is an example of

a)

Labor Union

b)

Trust

c)

Entrepreneur

d)

Corporation

5.

A company that controls all production and sales of a product is called a

a)

Laissez-Faire

b)

Business Giant

c)

Corporation

d)

Monopoly

6.

A trust is...

a)

an individual that controls all production and sales of a particular product or service.

b)

a business that is owned by many investors.

c)

a company that had eliminated competition by buying up all of its rivals.

d)

a group of corporations run by a single board of directors.

7.

During the Gilded Age many capitalists lived like royalty while

a)

workers lived in poverty

b)

workers were beginning to enter the middle class

c)

workers were given huge raises

d)

workers were sent to unpaid labor camps

8.

This Industrialist ended up controlling almost 90% of the US Oil Refining industry in the US.

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

Madam CJ Walker

d)

Thomas Edison

9.

Why are monopolies bad for the economy?

a)

They do not make improvements to products without competition

b)

They do not have fair prices because there is no competition

c)

Both A and B

d)

None of the above

10.

Which application of a new technology can attributed to an invention of Thomas Edison?

a)

Refrigerated railroad cars allowed food to be transported long distances

b)

Light bulbs made it efficient for factory workers to work at night

c)

Diesel engines were used in production of airplanes

d)

Sonar technology was used to track submarines

11.
What did the Bessemer process achieve?
a)
It created electric power to streetcars.
b)
It allowed meat to be processed and refrigerated.
c)
It more efficiently converted iron to steel.
d)
It allowed planes to travel faster and farther distances. 
12.

The inventor who created the telephone was

a)

Andrew Carnegie.

b)

Alexander Graham Bell.

c)

Thomas Edison.

d)

Henry Bessemer.

13.

What is the connection between industrialization and urbanization?

a)

Factories were built in rural areas where land was cheap, so people moved to the countryside.

b)

The growth of cities slowed down because of a labor shortage in the factories.

c)

People looking for jobs flocked to the cities, where most of the new industries were.

d)

City leaders banned new factories until industries solved the pollution problems they caused.

14.

What were working conditions like during the Industrial Revolution? Mark all that apply.

a)

Safe

b)

Low wages

c)

Children working

d)

Fire danger

15.

Fire in 1911 that kills 144 workers that helps change fire safety laws in New York and across the United States.

a)

The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

b)

The Haymarket Riot

c)

The Homestead Strike

d)

The Red Rising

16.

Which words describe the tenements where about two-thirds of New Yorkers lived?

a)

bright and airy

b)

unclean and dangerous

c)

spacious and new

d)

trendy and sophisticated

17.

Which is the rural place?

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.

Which is the urban place?

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.

How did the role of women change in factories during the American Industrial Revolution?

a)

Women started working in textile mills and other industrial settings.

b)

Women were not allowed to work in factories

c)

Women became factory owners and managers

d)

Women became farmers and left the factories

20.

This photograph shows a device that was introduced in the 1970s.

How has the use of the device shown in this photograph affected business in the United States?

a)

By improving the efficiency of making purchases

b)

By lowering the quality of merchandise

c)

By increasing the time needed to produce goods

d)

By decreasing the number of imported products