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- 1. Multiple ChoiceBased on this list, what industry is being described?
**Contributed to the growth of the western U.S.
**Contributed to the rise of big business
**Impacted many other industries in the U.S.The steel industryThe oil industryThe textile industryThe railroad industry - 2. Multiple ChoiceThe railroad had the biggest impact on this industry:MeatpackingOilSteelElectricity
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe light bulb changed American society by:Extending working and recreational hours after dark making the nation more productiveMaking it more safe from invasionsFueling a desire for new inventions to make life easierMaking industry more productive through time saving management
- 4. Multiple ChoiceLabor for the railroads was provided by these immigrants who worked under harsh and unsafe conditions:Japanese and ItaliansIrish and ChineseEnglish and RussianSpanish and French
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is matched correctly?Cornelius Vanderbilt- Automobile IndustryThomas Edison- Steel IndustryJohn D. Rockefeller- Oil IndustryAndrew Carnegie- Railroad Industry
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThomas Edison inventions included all of the following, except:TelephonePhonographMoving Pictures
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which statement BEST describes the point of this late-19th century cartoon?The United States is increasing its exploration for natural resources.American society is being controlled by the coal and steel industries.Major industry is in control of much of American government and society.The Federal Government is controlling big business in the United States. - 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these helped to further the Westward Expansion in the United States after 1865?California Gold RushAbolition of SlaveryTranscontinental RailroadLewis and Clark Expedition
- 9. Multiple ChoiceJudging from the map, which area was likely to see the GREATEST percentage increase in urban population due to the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad?ABCD
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these is the BEST explanation of the impact railroads played on the growing trend of urbanization in the early-to-mid-1800s?They made the need for steel obsolete.People could now vacation in places far away.Raw and manufactured goods could be transported more easily.They replaced cars as the most common form of transportation.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these changes during the Industrial Revolution led to greater efficiency?Workers received labor rights.Major labor unions were formed.Slavery and other forms of forced labor were eliminated.Animal & human power were generally replaced with steam power.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these would BEST describe an immediate effect of the invention and mass production of the light bulb?time became standardizedagriculture worked longer hoursrailroad companies expanded routeslonger factory hours for all workers
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich fact would make the BEST evidence to support the statement that "Thomas Edison's most important invention was the light bulb"?The light bulb reduced the crime rate in many urban areas.Thomas Edison also invented the phonograph, the motion picture, and the stock ticker.Americans gained control over light in homes and offices, independent of the time of day.The light bulb was first tested by Thomas Edison in 1879; he patented the invention in 1880.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat specific evidence supports the statement that "The construction of the transcontinental railroad was disastrous for the Native Americans of the Great Plains"?The transcontinental railroad opened frontier markets to new products and goods from the east.Within ten years of its completion, the railroad shipped $50 million worth of freight coast to coast every year.The construction of the transcontinental railroad depended heavily on the labor of Chinese and Irish immigrants.The transcontinental railroad decimated the herds of buffalo that the Indians were dependent on; and the railroad drastically reduced Native American land ownership.
- 15. Multiple Choice1890: "stop sign" invented in Saugatuck, Connecticut
1903: Mary Anderson patents the "windshield wiper"
1904: automatic transmission invented in Boston, Massachusetts
1911: electric starter motors replace hand-cranks on automobile engines
1912: electric traffic lights invented in Salt Lake City, UT
Which sector of the American economy was affected MOST by these inventions?agriculturecommunicationmanufacturingtransportation - Answer choicesTagsAnswer choicesTags