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- 1. Multiple Choice
What was the first business in the US to become a corporation?
Steel Industry
Iron Industry
Railroads
All of the above
- 2. Multiple Choice
What were the railroads used for?
transporting people across the continent
shipping raw materials to factories
shipping finished goods across the country
all of the above
- 3. Multiple Choice
What were the benefits of the interchangeable parts
speed up production and made repairs easier
they decreased the number of goods made
increased the price of the goods
there was no benefit
- 4. Multiple Choice
What did Samuel Morse invent?
The light bulb
The telephone
interchangeable parts
The telegraph
- 5. Multiple Choice
Who created a process in which steel was being made at a lower price?
Eli Whitney
Henry Bessemer
Alexander Graham Bell
Andrew Carnegie
- 6. Multiple Choice
Who brought the Bessemer Process to the US and created a monopoly on the steel industry?
Henry Bessemer
Andrew Carnegie
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
- 7. Multiple Choice
What two things did Thomas Edison invent?
telephone and telegraph
cotton gin and interchangeable parts
electric light bulb and phonograph
Model T car and airplane
- 8. Multiple Choice
What happened to the price of goods when factories began mass producing goods?
There was no change
The prices went up
The prices went down
- 9. Multiple Choice
Who invented the first assembly line?
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Alexander Graham Bell
The Wright Brothers
- 10. Multiple Choice
What new inventions led to new jobs for women?
Telephones, sewing machines, and typewriters
Telegraphs, telephones, washing machines
Cars, assembly lines, light bulbs
none of the above
- 11. Multiple Choice
How did the incandescent light bulb promote economic growth?
the was no economic growth
the economy got weaker because of the light bulb
it made it possible to light factories as well as made home safer than using kerosene lamps.
all of the above
- 12. Multiple Choice
What was the benefit of using the telephone instead of the telegraph?
businesses could communicate more quickly
people were able to receive their good faster
you didn't have to learn Morse code to use the telephone
all of the above
- 13. Multiple Choice
Name the type of economy we moved from during the Industrial Revolution and the name of the new economy
Big Business Economy to a Small Business Economy
Agrarian to an Industrial Economy
Great Plains Economy to a Big City Economy
none of the above
- 14. Multiple Choice
What changes did the Industrial Revolution bring about for the people in the US?
We continued making things at home
Only men began working in factories
We started making things in factories instead of at home
There was no change for the people in the US
- 15. Multiple Choice
What were some raw materials that were sent to the factories to be made in to products?
grains, cattle, hogs, iron
metal, steel, aluminum, tin foil
wood, soil, grass
none of the above
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