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- 1. Multiple Choice
The textile business was the first to adopt machine production methods. What product do textile factories make?
automobiles
cloth
steel
iron
- 2. Multiple Choice
In what city or area of the country did textile factories first grow to a large scale during the 1800s?
New England
Pittsburg
Midwest
Southeast
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of these are examples of natural resources that were needed as factories began spreading in America?
railroads and steamboats
farms and ranches
business leaders and bankers
iron ore and coal
- 4. Multiple Choice
The power sources for factories spreading in America in the 1860s and 1870s were mainly
water wheels and steam engines.
horses and oxen.
gasoline and diesel engines.
electric and solar energy.
- 5. Multiple Choice
The factory and assembly line method of production made most products
more expensive to produce, resulting in higher prices for consumers.
less expensive to produce, resulting in lower prices for consumers.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Some businesses grew so large that they controlled all or almost all of the supply of a product. These companies were called "trusts" or
monopolies
partnerships
financiers
investors
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which form of transportation was MOST important in creating national markets for factory-made products in the late 1800s?
steamboats
trucks
railroads
canals
- 8. Multiple Choice
Who invented the first long-lasting electric light bulb and many new mechanical uses for electricity?
Andrew Carnegie
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
- 9. Multiple Choice
The telephone was invented by
Andrew Carnegie.
Alexander Graham Bell.
Thomas Edison.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Who was the famous “Captain of Industry” who came to America as an immigrant boy but later became rich by building up the steel industry?
Andrew Carnegie.
Alexander Graham Bell.
Thomas Edison.
- 11. Multiple Choice
The steel industry grew most rapidly in the area around which city?
Boston
Pittsburg
Chicago
Detroit
- 12. Multiple Choice
John D. Rockefeller was a famous “Captain of Industry” who gained control of over 90 percent of what industry in the 1890s?
textile
oil
railroad
farm equipment
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which of these is an example of the increasing mechanization on farms in America in the late 1800s?
barbed wire
mail order catalogs
the telephone
the reaper
- 14. Multiple Choice
Did the growth of industry in America have any impact on immigration to the U.S.?
Yes, millions of immigrants came to the U.S. to get jobs created by the growth of industry in the mid- and late-1800s.
No, it had little impact, and few immigrants took jobs in factories and other businesses at that time.
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