10/03/11 Industrial Revolution test
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 B. New machines saved time | How did inventions of the late 1800s/early 1900s change lives in the US? A. It took Americans longer to complete their work. B. New machines saved time. C. New machines caused businesses to stop growing. D. Inventions didn't change lives. |
| B. Introducing machines to make goods | What is industrialization? A. using skilled workers to make goods by hand B. introducing machines to make goods C. competing with another business D. Owning shares of a company |
| D. The growth of cities | What is urbanization? A. the growth of businesses B. using machines to make goods C. a company without competition D. the growth of cities |
| A. To work in factories | Why were more people needed in cities? A. to work in factories B. to work on farms C. to become entrepreneurs D. to form monopolies |
| C. A business in which many people own parts of the company | What is a corporation? A. when workers refuse to work B. a company that has no competition C. a business in which many people own parts of the company D. when more than one business tries to sell the same product |
| A. When more than one business sells the same product or service | What is competition? A. When more than one business sells the same product or service B. a business in which many people own parts of the company C. when only one company sells a particular product D. when workers refuse to work |
| A. An organization of workers that tries to improve pay and working conditions | What is a labor union? A. an organization of workers that tries to improve pay and working conditions for its members B. when workers refuse to work C. when many people own parts of the company D. when a company has no competition |
| C. Workers refuse to work until conditions improve | What happens during a strike? A. businesses stop hiring children B. labor unions urge workers to work under current conditions C. workers refuse to work until conditions improve D. managers fire workers |
| C. The steel industry | The Bessemer Process improved what industry? A. the car industry B. the telephone industry C. the steel industry D. the oil industry |
| A. Electric light bulb | Thomas Edison invented the: A. Electric light bulb B. telephone C. flat bottom paper bag D. oil cup |
| telephone | Alexander Graham Bell invented the ... |
| By providing fast, easy and inexpensive shipment of goods over long distances. (Also helped provide thousands of jobs.) | How did the growth of railroads help the national economy? |
| The manufacture of steel rails | What is the main reason for the growth of the railroad industry? |
| True | T or F: The widespread use of petroleum for fuel and lubrication was a major industrial advancement. |
| The printing press | Which of the following was not invented during the second industrial revolution? Phonograph, elevator, sewing machine, refrigerator freight car, printing press, motion picture, or telephone? |
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