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Industrial Revolution Concepts (AH)
Test Description: 2nd I.R. concepts and economics
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following was NOT a power source developed during the Industrial Revolution?
A
Oil
B
Nuclear
C
Coal
D
Electricity
2) Railroad connecting the west and east coasts of the continental US
A
Pennsylvania Railroad
B
Reading Railroad
C
Shortline Railroad
D
Transcontinental Railroad
3) What types of jobs increased during the 2nd Industrial Revolution in America?
A
Farming
B
None of these
C
Factory
D
Service
4) How did the economy shift during the 2nd Industrial Revolution in America?
A
Agricultural to Industrial
B
Industrial to Service
C
Agricultural to Service
D
Industrial to Agricultural
5) Which of these was NOT an effect that the railroads had on America during this time?
A
Less job opportunities for immigrants
B
The creation of new towns
C
The creation of new time zones
D
Safer and faster trade
6) Competition determines prices and wages.
A
Socialism
B
Communism
C
Monopoly
D
Capitalism
7) Companies conduct business without government intervention.
A
Communism
B
Socialism
C
Monopoly
D
Laissez-faire
8) One company has complete control of a commodity or service
A
Monopoly
B
Capitalism
C
Entrepreneur
D
Social Darwinism
9) Belief that survival of the fittest benefited society.
A
Laissez-faire
B
Social Darwinism
C
Monopoly
D
Capitalism
10) Which of these was NOT an example of a difficult working condition that existed during the 2nd Industrial Revolution?
A
Most worked 10 hour days, 6 days a week
B
Child labor
C
No vacations, no sick leave, no help if injured on the job.
D
African Americans being forced into slave labor.
11) Which of the following is NOT something early labor unions fought for during the 2nd Industrial Revolution in America?
A
Higher wages
B
Less working hours
C
Finding more jobs for immigrants, Native Americans and freed slaves.
D
Minimum working age to end child labor
12) Mass Transit Public transportation designed to carry large numbers of people and make regular stops along established routes. Wright Brothers Inventors and pilots who made the 1st successful airplane flight.
A
Rite Bros
B
Right Bros
C
Write Bros
D
Wright Bros
13) Perfected the assembly line; Massed produced the first car as a result (Model T).
A
Alexander Graham Bell
B
John D. Rockefeller
C
Thomas Edison
D
Henry Ford
14) Inventor of the telephone.
A
John D. Rockefeller
B
Nikola Tesla
C
Alexander Graham Bell
D
Samuel Morse
15) Responsible for 1st practical incandescent light bulb.
A
Guguglielmo Marconi
B
Ben Franlin
C
Thomas Edison
D
Nikola Tesla
16) Oil tycoon; founder of standard oil. Pioneered the concepts of vertical and horizontal integration.
A
Andrew Carnegie
B
John D. Rockefeller
C
Cornelius Vanderbilt
D
J.P. Morgan
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