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2nd I.R. Concepts And Economics.
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Which of the following was NOT a power source developed during the Industrial Revolution?
a) Oil
b) Electricity
c) Nuclear
d) Coal
Railroad connecting the west and east coasts of the continental US
a) Transcontinental Railroad
b) Reading Railroad
c) Shortline Railroad
d) Pennsylvania Railroad
What types of jobs increased during the 2nd Industrial Revolution in America?
a) Farming
b) Factory
c) Service
d) None of these
How did the economy shift during the 2nd Industrial Revolution in America?
a) Agricultural to Service
b) Agricultural to Industrial
c) Industrial to Agricultural
d) Industrial to Service
Which of these was NOT an effect that the railroads had on America during this time?
a) The creation of new towns
b) The creation of new time zones
c) Safer and faster trade
d) Less job opportunities for immigrants
Competition determines prices and wages.
a) Capitalism
b) Communism
c) Socialism
d) Monopoly
Companies conduct business without government intervention.
a) Monopoly
b) Laissez-faire
c) Communism
d) Socialism
One company has complete control of a commodity or service
a) Monopoly
b) Capitalism
c) Entrepreneur
d) Social Darwinism
Belief that survival of the fittest benefited society.
a) Capitalism
b) Laissez-faire
c) Monopoly
d) Social Darwinism
Which of these was NOT an example of a difficult working condition that existed during the 2nd Industrial Revolution?
a) Child labor
b) Most worked 10 hour days, 6 days a week
c) No vacations, no sick leave, no help if injured on the job.
d) African Americans being forced into slave labor.
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) Minimum working age to end child labor
d) Finding more jobs for immigrants, Native Americans and freed slaves.
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) Wright Bros
b) Right Bros
c) Write Bros
d) Rite Bros
Perfected the assembly line; Massed produced the first car as a result (Model T).
a) John D. Rockefeller
b) Henry Ford
c) Alexander Graham Bell
d) Thomas Edison
Inventor of the telephone.
a) Nikola Tesla
b) Samuel Morse
c) John D. Rockefeller
d) Alexander Graham Bell
Responsible for 1st practical incandescent light bulb.
a) Nikola Tesla
b) Ben Franlin
c) Thomas Edison
d) Guguglielmo Marconi
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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