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Review Quiz for
Unit 3 - Growing Industry and Big Business
Frameworks for America's Past Directions:
Take this short quiz on your own or with your class.
Click on the link at the bottom of the page to check your answers!  1. The type of widespread change in a
country's economy that is shown by this graphic is calleda. socialization.
b. urbanization. c. industrialization. d. consolidation. 2. The textile business was the first to adopt machine production methods. What product do textile factories make? a. automobiles
b. cloth c. steel d. iron  3. In what city or area of the country
did textile factories first grow to a large scale during the 1800s?a. New England
b. Pittsburgh c. Midwest d. Southeast 4. Which of these are examples of natural resources that were needed as factories began spreading in America? a. railroads and
steamboats
b. farms and ranches c. business leaders and bankers d. iron ore and coal 5. The power sources for factories spreading in America in the 1860s and 1870s were mainly a. water
wheels and steam engines.
b. horses and oxen. c. gasoline and diesel engines. d. electric and solar energy.  6. The factory and assembly line method
of production made most productsa. more expensive
to produce, resulting in higher prices for consumers.
b. less expensive to produce, resulting in lower prices for consumers. 7. Some businesses grew so large that they controlled all or almost all of the supply of a product. These companies were called "trusts" or a. monopolies
b. partnerships c. financiers d. investors 8. Which form of transportation was MOST important in creating national markets for factory-made products in the late 1800s? a. steamboats
b. trucks c. railroads d. canals  9. Who invented the first long-lasting electric light bulb and many new mechanical uses for electricity? a. Andrew Carnegie
b. Alexander Graham Bell c. Thomas Edison 10. The telephone was invented by a. Andrew
Carnegie.
b. Alexander Graham Bell. c. Thomas Edison.  11. 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?a. Andrew
Carnegie.
b. Alexander Graham Bell. c. Thomas Edison. 12. The steel industry grew most rapidly in the area around which city? a. Boston
b. Pittsburgh c. Chicago d. Detroit 13. John D. Rockefeller was a famous “Captain of Industry” who gained control of over 90 percent of what industry in the 1890s? a. textile
b. oil c. railroad d. farm equipment 14. Which of these is an example of the increasing mechanization on farms in America in the late 1800s? a. barbed
wire
b. mail order catalogs c. the telephone d. the reaper  15. Did the growth of industry in America have any impact on immigration to the U.S.? a. Yes, millions
of immigrants came to the U.S. to get jobs created by the growth of
industry in the mid- and late-1800s.
b. No, it had little impact, and few immigrants took jobs in factories and other businesses at that time.
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