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11th Grade VA/US History Industrialization in America
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1
What is a ghetto?
An ethnic enclave
A rich neighborhood
A poor neighborhood
Any place located in a city
2
This person was known as the “Wizard of Menlo Park?”
Washington Roebling
Wilbur Wright
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
3
Who is associated with the invention of the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Samuel Morse
Thomas Edison
Christopher Sholes
4
Who consolidated railroads and cut the travel time from New York to Chicago in half?
Andrew Carnegie
JP Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John D. Rockefeller
5
The most important immigration station was ______________, which was located at __________.
Ellis Island : New York
Angel Island: New York
Ellis Island: Boston
FreedomIsland: San Francisco
6
The difference from the “Old Immigrants” and the “New Immigrants” was that:
Old Immigrants came from Northern and Western Europe
Old Immigrants arrived with less money than New Immigrants
There was not much difference between the two groups
Old Immigrants came from Africa
7
The Bessemer Process was essential to industrialization as a way to:
Manufacture automobiles more quickly
Produce electricity to send to people’s homes
Drive cattle to the markets
Produce high grade steel quickly and inexpensively
8
What was the government’s policy of not regulating business known as?
Laissez-faire economics
Self-Determination
Bessemer Process
Vertical Consolidation
9
Which was not a major industry in the U.S. in the later half of the 19th century?
Steel
Automobiles
Railroads
Coal Mining
10
Which was not a raw material in the industrial revolution?
Steel
Oil
Electricity
Iron
11
Who is associated with developing the assembly line?
Henry Ford
Eli Whitney
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas Edison
12
Which advancement in technology is Thomas Edison is associated with developing?
The telephone
The assembly line
The light bulb
The telegraph
13
Which industrialist was a genius in finance?
Andrew Carnegie
JP Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John D. Rockefeller
14
Which ethnic group was denied immigration to the U.S. by a law passed in 1882?
Chinese
Polish
Russian
Japanese
15
What does the phrase “American melting pot” describe?
The rising of tenement housing in the cities
The anti-immigrant feeling sweeping across America
The segregation of the cultures in American cities
The joining of many cultures in America to become one
16
Who was the founder of the Standard Oil Trust?
John D. Rockefeller
JP Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
17
Which of the following industrialist leaders is INCORRECTLY matched with his field?
Morgan - Finance
Rockefeller - Oil
Vanderbilt - Coal
Carnegie - Steel
18
Which was Not a new way to distribute goods in America?
Cable Cars
Canals
Railroads
Subway
19
Which industrialist was a Scottish immigrant who built a steel empire?
John D. Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
JP Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
20
What is it called when a company has the exclusive control of a good or service?
Monopoly
Horizontal Consolidation
Social Darwinism
Anti-Trust Agreements