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The West and Rise of Industrialization Quiz

1. What invention ended the way of life for cowboys and Plains Indians?

  1. Mechanical reaper
  2. Bessemer process
  3. airplane
  4. barbed wire

2. What caused slow progress during the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad?

  1. hazardous mountain regions made work difficult
  2. railroad companies often had to spend time seeking out people to invest
  3. railroad companies could not find enough laborers to work for low wages
  4. competition between railroad companies slowed down progress

3. The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad is associated with the settlement of which region of the US?

  1. Northeast
  2. South
  3. West
  4. Southeast

4. What kind of people worked on building the railroads?

  1. pioneers
  2. immigrants
  3. homesteaders
  4. Native Americans

5. During which battle did the Plains Indians defeat Colonel George Custer?

  1. Battle of Little Big Horn
  2. Battle of Sand Creek
  3. Wounded Knee Massacre
  4. Trail of Tears

6. Which of the following inventions allowed the building of skyscrapers?

  1. Bessemer process and elevator
  2. sewing machine and light bulb
  3. assembly line and barbed wire
  4. railroads and printing press

7. What section of the country saw the growth of industries and businesses in the early 1900’s?

a. West

b. South

c. North

d. Texas

8. What type of business sells shares of its stock to investors?

  1. monopoly
  2. corporation
  3. trusts
  4. capitalists

9. Who invented the light bulb?

  1. Alexander Graham Bell
  2. Thomas Edison
  3. Theresa Brady
  4. Elias Howe

10. All of the following statements are true of pre-factory work except:

  1. a worker makes the entire product
  2. little skill is needed for the job
  3. workers make less goods
  4. workers learn trades by apprenticing

11. When a business buys all the services and products that go into that business, it is said to be which term?

  1. Vertical integration
  2. Horizontal integration
  3. Corporation
  4. philanthropist

12. All of the following are characteristics of capitalism except:

  1. competition between businesses
  2. free market trade
  3. private ownership of business
  4. government control of the economy

13. Corporations, stocks, monopolies and trusts are most closely associated with the

  1. rise of big businesses
  2. formation of labor unions
  3. development of new inventions
  4. development of the factory visit

14. A person who gives away all of his money is called

  1. entrepreneur
  2. robber baron
  3. philanthropist
  4. boss

15. A person who uses ruthless business tactics to get money from customers is called

  1. entrepreneur
  2. robber baron
  3. philanthropist

d. boss

16. A person who starts his own business is called

  1. entrepreneur
  2. robber baron
  3. philanthropist
  4. boss

17. Which of the following people owned the US Steel Corporation?

  1. John Rockefeller
  2. Andrew Carnegie
  3. J.P. Morgan
  4. Cornelius Vanderbilt

18. What company was started by John D. Rockefeller?

  1. Otis Elevators
  2. Kodak Pictures
  3. US Steel Corporation
  4. Standard Oil Company

19. Which word describes the kind of economic system found in the United States?

  1. communism
  2. monarchy
  3. capitalism
  4. republic

20. Which of the following statements about the “Gilded Age” is true?

  1. the middle class ran society
  2. there was a major difference between the rich and the poor
  3. immigrants lived in luxury
  4. many people shared in the wealth resulting from the growth of big business