Test: The industrial Revolution8
Whitney
standardized parts
Watt
steam engine
Fulton
steamboat
Deere
steel plow
Bell
telephone
Early American industry was given a boost by:
war transportation and communication improvements, new power sources ,mass production methods
The merging of several businesses into one is called a(n)
Consolidation
The basic requirements needed by a nation for industrial growth are:
Raw material, work force, capital
Morse
Telegraph
Urbanization and tenement living were two social results of the Industrial Revolution.
True
Wright
airplane
Ford
assembly line
Laissez-faire economics opposes government intervention in
Business
What are negotiations between labor and management called?
Collective bargaining
Socialization
Collective or government ownership of production and distribution is known as
Marx
Communist Manifesto
Southern plantation owners invested heavily in early United States industry.
False
The exclusive control of a product by a business is known as an antitrust.
False
The freedom of private business to operate for profit competitively is called the _____ system.
Free-enterprise
McAdam
Improved roads
The change from hand labor to machine brought about the:
Industrial Revolution
Ford's assembly-line production greatly ____ the cost per unit.
Reduced
Urbanization
The mass movement of people to the cities was called:
Field
Transatlantic Table
Industry is usually one of the major deciding factors in a victorious outcome in war.
True
Monasteries established an early example in discipline and specific work responsibilities for the coming industry.
True
Not only did war aid industry's growth, but industry also aided war.
True
The Crusades revived interest in travel and business among people in Europe.
True
The inventions of Whitney, McCormick, and Deere brought about an agricultural revolution in the United States.
True
Factors improving the conditions of factory workers included:
child labor laws, labor unions, writings of Dickens and Disraeli, collective bargaining
Inventions and developments of the Industrial Revolution in England and Europe included:
flying shuttle, spinning jenny, printing press, factory system, labor laws
Smith
laissez-faire
Edison
light bulb
Corporations aided the United States' economy by:
lowering unemployment, better quality products, larger variety of merchandise, lowering prices
Drake
oil well
Gutenburg
printing press
