History Quiz 2

corporation

the merger of several businesses into one

capital

the total amount of money or property owned or used by a corporation or business

telephone, telegraph

Developments improving business communication included the:

Crusades, printing press

Early European factors influencing the birth of the Industrial Revolution included:

increased pay, shorter hours, small- business loans

Early unions attempted to provide:

capital, mergers, business specialist

Factors needed for big business to be successful included:

True

New Orleans, Louisville, and St. Louis grew from steamboat trade.

Aided

Production

True

Shipbuilding and trading made New England's businessmen wealthy.

True

Production during war time is greatly increased.

True

Railroads caused increased production in other industries.

Wood

invented the iron plow

Gutenberg

invented the printing press

McCormick

invented the reaping machine

Howe

invented the sewing machine

Hargreaves

invented the spinning jenny

Lowell

started a clothing factory

Morse

telegraph code

Field

transatlantic cable

True

The inventions of Whitney and McCormick boosted the agricultural industry in the United States.

mass

The making of goods in large numbers is called _____ production.

Eli Whitney

Who's system of standardized parts made uniform parts that could be exchanged for broken or worn parts?

New machines needed a power source, so production had to be near one, machines were too large for homes, Machines were too expensive for home businessmen.

Why did American industry switch from home businesses to factories?

Individual workers who objected to conditions were simply fired, Unions could present a united front against employers.

Why were labor unions needed?

True

Working hours on the farm were long.

merger

a combining of entities

Wright

airplane

Whitney

developer of the cotton gin

Crusades

fought to free Jerusalem

Ford

Model T

False

The telegraph allowed voice communication between cities.

spinning jenny, steam engine, flying shuttle

Accomplishments of England's Industrial Revolution were the:

reduced unemployment, larger variety of goods

Advantages corporations brought to America included:

North, South

After the Civil War, the ______ remained strong industrially, but the ______ lacked sufficient capital to invest in business.

Cumberland Road

America's first national road

Baltimore and Ohio

America's first railroad

False

As goods were produced in greater numbers, cost to the consumer increased.

True

Before 1811, roads badly needed improvement.

food, textiles, iron, steel, lumber

By 1914, the five leading industries in the United States were:

North Central States, Mid-Atlantic States

By the early 1900s, what were the leading production areas in the United States?

Fulton

Clermont

True

Coal and rivers provided energy to run industry in the United States.

False

Colonial goods were hauled by trains.

True

Competition is a strong motivation factor in industrial production.

true

Corporations secured large amounts of money needed to run large-scale productions.

true

Corporations were formed when several businesses or businessmen joined to form one large organization.

Duryea

Ford's competition

False

Harriman, Rockefeller, and Vanderbilt made fortunes from the railroad industry.

the revived interest in travel, the revived trade, they exposed Europeans to new ideas

How did the Crusades change Europe?

Damaged

Human Life

Aided

International respect

steam driven locomotive, Model T

Inventions improving the distribution of industry's products included the:

false

Most of the profits of corporations went into making their leaders wealthy.

false

Much of the money that went into building corporations came from shipping and trade after the Civil War.

improving production, improving distribution, adding to economic development

Some good things done by corporations for the country were:

False

Steamships allowed goods to be shipped downstream for the first time.

the government, labor unions, President Roosevelt

Steps to control the power of corporations were taken by:

false

Stockholders elected company officials and determined company policies.

true

Stockholders shared in profits made by the corporation.

False

The Cumberland Road was a concrete road.

textile

The Industrial Revolution began in the ______ industry.

sufficient capital, England's industrial revolution

The Industrial Revolution in the United States was made possible by: Select all that apply

England

The Industrial Revolution in the United States was sparked by the one in:

True

The Northern economy was largely industrial, but the southern economy was based on agriculture.

Natural

The United States was ripe for industry's growth because of abundant _______ resources, such as lumber and coal.

British ships capturing American sailors, Indian attacks blamed on Great Britain, British sailors deserting to American ships

The War of 1812 was spurred by:

Machine

The change of the Industrial Revolution was from hand labor to _______ production.

controlling working hours, helping small businesses

The government helped combat large industries by:

Crusades

The impetus for change that removed the isolation of Europe in the Middle Ages was the:

True

The national road built in 1811 was the Cumberland Road.

it cut of trade with England, it cut of trade for all foreign countries, it increased production in the US

The reasons that Congress passed the Embargo Act in 1807 was:

James Watt

The steam engine used to power other machines was invented by:

False

The success of the Erie Canal helped make Boston a shipping giant.

cotton gin, threshing machine, iron and steel plow

Things that affected the Industrial Revolution in the United States included

immigrants, the Agricultural Revolution

Things that affected the Industrial Revolution in the United States included:

standardized

To be "brought to conformity to a standard" or "making all alike" means to be:

Aided

Trade

knights of labor, AFL, NLU

Unions formed on behalf of the working man were:

light supply, operating communication systems

Uses of electricity in industry included:

lubrication for machine parts, kerosene for lamps

Uses of oil included:

True

War brings reduced unemployment.

took away the average man's creativity and imagination, brought about assembly lines, which eliminated creativity, made it so the average working man could only take orders, not think

What did the Industrial Age do to the average working man's creativity and imagination?

unification

What is the act of being united?

lower product cost to the consumer, greater number of goods produced

What were the advantages of mass production?

Prices of raw materials declined, consumers benefited

What were the effects of the Industrial Revolution?

monopoly

When a business has exclusive control of a product, it has a .

Johann Gutenberg

Who invented the printing press?

Henry Ford

Who's method of assembling cars piece by piece on a moving belt was called the assembly line?

Bell

telephone

Watt

invented the steam engine

Oliver

invented the steel plow

assets

items of property an individual or business owns

Erie Canal

joined Lake Erie with the Hudson River

Luther

led the Reformation movement

Edison

light bulb

Drake

oil well

tycoon

one having great wealth and power

Stockholder

one who invests money in a company or corporation

Protestant

protested practices of the Catholic Church

Cooper

steam-driven locomotive