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