study for history unit 2 quiz 2

telephone

Bell

Model T®

Ford

Clermont

Fulton

Who invented the steam engine to power other machines? Henry Ford Eli Whitney James Watt

James Watt

Competition is a strong motivation factor in industrial production. True False

True

Much of the new manufacturing production in colonial America was in textiles, iron, and leather. True False

True

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

True

Production during war time is greatly increased. True False

True

Select the THREE effects of the Embargo Act. opened trade with England cut off trade with England increased production in the United States cut off trade with all foreign countries

cut off trade with England increased production in the United States cut off trade with all foreign countries

What best defines the assembly line? Bessemer process Henry Ford and the auto industry Eli Whitney's cotton gin

Henry Ford and the auto industry

Select the TWO leading production areas in the United States by the early 1900s. South West Middle Atlantic North Central New England

Middle Atlantic North Central

telegraph code

Morse

Select the TWO advantages of mass production. lower product cost to the consumer higher wages for workers and fewer hours of work greater number of goods produced higher quality and each good was unique

lower product cost to the consumer greater number of goods produced

Before 1811, roads badly needed improvement. True False

True

Railroads caused increased production in other industries. True False

True

The Northern economy was largely industrial, but the Southern economy was based on agriculture. True False

True

The national road built in 1811 was the Cumberland Road. True False

True

War brings reduced unemployment. True False

True

airplane

Wright

By 1914, the leading industries in the United States included all of the following except: food textile lumber coal

coal

Which one of the following is the best example of standardized parts? gun parts steam engine coal mining industry

gun parts

Which one of the following areas in the U.S. was damaged by the wars in the nineteenth century? trade production international respect human life

human life

Select TWO industrial uses for electricity. light supply operating communication systems internal combustion engines

light supply operating communication systems

Select the THREE areas in the U.S. that were aided by the wars in the nineteenth century. international respect human life trade production

international respect trade production

The telegraph allowed voice communication between cities. True False

False

transatlantic cable

Field

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

False

The Cumberland Road was a concrete road. True False

False

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

False

Select the THREE reasons that spurred the War of 1812. British ships capturing American sailors British sailors deserting to American ships Great Britain attacking the western United States Indian attacks blamed on Great Britain

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

steam-driven locomotive

Cooper

America's first national road

Cumberland

oil well

Drake

Ford's competition

Duryea

light bulb

Edison

joined Lake Erie with the Hudson River

Erie Canal

After the Civil War, the South remained strong industrially, but the North lacked sufficient capital to invest in business. True False

False

Colonial goods were hauled by trains. True False

False

Select the items that describe why American industry switched from home businesses to factories. Taxes were too high on home businesses. New machines needed a power source, so production had to be near one. Machines were too large for homes. People were no longer willing to put in the long hours required for a home business. Home businesspeople could not learn to maintain the complicated machines. Machines were too expensive for home businesspeople.

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 businesspeople.

Select TWO uses of oil. lubrication for machine parts telegraph systems kerosene for lamps

lubrication for machine parts kerosene for lamps

To be brought to conformity to a standard or making all alike means to be------- .

standardized

Select TWO inventions that improved the distribution of industry's products. steam-driven locomotive light bulb Model T®

steam-driven locomotive Model T®

allowed businesspeople to keep in touch with trends

telegraph

Select TWO developments that improved business communications. telephone steam-driven locomotive telegraph

telephone telegraph