Unit 3 Quiz #1 (3.1, 3.2, 3.4)

Which invention helped the textile industry move from homes to factories? Arkwright's water frame Lenoir's combustion engine Singer's electric sewing machine the Bessemer process

Arkwright's water frame

Which best explains the rise of the middle class during the Industrial Revolution? Factories required skilled, educated managers and office workers. Factory workers made more money than farm laborers. Factory-made goods were cheaper than handmade goods. Factory owners had to be land owners as well.

Factories required skilled, educated managers and office workers.

How did Andrew Carnegie influence U.S. business, and in turn, the U.S. economy? His textile mills made the United States a leading manufacturer of cloth. His factories and mills caused a huge expansion of slave labor in the United States. His automobile manufacturing plants helped make cars affordable to the average American. His steelworks helped the United States become the world's leading industrial power.

His steelworks helped the United States become the world's leading industrial power.

Which best describes one outcome of Henry Ford's method of production? Only a handful of products could made by his method, so it did not gain widespread use. His method required highly skilled workers, so new schools arose to train factory workers. Products made by his method took less time to build, so they cost less. Machines involved in the method were expensive, so the goods they produced were also expensive.

Products made by his method took less time to build, so they cost less.

Which steam-powered method of transportation quickly outpaced earlier forms for transporting goods and people? automobile railroad canal barge trolley

Railroad

What is a corporation? a company that cannot be taxed by the federal government a state-owned company a business owned by a group of investors who share in the profits and losses a business owned by a group of family members who share in the profits and losses

a business owned by a group of investors who share in the profits and losses

Which production method emerged during the Second Industrial Revolution? assembly line mills waterwheel spinning jenny

assembly line

Which source of power was introduced in the late 1800s? electricity wood animal coal

electricity

Which was a characteristic that helped bring about the Industrial Revolution in England? a large population of landowners many years of bad crops many local cotton farms plentiful supplies of iron and coal

plentiful supplies of iron and coal

Which was not a result of industrialization? slave trade child labor factory injuries overcrowded cities

slave trade

Which industry launched the Industrial Revolution? steel railroad petroleum textile

textile

What was one of the first inventions that made it possible to communicate almost instantly over long distances? short-wave radio telephone two-way radio telegraph

telegraph