Industry and Oil Quiz

What was the main impact of the Industrial Revolution on the production of goods?

• Decrease in machine-made products

• Decrease in transportation and communication

• Shift from man made objects to machine made objects

• Increase in handmade products

What was the main effect of the railroad during the Industrial Revolution?

• Increase in farm life

• Decrease in transportation and communication

• Increase in transportation and communication

• Decrease in urban jobs

What was the main benefit of the railroad for the economy?

• Increase in farm life

• Decrease in urban jobs

• Increase in profit from cattle

• Decrease in profit from cattle

What was the main impact of the discovery of oil in Spindletop?

• Increase in farm life

• Decrease in oil production

• Increase in the economy of Texas

• Decrease in the economy of Texas

What was the main consequence of the overproduction of oil in Spindletop?

• Increase in the economy of Texas

• Decrease in the economy of Texas

• Decrease in oil production

• Increase in farm life

What was the main reason for the increase in jobs in urban cities during the Industrial Revolution?

• Increase in people moving to urban cities

• Increase in handmade products

• Decrease in people moving to urban cities

• Decrease in transportation and communication

What was the main impact of the railroad on the transportation of cattle?

• Increase in urban jobs

• Decrease in profit from cattle

• Increase in transportation of cattle

• Decrease in transportation of cattle

What was the main reason for the increase in the economy of Texas due to the discovery of oil in Spindletop?

• Increase in farm life

• Decrease in oil production

• Increase in oil production

• Decrease in urban jobs

What was the main impact of the Industrial Revolution on the modification of land?

• Decrease in land modification

• Increase in land modification

• Increase in handmade products

• Decrease in transportation and communication

What was the main impact of the increase in transportation and communication during the Industrial Revolution?

• Decrease in machine-made products

• Increase in machine-made products

• Shift from man made objects to machine made objects

• Decrease in farm life