Industrialization Notes Check

Which inventors created the steam engine?

• James Watt

• Robert Fulton

• Matthew Bolton

• William Kelly

Andrew Carnegie became the leading producer in...

• oil

• steam power

• textiles

• steel

The invention of the lightbulb is significant because...

• people can use them to navigate in mines

• it makes way for new inventions for leisure and comfort

• factories can keep working after sundown

• it helps writers draft literature quicker

Child Laborers were paid more because of their small frames, allowing them to climb into machines unlike adults.

• True

• False

Labor Unions were successful through their employment of...

• Propoganda

• Discussion with the factory owners

• Drafting of new laws

• Strikes

The emigration of working class citizens to cities looking for work is called...

• Urbanization

• Workplace Opportunity

• Class Disparity

• Immigration

Lower-class citizens that lived in the cities often lived in...

• small cottages shared by several families

• dwellings

• tenements

• villas

Which famous building was being built in 1900?

• The Eiffel Tower

• The Texas Capitol

• The Pentagon

• The Empire State Building

A "white-collar" worker would be classified as...

• Upper-Class

• Middle-Class

• Lower-Class

Laissez-Faire is when...

• The government works fairly in economics.

• The people should work together to abolish classes.

• The government only should work to abolish classes.

• The government does not get involved in economics.