test 8/30

_______________________ contributed to the rise in big businesses in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

• People making less money

• The rise of farming

• People moving to the suburbs

• New inventions

True or false- The spread of farm mechanization did not have an impact on urbanization during the late 1800s early 1900s. 

• true

• false

How did the Rural Electrification Act help farmers?

• by providing housing for farmers

• by providing more jobs for people who wanted to continue to live in rural areas

• by creating powerlines in rural areas so farmers can continue to work after dark

• by lowering the cost of electricity in rural areas 

Agrarian and agriculture is another name for ______________.

Responses

• housing

• farming

• rural communities

• industries

What were major factors in causing urban populations to grow in the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• people wanted to move to the suburbs

• urbanization and immigration

• factory jobs decreased

• farm labor increasing

_________________ was a business tycoon  who made his fortune with shipping and railroads.

• Cornelius Vanderbilt 

• John D. Rockefeller

• J. P. Morgan

• Andrew Carnegie

Due to the rise in ________________, the literacy rate increased in urban areas.

• child labor

• education

• tenements

• women rights

Prior to the Civil War, America was mostly a(n) ______________ society

• suburban

• urban

• agrarian

• industrial

____________________ was a wealthy banker who played a big role in helping businesses get started by investing in companies during the late 1800s.

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• J. P. Morgan

• Cornelius Vanderbilt 

What was George Westinghouse known for? 

• dynamite

• printing press

• alternating current

• lowering cost of electricity for farmers