Industry Test Practice

A product or business with only one seller who can control the price and availability is called a __________.

• association

• cooperative

• corporation

• monopoly

Advances in transportation allowed __________.

• the meatpacking industry to move to Detroit.

• natural resources to be transported to factories in the WEST.

• finished products to be transported to national markets.

• natural resources to be transported to factories in the EAST.

Chicago is known for the meatpacking industry. Detroit is known for __________.

• automobile industry.

• steel industry.

• textile industry.

• meat-packing industry.

The people working in this mill in 1901 most likely lived in...

• New England.

• Detroit, Michigan.

• the Mid-Atlantic.

• Atlanta, Georgia.

Which captain of industry was a Scotch immigrant from a poor family, whose business was steel, and gave away most of his fortune?

• Jay Gould

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• John D. Rockefeller

What effect did the reaper have on postwar farm life?

• It reduced farm labor needs and increased production.

• Smaller crops were planted as demand for goods declined.

• Labor needs increased as the crop production increased.

• It decreased production due to increased cost.

Which of the following was NOT a negative effect of industrialization?

• low wages

• child labor

• shorter work day

• unsafe working conditions

Which man helped industrialize electricity?

• Horatio Alger

• Alexander Graham Bell

• James Watts

• Thomas Edison

What was this city known for?

• Oil

• Railroads

• Textiles

• Steel

Which is NOT a reason for the rise of big businesses?

• Captains of Industry

• advertising

• advancements in transportation created national markets

• higher production costs