U.S. History: The Expansion Of Industry

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This quiz covers post civil war America's industry expansion. Inventions and inventors of this time period are included.

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1.

The first person to use a steam engine to drill for oil.
- A.
  
  Mr. Mattox
- B.
  
  Edwin L. Drake
- C.
  
  Alexander Graham Bell
- D.
  
  George Bessemer
- E.
  
  Thomas Alva Edison
2.

The inventor of the telephone.
- A.
  
  T. La Fone
- B.
  
  Thomas Edison
- C.
  
  Thomas Morse
- D.
  
  Alexander Graham Bell
- E.
  
  All of the above
3.

The technique used to make steel from iron.
4.

The law granting Congress authority to regulate railroad activities.
5.

Christopher Sholes invented:
- A.
  
  The typewriter.
- B.
  
  Sandals that exercise your feet.
- C.
  
  Gasoline engine.
- D.
  
  Telegraph.
6.

Which of the following is NOT a cause of the technological advances after the civil war?
- A.
  
  A large supply of natural resources.
- B.
  
  An explosion of inventions.
- C.
  
  A growing city population that wanted the new products.
- D.
  
  Gold and silver were plentiful.
7.

What was a by product of oil when it was first being used to light lamps?
8.

What is the name of the product made from oil that was used to light lamps?
9.

What is the element that is removed from iron to make it lighter and more flexible?
10.

Henry Bessemer invented a process that turned iron into what?
11.

The invention of the light bulb is credited to:
12.

The railroad that was built to cross the entire country was called:
13.

What is the name of the court case that gave government the right to regulate private industry.
14.

What were some results of the transcontinental railway being built?
- A.
  
  Many workers died.
- B.
  
  New cities and towns sprang up across the country.
- C.
  
  Trade increased.
- D.
  
  Time zones were instituted.
- E.
  
  All of the above.
15.

The theory that taught that only the strong survived is called:
- A.
  
  Monopoly
- B.
  
  Trust
- C.
  
  Social Darwinism
- D.
  
  Horizontal integration
- E.
  
  Vertical integration.
16.

A monopoly is:
- A.
  
  A game that takes hours to play.
- B.
  
  Situation in which one company controls an entire industry.
- C.
  
  When companies who produce similar products merge.
- D.
  
  When someone buys out companies that supply the raw materials.
- E.
  
  None of the above.
17.

Horizontal consolidation is when
18.

Vertical integration was when:
19.

The Scottish immigrant who became a giant in the steel industry was:
- A.
  
  John D. Rockefeller
- B.
  
  Joseph Darwin
- C.
  
  Thomas Edison
- D.
  
  Andrew Carnegie
- E.
  
  None of the above.
20.

A system in which different companies agreed to work together as a large corporation. In this system, the companies then split the profits earned.
- A.
  
  A trust.
- B.
  
  A monopoly.
- C.
  
  A boom.
- D.
  
  A holding company.
- E.
  
  All of the above.
21.

Which is not a reason that the South had little to no industrial growth at this time?
- A.
  
  The region was still recovering from the Civil war.
- B.
  
  Many Southerners refused to invest their money in businesses in the South after the war.
- C.
  
  Most Southerners who tried to start businesses had difficulty overcoming economic obstacles.
- D.
  
  Southern businesses could not compete with Northern companies which were already well established.
- E.
  
  Southerners are just lazy as evidence in their southern drawl accent.
22.

Who was the leader of the American Federation of Labor?
- A.
  
  Samuel Gompers
- B.
  
  George Bush
- C.
  
  Andrew Carnegie
- D.
  
  John D. Rockefeller
- E.
  
  Samuel Clemens
23.

Because of poor working conditions, workers began to form groups to advocate for them. These groups are known as:
24.

When workers went on strike to protest poor working conditions, owners hired replacement workers called:
25.

One who leaves a country to settle in another country is called: