B. unit 2 The Industrial Nation Test

Question 1

sewing machine

Answer 1

Howe

Question 2

airplane

Answer 2

Wright

Question 3

Tom Thumb

Answer 3

Cooper

Question 4

spinning jenny

Answer 4

Hargreaves

Question 5

transatlantic cable

Answer 5

Field

Question 6

telegraph

Answer 6

Morse

Question 7

steam engine

Answer 7

Watt

Question 8

light bulb

Answer 8

Edison

Question 9

Clermont

Answer 9

Fulton

Question 10

reaping machine

Answer 10

McCormick

Question 11

oil well

Answer 11

Drake

Question 11

telephone

Answer 11

Bell

Question 12

The change from hand labor to machine labor

Answer 12

Industrial Revolution

Question 13

The cotton gin was invented by ________.

Answer 13

Eli Whitney

Question 13

Which period revived interest in trade and travel from 1100-1200 A.D.?

Answer 13

Crusades

Question 14

Groups that sought to improve working conditions for the laborer were called ____________ unions.

Answer 14

labor

Question 15

businessmen with large businesses, combined money, equipment, and other assets into one huge organization?

Answer 15

corporation

Question 16

People who invest their money in corporations in exchange for a share of the profits are called _______.

Answer 16

stockholders

Question 17

Businessmen from which part of the country were large investors in American industry?

Answer 17

New England

Question 18

early 1900s, the North Central & Mid-Atlantic States were important for what industry?

Answer 18

steel

Question 19

Embargo Act of 1807 stopped American trade with England

Answer 19

false

Question 20

leading industries in the early 1900s?

Answer 20

textiles
food products

Question 21

industrial growth, a nation must have rich natural resources, a large work force, and what other resource?

Answer 21

money for investment

Question 22

____________were investigative journalists who exposed issues in society.

Answer 22

Muckrakers

Question 23

Factors boosting America's industrial growth included:

Answer 23

transportation the Embargo Act of 1807

Question 24

Problems of the average factory worker included:

Answer 24

poor housing low wages

Question 25

the practice of awarding political positions to friends and supporters

Answer 25

political patronage

Question 26

Influences of England and Europe on America's Industrial Revolution included

Answer 26

the printing press the steam engine

Question 27

Factors contributing to efficient production were:

Answer 27

standardized parts