Industrial Age trivia
Industrial Age Mini Quiz
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Industrial Revolution textile production accelerated after James Hargreaves invented which device in 1764?
The Spinning Jenny allowed a single worker to spin multiple spools of thread simultaneously.
Industrial Revolution textile workers who destroyed automated machinery in protest were called:
Luddites feared that industrial looms and knitting frames would destroy skilled artisans' livelihoods.
Industrial Revolution steam rail transit gained global fame after which locomotive won the 1829 Rainhill Trials?
George Stephenson's Rocket set the standard for modern steam locomotives with its multi-tube boiler.
Industrial Revolution steel production became cheaper and faster following which 1856 innovation?
Henry Bessemer discovered that forcing air through pig iron removed carbon impurities rapidly.
Mark Twain coined the phrase "Gilded Age" to satirize late 19th-century society as:
Twain's 1873 novel The Gilded Age implied that American society appeared shiny on the surface but suffered from corruption underneath.
Gilded Age industrialist Andrew Carnegie built his massive fortune in:
Carnegie adopted the Bessemer process to mass-produce steel, building steel mills that powered American infrastructure.
Gilded Age tycoon John D. Rockefeller dominated the American oil industry through his company:
Rockefeller used horizontal integration to control over 90% of American oil refining by 1880.
During the Gilded Age, Congress passed the 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act to restrict:
The law targeted corporate monopolies that restricted trade and artificially inflated consumer prices.