The original reasons for founding the colony of Georgia do not include:
a. alleviating London of some of its poorer people.
b. being a partial remedy to the injustice of debtor prisons.
c. providing a buffer between the English and Spanish colonies.
d. being a scheme to take advantage of desperate families.
Question 2In the late 19th century, increases in productivity in the _________ industry were driven mostly by innovation, while increases in productivity in the ________ industry were driven by both invention and innovation.
a. men's clothing; grain milling
b. boot and shoe; cotton textile
c. cotton textile; boot and shoe
d. boot and shoe; men's clothing
Question 3What was the most fundamental relationship among most Native American tribes, including the Iroquois?
a. Mother-daughter.
b. Husband-wife.
c. Father-son.
d. Chief-warrior.
Question 4Between 1860 and 1910, the _______________ industry showed the greatest percentage increase in value added per worker.
a. cotton textile
b. men's clothing
c. lumber
d. machinery
Question 5During the colonial period the cost of building a ship in New England was typically _________ the cost of building the same ship in England.
a. greater than
b. less than
c. about equal to
d. not comparable to
Question 6The term ________ denotes the adaptation of new technological ideas to existing products and services.
a. invention
b. merger
c. innovation
d. economies of scale
Question 7Although large-scale manufacturing was not characteristic of colonial economic activity, ___________ was an important exception.
a. steel production
b. shipbuilding
c. cotton textile production
d. fish canning
Question 8During the 1870s and 1880s, which technological innovation was NOT introduced?
a. the roller mill to process oatmeal
b. steel-bottomed stills
c. long-distance pipelines
d. the typewriter
e. All of the above were introduced.
Question 9The primary reason for the success of the colonial shipbuilding industry was:
a. the plentiful supply of skilled labor.
b. low wages in the American shipbuilding industry.
c. a plentiful supply of iron ore.
d. the close proximity of raw materials, especially lumber.
Question 10In 1910, the largest U.S. industry as ranked by value added was
a. machinery.
b. cotton goods.
c. tobacco manufactures.
d. railroad cars.
Question 11Goods commonly produced by colonial households included:
a. clothing.
b. bread and hardtack.
c. beer and whiskey.
d. jellies and jams.
e. All of the above.
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