History

U.S. History Review

By Linda [CMS]

Multiple Choice

What event resulted in the beginning of European exploration?

• Colonization

• Crusades

• Battle of Saratoga

• Revolutionary War

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What was the first permanent English settlement in North America

(Settlement & Colony)

• Pennsylvania

• Plymouth Colony

• Boston, Massachusetts

• Jamestown, Virginia

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What are the three primary motivations for European exploration in the Americas?

• Gold, God, Glory

• Land, Leadership, Love

• Honor, Religion, Wealth

• Spices, Land, Curiosity

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What was the primary goal of the French who settled in North America during the 1600s?

• Seek lands to expand territory

• Religious crusades

• Profit from fishing and trading furs

• Gold mining

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What era in American history was a result of European interest in wealth, natural resources, land, a western route to Asia, and religious freedom?

• Colonization

• Conquering the world

• Seeking knowledge

• Seeking the Holy Grail

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What was the most significant result of the development of innovations such as the astrolabe, the compass, improved ship design, and more accurate maps?

• Bigger, stronger ships to carry goods from different continents

• Accurate travel to Asia

• European exploration and colonization of the Americas

• European ship manufacturing

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What did the exploration activities of both the French and Spanish in North America have in common?

• Search for the Fountain of Youth

• Seek the Holy Grail

• Steal gold from Native Americans

• Sent missionaries to spread Christianity to Native Americans

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What was the first representative legilature established in the American colonies?

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Republican Party

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

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What prompted Separatists and Puritans to leave England and settle in North America?

• Search for Gold

• Native Americans

• Religious Persecution

• Farming Opportunities

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What two English political principles most influenced the development of government in the U.S.?

• Fair taxes and Federalism

• Protected rights and Representative legislatures

• Freedom of choice and Legislation

• Republicanism and No taxation without representation

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What is the importance of the Mayflower Compact, Virginia House of Burgesses, and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were to the development of democracy in North America?

• Focused on issue of slavery

• Focused on elections

• Focused on taxes

• Focused on self-government

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The Virginia and Carolina colonies were founded for profit.

• True

• False

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Why did the Puritans, a group of colonists from England, settlel in Massachusetts Bay?

• Escape Native Americans

• Hunting

• Fertile land

• Religious freedom

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Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania colonies were NOT established for religious reasons.

• True

• False

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Under the new mercantile system, colonies were required to provide raw materials for and purchase finished products from England only. Why did the colonists resent this system?

• Prevented them from coming up with new technologies

• Prevented colonies from making their own goods & selling them to other countries

• Prevented them from owning slaves to make products

• Allowed England to control what types of jobs were available in the colonies

Multiple Choice

Which geographic characteristics made New England ideal for the first textile mills and factories?

• Hiking and climbing opportunities

• SHarecropping opportunities

• Mining opportunities

• Rivers and streams, port cities, soil was too poor for farming

Multiple Choice

What two important bodies of water did the Eerie Canal connect?

• Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean

• Mississippi River and Lake Michigan

• Hudson River and Lake Erie

• MIssissippi River and Hudson River

Multiple Choice

What was one of the most significant foreign policy failures of the Jefferson administration?

• Declaration of Independence

• Embargo Act of 1807

• Monroe Doctrine

• Federalist Papers

Multiple Choice

The four main provisions of the Missouri Compromise are:

1. Maine enters as a free state, Missouri a slave state

2. Maintained balance of power in Congress

3. Slavery was banned north of the 36 degree 30 line

4. Symbolized rising sectionalism in the U.S.

• False

• True

Multiple Choice

When Jefferson said that America is separated by a wide ocean from the "havoc of wars of one quarter of the globe", what policy issue was he referring to?

• International trade

• Domestic issues

• Foreign alliances

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Why was New England an ideal location for factories in the early 1800s and where specifically were factories situated?

• 1. Numerous fast moving rivers & streams

  2. Located next to rivers

• 1. Cold weather

  2. Good farmland

• 1. Lack of rivers and streams

  2. People liked the city

• 1. Land near ports for shipping

  2. Emigrants wanted to be close to family members

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Fertile land that was suitable for growing cash crops mostly influenced the economic growth of the south.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The War of 1812 was a major foreign policy challenge for which U.S. President?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Jackson

• George Washington

• James Madison

Multiple Choice

During the 1800s, large numbers of rural workers left their farms in search of manufacturing jobs. What did this move lead to.

• Overpopulation

• Rapid urbanization

• Potato famine

• Individual rights

Multiple Choice

When European powers threatened to become involved in a dispute in Mexico in 1848, President James Polk warned them not to interfere. What U.S. policy was the basis of his warning?

• Treaty of Paris

• Ratification of the Constitution

• Embargo Act

• The Monroe Doctrine

Multiple Choice

The Constitution did not empower the president to buy land and he believed in a strict interpretation of the Constitution is what troubled Jefferson about the opportunity to purchase the Louisiana Territory.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court when President Jackson refused to enforce the Worcester ruling?

• John Marshall

• Andrew Jackson

• Thomas Jefferson

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Why did Southerners refer to the tariff passed in 1828 as the Tariff of Abominations?

• They thought it hurt their economy while the North benefitted from the tariff

• They felt the tariff was not enough to help grow their state's economy.

• They wanted Jackson to allow them to decide what the North would manufacture with the tariffs collected

Multiple Choice

Which inventions played the most significant role in uniting the different regions of the country?

• Hot air balloons and covered wagons

• Cotton gin and Still-tipped plow

• Sewing machine and factories

• Steam-powered locomotive, telegraph, and steamboat

Multiple Choice

Which president's election was viewed as the end of control for the educated elites in government?

• Andrew Johnson

• Andrew Jackson

• Abraham Lincoln

• James Polk

Multiple Choice

The Tariff of 1828 sparked a heated debate over which political issue?

• Prison reform

• Right to bear arms

• Interstate Commerce

• States' rights

Multiple Choice

Letter "A" on the map is which launch point for the Mormons journey to Salt Lake City, UT?

• CHicago, IL

• Nauvoo, IL

• Independence, Missouri

• Salt Lake CIty, UT

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Letter "B" is the launch point for The Oregon Trail and Santa fe Trail

• Santa Fe, NM

• Los Angeles, CA

• Nauvoo, IL

• Independence, MO

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Letter "C" is known as what famous trail?

• Mormon Trail

• Santa Fe

  Trail

• Oregon Trail

• California Trail

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In 1838, Native Americans were forced to leave theri homes in the Southeast U.S. and begin a journey hundreds of miles long to their new homes in the West. What was this journey called?

• Oregon Trail

• Trail of Tears

• Santa Fe Trail

• Comanche Trail

Multiple Choice

Which region of the U.S. had little manufacturing, almost no diversity in the work force, and virtually no improvements to infrastructure?

• Middle colonies

• North

• New England colonies

• South

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What were the three distinct regions that developed in the U.S. during the colonial period?

• New England, Middle and Southern colonies

• Virginia Colony, Massachusetts Colony and Rhode Island Colony

• Northern colony, Middle and Southern COlonies

• Top, Middle and Bottom colonies

Multiple Choice

Why did the American colonists rebel against British rule?

• They did not like living so far from the King

• They did not vote

• They lacked representation in the British Parliament

• They did not have enough money to pay taxes

Multiple Choice

The American Revolution occurred from 1775-1783.

• True

• False

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How did the Marquis de Lafayette assist the Patriot cause during the American Revolution?

• Served as a spy on the British to help the Continental Army

• Provided financial backing to support the Continental Army

• Provided horses for the Continental Army calvary

• Commanded American forces as a major-general in the Continental Army

Multiple Choice

George Washington was not chosen by Second Continental Congress to serve as commander of the Continental Army

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which Patriot leader was a Pennsylvania delegate to the Congress, a member of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence, and negotiated the treaty of alliance with France?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Elon Musk

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

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How did the boundary created by the Proclamation of 1763 affect the colonists?

• Prohibited settlers from owning more than 200 acres

• Prohibited settlers from leaving the colonies and moving back to England

• It prohibited the colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Kept settlers from taking over Native American lands

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What battle did British General John Burgoyne surrender to American General Horatio Gates, which was a turning point in the American Revolution?

• Battle of Paris

• Battle of Valley Forge

• Battle of Vicksburg

• Battle of Saratoga

Multiple Choice

The purpose of the Stamp Act was to generate revenue for Britain through taxation on the colonists on all paper goods in the colonies.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which treaty ended the American Revolution?

• Treaty of Good Means 1783

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1783

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Treaty of Versaille 1783

Multiple Choice

The Sons of Liberty did not stage both peaceful and violent protests against Parliament's laws to help fight for liberty in the colonies.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What was the government established by the Continental Congress shortly after declaring independence from Britain?

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaratrion of Independence

• Articles of Peace

• Articles of Confederation

Multiple Choice

Where did American forces spend the winter of 1778 enduring terrible suffering?

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Valley Forge

• Independence, Missouri

Multiple Choice

What is meant by the principle of Popular Sovereignty as set forth in the Constitution?

• The government makes decisions for the people

• People are the source of the government's power

• The King decides who represents the people

• Government would make citizens pay to vote

Multiple Choice

Which of the Seven Principles was Patrick Henry most likely concerned with protecting?

• Individual Rights

• Government Rights

• Citizens Choice

• Freedom from taxation

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The inclusion of a Bill of Rights persuaded Anti-Federalists to agree to ratify the Constitution

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The 3 key Anti-Federalist arguments against ratifying the Constitution are:

1. The U.S. Supreme Court should not be able to overturn decisions made by state courts.

2. Individual rights should be given priority over governmental authority.

3. The federal government is given too much control over local affairs.

• True

• False

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How does the Separation of Powers in the Constitution address a significant weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• 1st amendment created

• Individual rights were developed

• Three branches of government were created

• Ratification of the Constitution

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Patrick Henry is well known for his strong position as an Anti-Federalist. What were Anti-Federalists opposed to in 1787?

• Ratification of the Constitution

• Mayflower Compact

• Checks and Balances

• The Monroe Doctrine

Multiple Choice

The right to a trial by jury, one of the grievances found in the Declaration of Independence, is addressed in which of the Amendments in the Bill of Rights?

• Eighth Amendment

• Third Amendment

• First Amendment

• Sixth Amendment

Multiple Choice

Thomas Jefferson who opposed the national bank and a strong support for state governments. He was NOT and Anti-Federalist

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Congress passes a bill that the president signs into law, the Supreme Court then rules the law unconstitutional. Which of the Seven Principles is at work?

• Checks and Balances

• Individual rights

• Government power

• Republicanism

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How did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 encourage the growth and expansion of the U.S.?

• Provided free land and a home for settlers if they expanded the U.S. territories

• Allowed immigrants to choose where they wanted to settle in the colonies

• Provided a way for settlers to purchase land for profit

• Provided a method for settlers to organize new territories and establish new states

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Federalists, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton helped write a collection of essays known as The Federalists Papers. What was the purpose of The Federalist Papers?

• Ratifying the Constitution

• Creating Checks and balances

• Creating THe Bill of Rights

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What difficult domestic challenge to federal authority forced President Washington to respond with military force?

• Valley Forge

• Whiskey Rebellion

• Bleeding Kansas

• Attack on Ft. Sumter

Multiple Choice

Which of the Seven Principles is at work when voters choose their representatives?

• Neutrality

• Socialism

• Republicanism

• Anti-Federalism

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The Judiciary Act of 1801 allowed President Adams to accomplish appointing numerous Federalist judges before his term as president expired.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What are two steps required to amend the Constitution?

• President and States approval

• States amend and Congress votes

• Proposal and Judiciary approval

• Proposal and ratification

Multiple Choice

This landmark court case established the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review

• Dred Scott v. Sanford

• The Monroe Doctrine

• Marbury v. Madison

Multiple Choice

Which of the Amendments in the Bill of Rights protects the actions of demonstrators?

• First

• Second

• Third

• Tenth

Multiple Choice

Madison and Jefferson's primary concern with Hamilton's plan for a National Bank was they did not think the Constitution gave Congress the power to create the bank.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

J.J. Watt is arrested for drag racing his SMart car through downtown Houston. Which of the following amendments guarantees him the right to a trial by a jury of peers?

• 2nd

• 4th

• 6th

• 8th

Multiple Choice

What impact did the XYZ Affair have on domestic policy under the Adams administration?

• Led to the Monroe Doctrine

• Led to immigration reform in the U.S.

• Led to the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts

Multiple Choice

What were three of the warnings mentioned in President Washington's Farewell Address?

• Avoid foreign alliances, beware of national debt, and avoid political parties

• Utilize foreign allies, beware of national banks, and create political parties

• Avoid foreign allies, borrow money from allies, and expand the nation

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President Washington's view on foreign policy was that he wanted the U.S. to remain a neutral country. What did he do to make this happen?

• Supported the Monroe Doctrine

• Issued Proclamation of Neutrality

• Passed the Alien and Sedition Acts

Multiple Choice

What major foreign policy declared that American continents were no longer open to exploration and colonization by European powers?

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Articles of Confederation

• Mayflower Compact

• The Monroe Doctrine

Multiple Choice

Neutrality in foreign conflicts, establishing a national bank and common currency, the emergence of political parties are three major policy issues for which president?

• Jackson

• Washington

• Adams

• Lincoln

Multiple Choice

Why did a close bond develop between states in the Northeast and the Midwest?

• The ability to create factories

• The ability to communicate

• The ability to trade

Multiple Choice

Letter "K" is what territory?

• Great Plains

• Texas Annexation

• Louisiana Territory

• Mexican Cession

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Letter "D" is a famous trail that ends in Salt Lake City, Utah. What is the name of this trail?

• California Trail

• Santa fe Trail

• Oregon Trail

• Mormon Trail

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Letter "J" is what territory?

• Oregon

• Mexican Cession

• California

• Texas

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Letter "G" is what territory?

• Mexican Cession

• New Mexico

• Gadsen Purchase

• Oregon

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Letter "F" is what trail?

• California Trail

• Oregon Trail

• Mormon Trail

• Santa fe Trail

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Letter "I" is what territory?

• Texas Annexation

• California Territory

• Mexican Cession

• Oregon Territory

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Letter "E" is what famous trail that begins in Independence, Missouri>

• Oregon Trail

• Mormon Trail

• Santa Fe Trail

• California Trail

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Letter "H" is what territory?

• Mexican Cession

• Oregon Territory

• Great Plains

• Louisiana Purchase

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Whose rights do the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution primarily deal with?

• Immigrants

• Women

• Former slaves

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Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

Multiple Choice

The Dawes Act divided tribal lands into smaller parcels for sale to individuals in an attempt to break up the tribal system and assimilate Native Americans into white culture.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Wat was significant about Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?

• It allowed slaves to vote

• It allowed slaves to purchase property

• It pushed the Confederate states out of the Union

• It freed all enslaved people in states in rebellion against the U.S.

Multiple Choice

Which Act of Congress would a landless settler heading west in the 1860s most likely support?

• Dawes Act

• Morrill Act

• Homestead Act

• Indian Removal Act

Multiple Choice

Which Reconstruction Amendment abolished slavery?

• 12th

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

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What Reconstruction Amendment gave voting rights to African American men?

• 12th

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

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What Reconstruction Amendment gave citizenship to African Americans?

• 12th

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

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Which group of Congressmen favored using federal power to promote full citizenship for freed African Americans?

• Confederates

• Democrats

• Whigs

• Radical Republican

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What was the significance of the Union victory at Vicksburg?

• Cut the Confederacy in two at the Mississippi

• Allowed rest for the Union to push through to the South

• Ended the Civil War

Multiple Choice

What do the following events have in common:

Publishing of Uncle Tom's Cabin--Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act--John Brown's attack on Harper's Ferry

• Events that helped end the Civil War

• Caused the South to secede

• Events leading up to the Civil War

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What was the primary goal of the Radical Republican's legislative reform programs?

• To give freemen free land and government jobs

• Establishing equality under the law for freedmen

• To kick out Confederate leaders

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Who was the commander of the Confederate army?

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

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Who was the commander of the Union Army at Appomattox Court House when Robert E. Lee surrendered?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• John Brown

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

Multiple Choice

What was the most significant aspect of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Residents decided voting rights of African Americans

• Residents of Kansas and Nebraska could not decide the issue of slavery

• Kansas and Nebraska voted to decide the issue of slavery

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What foreign policy event in U.S. history was most influenced by the American belief in Manifest Destiny?

• Monroe Doctrine

• Civil War

• Gadsen Purchase

• Mexican-American War

Multiple Choice

How did the South's plantation economy put it at a disadvantage in the Civil War?

• 1. Lacked political alliances to help fund the war effort

  2. Did not have strong political leadership

• 1. Lacked industries to make war supplies

  2. Fewer soldiers

  3. Poor internal transportation systems

• 1. Taxes on cash crops affected the economy

  2. Lack of communication to enlist soldiers

Multiple Choice

Which invention was most responsible for the expansion of slavery in the U.S. in the early 1800s?

• Sewing Machine

• Telegraph

• Steel-tipped Plow

• Cotton Gin

Multiple Choice

Which of the reform movements led to the banning of liquor sales?

• Temperance Movement

• Women's Rights

• Transcendentalism

• Social Reform

Multiple Choice

What did the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the annexation of Texas in 1845, and the Mexican-American War of 1846 all have in common?

• Alliances with other countries

• Accumulated wealth for the U.S.

• Increased the territory of the U.S.

• Increased the population of the U.S.

Multiple Choice

What role did the Supreme Court play in adding to the tensions over slavery in the 1850s?

• Slavery could not be banned in any territory, Supported property rights of slaveholders, and refused to grant freedom to a slave who had lived on free soil

• The Supreme Court ruled in favor for slaves being freed if they lived on free soil

• The Supreme Court ruled they did not have the authority to decide the fate of slaves

Multiple Choice

What historic characteristics do Texas and California have in common?

• Both were territories of Spain

• Both were places immigrants came to seek gold

• Both were independent republics and former territories of Mexico

Multiple Choice

What event inspired the beginnings of social reform in the U.S. during the 19th century?

• Second Great Awakening

• Temperance Movement

• Transcendentalism

• First Great Awakening

Multiple Choice

Who was responsible for printing rhetoric in his Newspaper the Liberator?

• Henry Clay

• John Marshall

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Nat Turner

Multiple Choice

What era in American history was marked by efforts to abolish slavery, alcohol, abuse in the prison system, and the fight for equality for women?

• Reform Movements

• Social Ideas

• Transcendentalism

• Utopian Society

Multiple Choice

What are four important characteristics of the factory system?

• 1 Women workers

  2 Equal pay

  3 Production lines

  4 Interchangeable parts

• 1 Workers & machines under one roof

  2 Earned wages on set schedule

  3 Raw materials to finished product under 1 roof

  4 Job opportunities for lower- skilled workers

• 1 Workers rights

  2 Union support

  3 Weekly schedules

  4 skilled labor positions

Multiple Choice

What social movement suggested civil disobedience as an appropriate method of fighting injustice?

• Transcendentalism

• Temperaance

• Crusades

• Utopia