Review Quiz

Multiple Choice

Who was responsible for developing motorized flight

• Thomas Edison

• The Wright Brothers

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Samuel Morse

Multiple Choice

Who perfected the incandescent light bulb?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Samuel Morse

• Alexander Hamilton

• Thomas Edison

Multiple Choice

Who invented the telegraph?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Samuel Morse

• Thomas Edison

• Benjamin Franklin

Multiple Choice

Who invented the telephone?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Alexander Hamilton

• Thomas Edison

• Samuel Morse

Multiple Choice

Which word best describes the method of mass production in which a worker is responsible for one small task to be repeated over and over.

• Dis-assembly line

• assembly line

• labor union

• monopoly

Multiple Choice

Which of the following words best describes a separation of races (black and white)?

• Selection

• Segregation

• Federation

• Labor Union

Multiple Choice

Before the Civil war, the US economy was based on ____________________. After the Civil war, the US economy was based on the production of ____________________.

• manufactured goods, agriculture

• hard work, easy work

• making food, money

• agriculture, manufactured goods

Multiple Choice

Which system of transportation shipped raw goods to factories where they were turned to consumer goods?

• Electric Streetcar

• The Pony Express

• Wagon Train

• Transcontinental Railroad

Multiple Choice

Iron ore (raw material) was shipped to factories to be turned into ___________________ that was used to build railroads, skyscrapers, and bridges.

• Monopoly

• Cereal

• Copper

• Steel

Multiple Choice

Henry Ford used the assembly line to mass produce which of the following?

• Skyscrapers

• Telephones

• Light bulbs

• Automobiles (cars)

Multiple Choice

Who had a monopoly in the steel industry during the Industrial Revolution?

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Ford

• Andrew Carnegie

• Henry Bessemer

Multiple Select

In what ways was the telephone an improvement over the telegraph? Select all that apply.

• It looked nicer in homes.

• It was faster and easier to use.

• You didn't need to know a code to use it.

• It didn't need a cord.

Multiple Choice

How did Thomas Edison's light bulb promote economic growth?

• It allowed factories to stay open longer.

• It allowed people to communicate faster.

• It was really expensive to use.

• People liked kerosene lamps better so they bought more of those.

Multiple Select

Which 2 inventions gave women more job opportunities during the industrial revolution? Choose 2!

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Typewriter

• Telephone

• Vacuum cleaners

Multiple Choice

What company came about as a result of the invention of the light bulb? This corporation is still around today.

• AT&T

• Verizon

• GE (General Electric)

• Samsung

Multiple Choice

These laws segregated blacks and whites.

• Black Codes

• Amendments

• Civil laws

• Jim Crow Laws

Multiple Choice

Which of these inventions (by Thomas Edison) was used to provide electricity to whole cities?

• Light bulb

• Electric generator

• Electric Streetcar

• Telegraph

Multiple Choice

Which company was founded by Alexander Graham Bell and is still in existence today?

• GE (General Electric)

• Verizon

• AT&T

• Samsung

Multiple Select

Choose 3 ways that African Americans were discriminated against when voting.

• Grandfather Clause

• Balance Test

• Literacy Test

• Poll Tax

Multiple Choice

What was the Underground Railroad?

• A train to allow people to travel to and from the North

• The first train built for fast transportion of people and goods

• An escape route for slaves to escape from their owners

Match

Match the following

• John Wilkes Booth

• Clara Barton

• Dred Scott

• Andrew Johnson

• Hiram Revels

Person responsible for President Lincoln's assassination

Founder of the American Red Cross

A slave who appealed for his freedom after traveling to free territory with their owner

President Lincoln's successor

First African American Senator

• Person responsible for President Lincoln's assassination

• Founder of the American Red Cross

• A slave who appealed for his freedom after traveling to free territory with their owner

• President Lincoln's successor

• First African American Senator

Multiple Choice

How many states in total were in the Confederacy?

• 7

• 4

• 10

• 11

Drag and Drop

The Civil War did not change ​

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Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

African-American Discrimination

The power of the federal government

The Southern economy

The Southern industry

Technology

The Northern economy

Multiple Choice

What happened to Dred Scott?

• Caught helping fugitive slaves as a ¨conductor¨ for the Underground Railroad

• He led a slave rebellion and attacked Harper´s Ferry

• Executed for assassinating Lincoln

• He claimed that being taken into free states made him a free man

Multiple Choice

How did Congress pay for the war?

• Providing the citizens with goods in exchange for money

• Collecting income tax

• They didn't. They were more concerned about the soldiers

• They worked with other countries

Multiple Choice

How did women help in the war effort?

• Enlisted for the war

• Sent the Union soldiers supplies

• By serving as Union nurses

• Finding out information about the Confederates' plans

Multiple Choice

The southern states were not allowed to rejoin the United States after fighting against the United States in the Civil War.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The period after the Civil War when the southern states were brought back into the United States and newly-freed slaves found their place in society is known as the

• Destruction

• Reconstruction

• Reworked

• Rewind

​Constitutional Amendments

• ​Changes were needed to help freed slaves

• ​13th Amendment: banned slavery in America

• ​14th Amendment: gave citizenship to all persons born in US with all freedoms of a US citizen

• ​15 Amendment: right to vote protected (regardless of race, color or former slave)

Multiple Choice

The 13th Amendment of the US Constitution ended all 

• slavery

• freedom

• states

• wars

Multiple Select

Which of these were ways the Reconstruction amendments helped former slaves?

• ending slavery

• giving citizenship to all born in the US

• protecting their right to vote

• giving them all land to live on

​Helping Freed Slaves

• ​Problems of Freed Slaves: Uneducated & Unemployed

• ​Solution: Freedmen's Bureau (a government program to help freed slaves)

  • ​Provided food, clothing, medicine and other supplies

  • ​Built thousands of schools

  • ​Helped find jobs

  • ​Helped with legal problems

Multiple Choice

Two problems freed slaves faced after the Civil War were that they were uneducated and unemployed.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which government agency helped freed slaves after the Civil War?

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Freedmen's Bureau

• US Army

• Confederacy

​Freed Slaves Try to Earn a Living

• ​Experienced in agricultural work

• ​Couldn't afford their own land and supplies

• ​Sharecropping

  • ​Landowner (previous slave owner) gives freed slave supplies and place to live

  • ​As rent, the freed slave gives the owner a SHARE of his CROP at harvest time

  • ​Freed slaves would stay in debt to the owner (could never get ahead)

Multiple Choice

At what type of job were many freed slaves experienced?

• Factories

• Agricultural (Farms)

Multiple Choice

After the Civil War, many former slave owners agreed to give former slaves supplies and a place to live. For rent, the former slave had to give the owner part of his crop plus extra money. This was known as 

• Crop Rotation

• Farming Friends

• Sharecropping

• Slavery Shift

​Jim Crow Laws

• ​Laws passed in the south that discriminated (treat differently because of differences) against black Americans

• ​Legal to have separate schools, hotels, restaurants, theaters, restrooms, trains, buses

• ​Voting: poll taxes (freed slaves had little money), literacy tests (had to be able to read and write)

• ​Racial Segregation: forcing separation because of race

Multiple Choice

What term is used to describe when people are separated because of differences like race or religion?

• segregation

• convergent

• divergent

• destructive

Multiple Choice

Southern laws that discriminated against former slaves and segregated blacks and whites after the Civil War were known as

• Lincoln Laws

• Confederate Laws

• Jim Crow Laws

• Jefferson Davis Laws

The Impact of Big Businesses

Multiple Choice

Predict how Henry Ford's assembly line would change American manufacturing.

• It made it possible to produce goods faster.

• It created more jobs for immigrant workers.

• It made labor more expensive.

• It ended pollution in factories.

Match

Match the following vocabulary term with its definition

• Someone who buys or uses goods and services.

• Someone who puts money into a business to make a profit.

• Money earned by a lender when a business does well.

• Someone selling or buying goods in the same market.

• Someone who creates and runs a new business and takes on all the risks of the business.

Consumer

Investor

Profit

Competitor

Entrepreneur

• Consumer

• Investor

• Profit

• Competitor

• Entrepreneur

• Late 1800s: new inventions everywhere

• created jobs in cities

• workers left farms to fill jobs in cities

• led to "urbanization" --> growth of cities

• 1880-1900: # of factories & jobs more than doubled

• increased immigration

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Open Ended

How did new inventions lead to urbanization?

Match

Match the following vocabulary term with its definition

• A business owned by investors.

• A share of the company bought by investors to become partial owners.

• A company that has control of an entire industry.

• Turns oil into useful products, such as gasoline.

• Product is put together as it moves past a line of workers.

Corporation

Stock

Monopoly

Refinery

Assembly Line

• Corporation

• Stock

• Monopoly

• Refinery

• Assembly Line

• 1870 - John D. Rockefeller starts Standard Oil Company

• 1889 - Andrew Carnegie creates Carnegie Steel Company

• 1901 - J.P. Morgan creates US Steel Corporation

• 1903 - Henry Ford starts Ford Motor Company using an assembly line

• 1904 - Firestone Tire & Rubber Company by Harvey Firestone

• 1918 - William Boeing's Airplane Company begin transporting mail for USPS

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Inventions & Businesses

Match

Match the product to which each businessperson is linked

• Tires

• Automobiles usinig Assembly Lines

• Steel

• Airplanes

• Oil Refinery

Harvey Firestone

Henry Ford

Andrew Carnegie

William Boeing

John D. Rockefeller

• Harvey Firestone

• Henry Ford

• Andrew Carnegie

• William Boeing

• John D. Rockefeller

• Cities linked to important industries grew

• Cleveland, OH - oil refineries

• Pittsburgh, PA - steel plants

• Detroit, MI - automobiles

• big cities were connected more by transportation

• raw materials moved in to cities --> finished goods moved out

• Pros: more jobs, better transportation

• Cons: crowding, traffic, pollution, dangerous work environments

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Cities & Businesses

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Multiple Select

Which of the following are MOST associated with Andrew Carnegie?

 (Choose 4 that apply)

• Horizontal Integration

• Vertical Integration

• Standard Oil

• Gospel of Wealth

• Bessemer Process

Multiple Select

Which of the following are most associated with John D. Rockefeller?

Choice (3) that apply

• Standard Oil

• Horizontal Integration

• Kerosene

• U.S. Steel

Multiple Choice

Study the image. (Remember, to best understand a visual prompt, you need to consider ALL the information presented: dates, characters/individuals represented, setting, descriptions, source, etc.)

Which idea of the late 1800s is MOST closely associated with the cartoon above?

• Regulated Capitalism

• Social Darwinism

• Gospel of Wealth

• Graduated income taxes

Multiple Choice

Which of the following BEST describes horizontal integration?

• The economic development of flatlands in the American west.

• A company owns all the businesses that supply it with raw goods and necessary services.

• When the government lets businesses operate without restrictions.

• A company acquires similar competing businesses and merges them into a single entity.

Multiple Choice

Which term BEST describes the United States government's policies towards Big Business during the Gilded Age?

• Regulatory

• Mercantilist

• Laissez-faire

• Progressive

Multiple Choice

Since the Gilded Age, why have critics of "Big Business" claimed monopolies are harmful to the American economy?

• They argued competition is limited.

• Critics thought urban growth rates decreased.

• Critics argued that technological innovation was harmful.

• Critics believed European industries had an advantage.

Multiple Choice

Which economic concept is best illustrated by the cartoon?

• Supply and demand

• mercantilism

• monopoly

• trade

Multiple Choice

What impact did U.S. governmental policies have on business and industry during the late 1800s?

• The U.S. government tried to control public and private utilities and transportation.

• The U.S. government tried to limit and regulate industrial and business growth.

• The U.S. government regulated industry for the public good.

• The U.S. government provided little or no enforcement of regulations on industry.

Multiple Choice

Attitude the government had toward big business during the late 1800s. "hands off"

• Laissez Faire
• Monopoly
• Trust
• Social Darwinism

Multiple Choice

Both Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller believed that the strong will survive.

• Social Darwinism
• Assimilation
• Gospel of Wealth
• Vertical Integration

Multiple Choice

When one company dominates and industry with little to no competition.

• Monopoly
• Big Business
• Standard Oil
• Trust

Multiple Choice

Created by Robber Barons to get around new monopolies rules and regulations.

• Trust
• Monopolies
• Sherman Anti Trust Act
• Corporation Mergers

Multiple Choice

Dominated the oil industry.

• Carnegie
• Rockefeller
• Morgan
• Gates

Multiple Choice

What does the term gilded mean?

• Full of riches and opportunities

• Gaining new land

• Covered in a thin layer of gold

• Made of solid gold

Multiple Choice

What did the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 do?

• Increased the number of Chinese immigrants

• Prohibited work-seeking Chinese from entering the U.S.

• Prohibited Chinese immigrants from leaving the U.S.

• Prohibited immigrants from entering the U.S.

Multiple Choice

Americans who were anti-immigration due to the fear of losing jobs to immigrants were called-

• Bootlegger

• Monopolies

• Communists

• Nativists

Multiple Choice

During the Gilded Age there was an increase in ____________________ and ___________________ as people moved to U.S. cities looking for economic opportunities.

• Work and Infrastructure

• Corruption and Laissez-Faire

• Urbanization and Immigration

• Monopolies and Political Bosses

Multiple Choice

Andrew Carnegie was an entrepreneur and a _____________ because he donated money to libraries and universities.

• Person

• Philanthropist

• Nativist

• Political Boss

Multiple Choice

What innovation helped people settle the Great Plains and opened new markets in the west?

• Cars

• Transcontinental Railroad

• AC

• Industrialization

Multiple Choice

The government encouraged Native Americans and immigrants to adopt white culture in a process called ___________________.

• Assimilation/Americanization

• Nativistism

• Communism

• Vietnamization

Multiple Choice

Which was NOT a reason for immigration to the U.S. in the 1880s (i.e. Gilded Age)?

• Lots of jobs
• Escaping persecution
• Good working conditions
• Escaping poverty

Multiple Choice

Where did most immigrants during the Gilded Age come from?

• Northern Europe
• Eastern and Northern Europe
• Southern and Eastern Europe
• Central Europe

Multiple Choice

True or False:  Most immigrants were skilled and well educated workers.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

People moving from the rural areas to cities is called...

• Ruralization

• Urbanization

• Colonization

• None of these

Multiple Choice

Based on this poster, which is an accurate statement?

• Immigrants were encouraged to learn and to speak English

• Granite City had laws prohibiting immigrants from moving there

• The people in the poster were native-born Americans

• Granite City encourged diversity in its immigrant population

Multiple Choice

This chart shows some of the causes of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.

What does this chart illustrate about the growth of industry in the late 19th century?

• Industries were able to grow despite strict government regulation.

• The federal government opposed the creation of monopolies and trusts.

• Industries were directly supported by government-mandated investments.

• The federal government played an important role in encouraging economic growth.

Multiple Choice

This graph shows cotton prices from 1870-1890.

What statement provides an accurate analysis of the trend shown in this graph?

• Industrialization in the South was successful, and new factories took the place of farming.

• A high demand for cotton during the Industrial Age led to an increase in production.

• The economy of the South declined during the Industrial Age.

• Southerners gave up growing cotton and switched to cultivating other cash crops.

Multiple Choice

Which invention during the Industrial Revolution helped businesses create longer workdays?

• lightbulb

• steel

• telegraph

• telephone

Multiple Choice

Why was the American Federation of Labor created in 1886?

• to protect the rights of workers

• to protect the rights of African Americans

• to support the women’s suffrage movement

• to increase the strength of the United States military

Multiple Choice

This map shows some numbered regions of the United States.

During the Industrial Age, in which numbered region was the majority of industry concentrated?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

From which nation in Europe would an “old immigrant” likely have come?

• England

• Italy

• Poland

• Russia

Multiple Choice

How did the United States government attempt to limit the number of Chinese immigrants during the 1890s?

• It created alliances with Japan that weakened political relations with China and other parts of Asia.

• It passed laws that forced immigrants to prove that they had relatives already living in the United States.

• It passed laws that prevented European immigrants within the United States.

• It refused to create trade agreements with China.

Multiple Choice

This is a list of some government actions in Chicago and New York around the turn of the century.

What prompted the city governments to take these actions?

• Industrial growth and overcrowding led to poor sanitation conditions which increased the risk of disease.

• Federal regulations required cities to provide clean drinking water to all residents free of charge.

• Low population in the cities prompted the governments to make improvements in order to attract immigrants.

• As a philanthropic gesture, wealthy residents of the city donated money to fund the construction of sanitation projects.

Multiple Choice

This cartoon was published in 1917.

What idea held by many labor union members is evident in this cartoon?

• Labor unions must be prepared to resort to violence to further their cause.

• Farmers did not have a role in advancing the cause of labor groups.

• Labor unions lose power if they allow unskilled workers and immigrants to participate.

• Solidarity of union members led to gains for the working class.

Multiple Choice

Which industrial invention extended the length of the average workday?

• conveyer belt

• light bulb

• steam engine

• steel

Multiple Choice

This is a chart of factors that led to an event in United States history.

To what event in United States history did these factors contribute?

• the rise of Big Business

• the end of immigration

• the start of World War I

• the growth of suburbs

Multiple Choice

How did Andrew Carnegie contribute to the Industrial Revolution in the United States?

• He introduced the Lancashire Loom to the textile industry.

• He introduced the Bessemer Process to the steel industry.

• He introduced the assembly line to the automobile industry.

• He introduced the telegraph to the communications industry.

Multiple Choice

This is a photograph of the Empire State Building in New York while it was under construction.

Which invention of the Industrial Revolution had the greatest impact on the construction seen in this photograph

• assembly line

• Bessemer Process

• combustion engine

• Morse code

Multiple Choice

This chart lists several contributions to industrialization by different entrepreneurs. Which famous entrepreneur best completes this chart?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• George Washington Carver

• Thomas Edison

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

Multiple Choice

Which historical figure is best known for developing railroad companies in the United States during the late 1800s?

• Jefferson Davis

• Thomas Edison

• Robert E. Lee

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

Multiple Choice

This is a list of some technological developments in the late 1800s.

How did these developments impact life during the Industrial Age?

• They decreased the need for unskilled labor.

• They stimulated urban growth.

• They supported the expansion of agriculture.

• They led to better sanitation conditions in cities.

Multiple Choice

This chart compares actions of political machines in the North and the South during the Industrial Age.

Based on the information in this chart, what generalization can be made about political machines?

• Political machines had a solely positive impact on both northern and southern cities.

• Northern political machines helped immigrants as a way to gain power; southern political machines focused on limiting minority rights to gain power.

• Northern political machines were committed to honest practices; southern political machines were corrupt.

• Political machines had no beneficial impact on society or government.

Multiple Choice

What was the most common tactic used by political machines to gain support from new immigrants in the late 1800s?

• reforming working conditions in factories

• supporting campaigns for new immigrants who ran for office

• providing the immigrants with services and aid

• establishing public schools for children of immigrants

Multiple Choice

This illustration depicts Charles Guiteau and appeared on the cover of Puck in 1881.

The event referenced in this illustration led to what reform?

• The Silver Purchase Act was passed to increase the amount of money in circulation.

• The Interstate Commerce Act was passed to regulate the railroad industry.

• The Sherman Antitrust Act was passed to break up monopolies and trusts.

• The Pendleton Act was passed to require that federal employees be hired based on merit.

Multiple Choice

Which statement reflects the impact of the Pendleton Act on corruption in politics?

• The act was a success because all new federal employees were required to pass a merit test.

• The act had limited success because it only applied to 10% of federal positions.

• The act was a failure and was repealed shortly after its initial passage.

• The act was a failure because it did not set realistic requirements for government jobs.