Social studies review 2

Which of the following people and inventions belong together?

• electric lighting – Henry Bessemer

• telegraph service – Eli Whitney

• telephone service – Alexander Graham Bell

• cotton gin-Henry Ford

Which of the following was used to power trains and led to further inventions during the Industrial Revolution?

• wood burning engines

• steam engines

• electromagnets

• hydroelectric power

How did mass production help the Industrial Revolution?

• It made the end product more expensive.

• It resulted in better products made more slowly.

• It made large quantities of goods faster and cheaper.

• It required people to be more skilled.

Which two groups moved in large numbers to cities at the turn of the century?

• Immigrants and Native Americans

• Native Americans and farmers

• Immigrants and cowboys

• Farmers and immigrants

Which of the following was a common reason for people to immigrate to the United States?

• To fulfill a desire to live in a tenement

• To live in a bigger city

• To find political and religious freedom

• To work on a farm

Why did some children work in the early 1900s?

• They wanted some extra spending money.

• They enjoyed working.

• They needed to help earn money for their family.

• They had nothing else to do.

How did the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt impact big business?

• Roosevelt’s policies increased big business’s influence on federal politics.

• Roosevelt’s policies allowed big businesses to abuse and overcharge its customers.

• Roosevelt’s policies prevents big business from abusing laborers.

• Roosevelt’s policies limited big business’s ability to create monopolies and trusts.

Which of the following describes the foreign policy in which one nation takes over another nation?

• Imperialism

• Neutrality

• Isolationism

• independence.

Which of these made travel between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans easier?

• The Panama Canal

• Treaties with Mexico

• The Allied powers in WW I

• The control of Cuba

What was the Great Migration?

• The return of soldiers from Europe to the U.S. after WW I.

• The flight of birds from north to south in winter.

• The relocation of African Americans from the south to the Northwest and Midwest.

• The search for gold in the West.