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Chapter 4 The Industrial Age

Authored by Sara Allen

History

6th Grade

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Chapter 4 The Industrial Age
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

New technologies in the steel industry in the late 1800s led to increased productivity in the

textile industry

railroad industry

oil industry

electric industry

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Homestead Strike was a protest

in Colorado demanding safer working conditions

in Chicago demanding an eight hour workday

against the Pullman Palace Car Company's unsafe working conditons

against the Carnegie Steel Company's plan to cut jobs

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The invention of the airplane led to increased demand for

aluminum

lumber

oil

coal

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the labor force change during the Second Industrial Revolution?

Machines eliminated the jobs of many skilled craftspeople

Industries began to hire highly educated workers

workers began to receive more benefits and higher wages

experienced workers replaced children who had been working in mills.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Andrew Carnegie dealt with striking union workers at his Pennsylvania steel factory in 1892 by

firing every worker and replacing them with machines

firing half the workers and cutting pay for the rest

locking workers out of the factory and hiring strike breakers

agreeing to give workers higher wages

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Of the following, which was an effect of the expansion of railroads across the United States?

rapid city growth

increasse in the price of steel

decrease in interstate trade

movement of city dwellers to the suburbs

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was an effect of factory specialization in the late 1800s?

Workers repeated the same steps over and over again, becoming tired, bored, and more likely to be injured.

Factories produced only a single product, putting owners at greater finanancial risk if product failed.

Unions signed contracts with specific factories, eliminating violent conflicts over wages and working hours.

Managers paid more attention to working conditions, attracting workers and creating greater competition for jobs.

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