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WorksheetsUSII4d Industrial Revolution
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following did not cause a growth in industry?
a)
Abundant supply of new inventions
b)
Access to raw materials and energy
c)
Lack of financial resources
d)
Available work force
2.
Who was the Captain of Industry for the steel industry?
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
Thomas Edison
3.
Who was the Captain of Industry for the oil industry?
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
4.
Which Captain of Industry was best known for the shipping and railroad industry?
a)
John D. Rockefeller,
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
5.
Who was the Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in the steel industry?
a)
John D. Rockefeller,
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
6.
Who was the Captain of Industry for the oil industry?
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
John D. Rockefeller,
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
7.
Which of the following were factors that resulted in the growth of industry?
a)
Financial resources
b)
Women’s Suffrage
c)
Higher Education
d)
Growth of the military
8.
Which of the following is not an example of a big business in the years following the Civil War?
a)
Steel
b)
Shipping
c)
Railroads
d)
farming
9.
A result of the ________________________ system is the increase in industrial development. Industry required this to transport products to national markets.
a)
communication
b)
Railroad
c)
black market
d)
Interstate highway system
10.
Lower ______________________ costs is one factor which helped to transform the U.S. from an agricultural to an industrial nation.
a)
Wheat
b)
Production
c)
janitorila
d)
rental
11.
Advancements in transportation, Captains of Industry, Advertising, and Lower production costs were all factors resulting in the growth of_______
a)
American's waistline
b)
Stock Market
c)
fast food
d)
Big Business
12.
Two inventions that contributed to change and industrial growth were electricity and ______________________ service.
a)
Telephone
b)
House cleaning
c)
Coreectional
d)
Game
13.
Which of the following inventions did not contribute to the rise of big business in the 1800’s?
a)
Railroad
b)
Bicycle
c)
Telephone
d)
Practical electric lighting
14.
Which man helped to industrialize electricity?
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Cornelius Vanderbilt,
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
Thomas Edison
15.
The invention of electric lighting and telephone service increased ______________________ growth.
a)
American's stomach
b)
Hair
c)
Industrial
d)
Wheat
16.
All of the following helped change the United States from an agricultural society to an industrial nation except:
a)
Labor force
b)
Free land
c)
Raw materials
d)
New inventions
17.
Who made the following quote: “I will fight no more forever”?
a)
Chief Joseph
b)
Geronimo
c)
Geneeral Custer
d)
Sitting Bull
18.
Who believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans?
a)
W.E.B. Dubois
b)
Booker T.Washington
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Robert E. Lee
19.
Which set of rules denied African Americans the same rights as white Americans in the late 1800’s and into the 1900’s?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
Jim Crow laws
c)
14th Amendment
d)
The Deep South Laws
20.
According to Booker T. Washington, ____________ would help African Americans to gain equality.
a)
vocational school
b)
immediate civil rights
c)
The first amendment
d)
NAACP
21.
Native Americans learning to speak the English language would be an example of ______________________________.
a)
Occupations
b)
Vocational School
c)
Navitism
d)
Assimilation
22.
Westward Expansion had the most negative effect for the ______________________________.
a)
African Americans
b)
White Settlers
c)
American Indians
d)
Prairie Dogs
23.
The _______ Amendment bans slavery in the U.S. and all of its territories.
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
21st
24.
What is your favorite class
a)
History, of course!!!!
b)
Don't pick this one
c)
Don't pick this one
d)
Don't pick this one
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