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WorksheetsUnit 6- AGE OF INDUSTRY & PROGRESSIVE ERA
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the final battle or war between Native Americans and settlers that took place in December of 1890?
a)
French-Indian War
b)
Battle of Wounded Knee
c)
Civil War
d)
Battle of Tippecanoe
2.
Which was NOT true of Roosevelt's presidency?
a)
Pushed government to break up bad trusts
b)
Re-ran as a candidate for the Bull Moose party in 1912
c)
Pushed for conservation
d)
Was not a very "progressive" president
3.
What man-made structure was completed in Promontory, Utah in 1869 that connected the eastern and western United States?
a)
Erie Canal
b)
Highway 66
c)
Oregon Trail
d)
Transcontinental Railroad
4.
Which of the following was NOT one of the jobs an Asian immigrant in west might have found themselves during in the late 19th century?
a)
Cowhand
b)
Railroad worker
c)
Factory worker
d)
Miner
5.
What was land set aside for Native Americans to live on called?
a)
Reservations
b)
Tribal lands
c)
Indian villages
d)
Farms
6.
All that Native Americans hoped to gain by agreeing to stay in one place was to be left alone.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Where was oil first discovered in the United States?
a)
Seneca Falls, New York
b)
Burlington, Vermont
c)
Bangor, Maine
d)
Titusville, Pennsylvania
8.
What was created to provide free land to Americans who were willing to farm that land?
a)
Tenant farming
b)
Land Act of 1887
c)
Homestead Act
d)
Reservations
9.
New railroads in the U.S. carried raw materials west and settlers east.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Which of the following was NOT a NATURAL resource that was key to industrial growth in the U.S.?
a)
Coal
b)
Steel
c)
Iron
d)
Lumber
11.
Who was the main banker in the U.S. during the late 19th century that eventually had lent so much money that he had gained some control over some major industries?
a)
J.P. Morgan
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
Monopoly Man
12.
Which of these inventor-invention combinations is incorrect?
a)
Christopher Sholes- Typewriter
b)
Thomas Edison- Electric light bulb
c)
Henry Ford- Assembly line
d)
Alexander Graham Bell- Radio
13.
Which city quickly began the steel capital of the U.S. when the Bessemer process allowed steel to be created both stronger and cheaper?
a)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
b)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylania
c)
Pensacola, Pennsylvania
d)
Portland, Pennsylvania
14.
Henry Ford made cars cheaper by using the assembly line to mass produce cars and lower the cost. By 1917, about 4 million Americans owned a car.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
What did Thomas Edison open the first of in 1882 to back up his invention of the light bulb?
a)
Electrical power plant
b)
Home Depot
c)
General store
d)
Nuclear power plant
16.
Which of these is the correct concerning the two "Bill Gates" type men of the industry boom?
a)
Carnegie- steel & Ford-oil
b)
Morgan- steel & Rockefeller-oil
c)
Carnegie-steel & Rockefeller-oil
d)
None of these is accurate
17.
Which of the following helped bold entrepreneurs succeed in late 1800s?
a)
Raising capital, or money
b)
Forming corporations
c)
Selling stock to stockholders
d)
All of these helped them
18.
Which of the following helped bold entrepreneurs succeed in late 1800s?
a)
train tracks
b)
public transportation
c)
public health
d)
tenement housing
19.
How many immigrants entered the U.S. between 1865 & 1915?
a)
10 million
b)
18 million
c)
25 million
d)
40 million
20.
What was the major difference between the first two major unions, the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor?
a)
The Knights of Labor only allowed skilled workers to join
b)
The Knights of Labor did not allow immigrants to join
c)
The AFL only allowed skilled workers to join
d)
The AFL did not allow immigrants to join
21.
Which of these best describes life in a tenement?
a)
Very crowded
b)
Lots of sickness & disease
c)
No windows, heat, or plumbing
d)
All of these describe tenement life
22.
Why were skyscrapers created?
a)
They made the cities look nicer
b)
They were cheaper to build
c)
Cities were running out of room and had to expand upward
d)
More people could work in buildings than before
23.
What continent did 90% of immigrants come to the United States from during the late 1800s?
a)
Europe
b)
Asia
c)
Latin America
d)
Africa
24.
Which was NOT one of the "Three R's" taught in elementary schools?
a)
Reading
b)
Reasoning
c)
Writing
d)
Arithmetic
25.
What happened in 1918 in relation to public schools?
a)
High schools were created
b)
Every state required children to attend school
c)
Athletics were introduced at middle and high schools
d)
Principals, or building leaders, were placed in charge of schools
26.
Who became the most popular author during this time with classics like Huckleberry Finn?
a)
Dr. Seuss
b)
Edgar Allen Poe
c)
Mark Twain
d)
George Orwell
27.
What was the name given to the group of people who thought immigrants could not assimilate, took away jobs, and promoted violence?
a)
Patriots
b)
Loyalists
c)
Nativists
d)
Radicals
28.
There were many factors that pushed immigrants from their homeland and pulled them to the U.S., which of the following was NOT one of those?
a)
Pushed- Religious persecution
b)
Pushed- Genocide (mass murder) in some countries
c)
Pulled- New jobs & cheap land
d)
Pulled- Democracy & liberty
29.
What was the name of the first modern newspaper produced by Joseph Pulitzer?
a)
New York Journal
b)
Boston Globe
c)
New York World
d)
Boston Times
30.
Which U.S. President was assassinated on September 6, 1901? Theodore Roosevelt took over for this man and would turn out to be one of the more influential presidents in U.S. history.
a)
William McKinley
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
James Garfield
d)
John F. Kennedy
31.
What was the time period called that suggested that the U.S. appeared to be fine, but beneath the surface there was corruption and serious problems?
a)
False America
b)
Gilded Age
c)
Teasing Times
d)
Erroneous Era
32.
What did Progressive reformers believe in?
a)
Public interest, or the good of all people
b)
Ending prohibition
c)
Bringing back slavery
d)
Changing from democracy
33.
A _________________ was a journalist that sought to problems like the ones Upton Sinclair discovered in the meatpacking industry.
a)
carpetbagger
b)
muckraker
c)
dirt-digger
d)
jellyfisher
34.
What did the Pure Food & Drug act force producers to do?
a)
Have their factories inspected twice a month
b)
Have their products approved by the FDA
c)
List all the ingredients in their products on the package
d)
Make workers pass safety inspections daily
35.
What did the 19th amendment allow, ending an over century long struggle for one group of people?
a)
Equal rights for African Americans
b)
End of alcohol use
c)
Slavery is outlawed
d)
Women can vote
36.
Who was the most influential African American during this time, encouraging African Americans to GRADUALLY move up in society?
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Booker T. Washington
c)
George Washington Carver
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
37.
What caused thousands of Mexicans to come to the U.S. in 1910?
a)
Disease
b)
Revolution
c)
Both of these things
d)
Neither of these things
38.
What famous woman from the temperance movement, who allow happens to be a Kansan, went around to different bars and smashed kegs and bottles with a hatchet?
a)
Susan B Anthony
b)
Ida Wells
c)
Carrie Nation
d)
Clara Barton
39.
What did the states of Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and Idaho do for local & state elections in the late 1800s?
a)
Did not have them
b)
Allowed governor to determine the vote
c)
Allowed those age 18-21 to vote for the first time
d)
Allowed women to vote in them
40.
What happened to Leo Frank after his sentenced was reduced for a crime he may not have even committed?
a)
He was released from prison
b)
He was taken from prison and lynched by a mob
c)
Her was killed by another prisoner
d)
He was released and then killed at home
41.
Excitement, entertainment, and news ideas were all things that attracted Americans to cities in the late 1800s.
a)
True
b)
False
42.
Two islands were created to "check in" immigrants. Ellis Island was located near San Francisco and Asian immigrants passed through it. Angel Islands was located near New York City and European immigrants passed through it.
a)
True
b)
False
43.
The number of Americans attending high school changed drastically from 1880 to 1910. In 1880 only about 100,000 attended HS and by 1910 that number had nearly doubled to 200,000.
a)
True
b)
False
44.
W.E.B. Du Bois helped found the NAACP, or the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in 1909.
a)
True
b)
False
45.
Theodore Roosevelt reached a "Gentlemen's Agreement" with Japan in 1907. Under this agreement, no more workers from Japan could immigrate to the U.S. In return, the wives of Japanese men already in the U.S. could join them.
a)
True
b)
False
46.
Which of the following was NOT one of the new attractions that major cities offered?
a)
Shopping & theaters
b)
Professional sporting events
c)
Zoos & museums
d)
Amusement Parks & carnivals
47.
Which of the following correctly matches a problem to a solution from urban life during the late 1800's?
a)
Poor housing- skyscrapers were built
b)
Danger- Building codes created
c)
Potential for fire- Streetlights put up and police force increased
d)
Poor sanitation- public health departments created
48.
The cultural fusion and integration of different groups of people that occurred in the U.S. around the time was called ____________________.
a)
integration
b)
assimilation
c)
immigration
d)
procrastination
49.
If Teddy Roosevelt had not run for the Bull Moose party in 1912 the election result probably would have been different. Taft would not have split the Republican vote with Roosevelt and he would have defeated Woodrow Wilson.
a)
True
b)
False
50.
In 1911 a terrible fire occurred at a tenement in Boston. 300 people, mostly young men, were trapped inside and killed. This incident brought unsafe housing conditions into the public eye.
a)
True
b)
False
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