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WorksheetsImmigration & Industrialization
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The United States lacked the natural resources upon which industrialization in the 1800s depended, including water, timber, coal, iron, and copper.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
Thomas Edison stood as a symbol for the emerging age of technology with his invention of the telephone.
a)
True
b)
False, Alexander Graham Bell invented the Telephone
3.
Machines could mass-produce shoes more cheaply and efficiently than local cobblers.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Supporters of laissez-faire believe the government should not interfere in the economy other than to protect private property rights and maintain peace.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
The growth of the population between 1860 and 1910 provided industrialists with a large workforce and also created greater demand for the consumer goods factories produced.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
The government offered each railroad company building the Transcontinental Railroad _______________ along it right-of-way.
a)
railroads
b)
natural resources
c)
Land
d)
Free Housing
7.
A shortage of workers in California forced the Central Pacific Railroad to hire about 10,000 workers from
a)
China
b)
Ireland
c)
Italy
d)
Cuba
8.
To build their railroads, railroad companies raised most of the money they needed from
a)
hauling freight to market.
b)
private investors.
c)
selling government land grants.
d)
subsidies from tax revenues.
9.
Northern entrepreneurs traditionally supported high tariffs to protect them from competition overseas.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
One reason for the country’s industrial success was its vast abundance of natural
a)
resources.
b)
gross national product.
c)
technology.
d)
enterprise.
11.
Who began the first modern industrial research laboratory, resulting in many new inventions, including the battery and the motion picture?
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Edwin Drake
c)
George Pullman
d)
Thomas Edison
12.
Supporters of laissez-faire generally favor
a)
free trade.
b)
government protections
c)
high prices.
d)
high tariffs.
13.
To make rail service more reliable, in 1883 the American Railway Association
a)
divided the country into standardized time zones.
b)
drew latitude and longitude lines for the country.
c)
set a maximum number of cars that a train could pull.
d)
set standards for materials used in the construction of railroad lines
14.
Created Standard Oil
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
Edwin Drake
15.
The process of making steel by blowing cold air threw the molten pig iron. This allowed Andrew Carnegie to dominate the steel industry
a)
Bessemer Process
b)
Kerosene Refinement
c)
Standard Oil
d)
Vertical Integration
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