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WorksheetsIndustrial Revolution
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is not one of the improvements to the railroad during the industrial revolution?
a)
Standard Gauge
b)
Television Cars
c)
Time Zones
d)
Pullman sleeping cars
2.
Where was this industry mainly located?
a)
Detroit, MI
b)
New England
c)
Chicago, IL
d)
Pittsburgh, PA
3.
Where was this industry mainly located?
a)
Detroit, MI
b)
New England
c)
Chicago, IL
d)
Pittsburgh, PA
4.
Where was this industry mainly located?
a)
Detroit, MI
b)
New England
c)
Chicago, IL
d)
Pittsburgh, PA
5.
Where was this industry mainly located?
a)
Detroit, MI
b)
New England
c)
Chicago, IL
d)
Pittsburgh, PA
6.
Who invented the object in the picture?
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Wright Brothers
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Henry Ford
7.
What is not an impact of the assembly line?
a)
Faster mass production
b)
Easier working conditions
c)
Workers focused on only one job
d)
Cheaper production which made product costs cheaper
8.
More people moved from cities to rural areas during the industrial revolution.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Improvements to the ___________________ allowed for the growth of national markets
a)
Electric Motor
b)
Steamship
c)
Steel industry
d)
Railroad
10.
__________________ is the change from working by hand or with animals to doing that work with machinery.
a)
Mechanization
b)
Mechanics
c)
Machinery
d)
Mechanical
11.
Who invented the mechanical reaper?
a)
Nikola Tesla
b)
Cyrus McCormick
c)
Christopher Sholes
d)
Harvest McFadden
12.
What class in the United states started to develop due to products becoming more affordable?
a)
White Collar Class
b)
Lower Class
c)
Immigrant Class
d)
Middle Class
13.
What is not a negative impact of industrialization on the environment?
a)
Water pollution
b)
Global warming
c)
Growing forests
d)
Smog
14.
Which of the following is not an effect of industrialization in America?
a)
Child labor
b)
Over crowding in cities
c)
Poor working conditions
d)
Economic decline
15.
In order to increase production, factory and business owners did all of the following except?
a)
Increased working hours
b)
Increased wages
c)
Created assembly lines
d)
Hired child laborers
16.
Groups of workers who were unhappy with working conditions formed___________________?
a)
Unions
b)
Trusts
c)
Clubs
d)
Monopolies
17.
The homestead strike had to do with what industry?
a)
Oil
b)
Steel
c)
Railroad
d)
Shipping
18.
The pullman strike had to do with what industry?
a)
Oil
b)
Steel
c)
Railroad
d)
Shipping
19.
Who was the president of the American Federation of Labor for 37 years?
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
Christopher Sholes
c)
Henry Frick
d)
Samuel Gompers
20.
A work stoppage by a body of workers to enforce compliance with demands made on an employer is called a _____________________________?
a)
Union
b)
Monopoly
c)
Strike
d)
Collective Bargaining
21.
Working conditions were very unsafe during the industrial revolution.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Railroads, oil, coal, and steel are all examples of______________?
a)
trusts
b)
big businesses
c)
industrialization
d)
inventions
23.
Who is known for creating to monopoly of Standard Oil?
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
J.P. Morgan
d)
John D. Rockefeller
24.
Who is known as the captain of the steel industry?
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
J.P. Morgan
d)
John D. Rockefeller
25.
Who is known as the captain of the steel industry?
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
J.P. Morgan
d)
John D. Rockefeller
26.
Who is known as the captain of the shipping and railroad industry?
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
J.P. Morgan
d)
John D. Rockefeller
27.
When one person or company gains control over an entire industry it is called a ____________________.
a)
monopoly
b)
big business
c)
industry
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