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WorksheetsIndustrialization and Reform
Total questions: 110
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1.
Which invention resulted in an increase in the demand for coal?
a)
Iron plow
b)
Cotton gin
c)
Steam engine
d)
Internal combustion engine
2.
Which of these changes during the Industrial Revolution led to greater efficiency.
a)
Workers received labor rights
b)
Major labor unions were formed
c)
Slavery and other forms of forced labor were eliminated
d)
Animal & human power were generally replaced with steam power
3.
William Lloyd Garrison was the founder of which antislavery newspaper?
a)
The Examiner
b)
The Liberator
c)
The New York Times
d)
The Independence Gazette
4.
The Underground Railroad was:
a)
A network of secret routes and safe houses starting in the South and ending in the North.
b)
A network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century enslaved people of African descent in the United States.
c)
A network of well-known routes and safe houses used by many.
d)
A network of slaves going back and helping other slaves on a regular basis, saving over 2 million.
5.
What event was held to promote women’s rights in 1848?
a)
The March on Washington
b)
The Sarah Childress Polk Meeting
c)
The Rally in Hyde Park
d)
The Seneca Falls Convention in New York
6.
At the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, the ______________ was written.
a)
Bill of Rights
b)
Declaration of Sentiments
c)
Treaty of Paris
d)
Constitution
7.
How did "Uncle Tom's Cabin" help the abolitionist movement?
a)
It showed Northerners the ugliness and brutality of slavery.
b)
It provided no credibility to the movement
c)
It taught many slaves how to read
d)
It actually hurt the movement by upsetting Southerners
8.
The organized effort to improve the political, legal, and economic status of women in American society -
a)
Suffrage
b)
Prison Reform
c)
Women's Rights movement
d)
Wilmot Proviso
9.
She was the leading figure of the prison reform movement:
a)
Dorothea Dix
b)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
Sojourner Truth
d)
Susan B. Anthony
10.
- An escaped slave.
- Delivered “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech.
- Leader in the Women's Rights and Abolitionist movement.
- Delivered “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech.
- Leader in the Women's Rights and Abolitionist movement.
a)
Dorothea Dix
b)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
Sojourner Truth
d)
Susan B. Anthony
11.
- Leading figure of the Women's Rights movement.
- Wrote the Declaration of Sentiments at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848.
- Fought for women's suffrage.
- Wrote the Declaration of Sentiments at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848.
- Fought for women's suffrage.
a)
Dorothea Dix
b)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
Sojourner Truth
d)
Susan B. Anthony
12.
This movement believed your should:
1. Question societies rules
2. Be original and true to yourself
3. Get out and experience nature
1. Question societies rules
2. Be original and true to yourself
3. Get out and experience nature
a)
Abolition
b)
Second Great Awakening
c)
Transcendentalism
d)
Education
13.
Which of the following was a problem that helped instigate the need for social reforms?
a)
alcoholism was destroying families
b)
prisons were poorly run
c)
children lacked proper education
d)
all of the above
14.
What is temperance?
a)
not drinking alcohol
b)
the study of temperatures
c)
a religious belief that says your temper controls your fate
d)
the right to vote
15.
While supporting the temperance movement, abolition, and women’s rights, Horace Mann’s greatest achievement was…
a)
Publishing a novel about slavery
b)
The reform of public education
c)
Providing healthcare to the impoverished
d)
Rewriting the constitution
16.
William Lloyd Garrison printed the weekly newspaper the Liberator. In it he printed articles condemning (disapproving, criticizing):
a)
The institution of slavery
b)
The unfair treatment of women
c)
The abuses faced by prison inmates
d)
child labor
17.
He was the leader of the education reform movement-
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Horace Mann
d)
Charles Finney
18.
This cartoon represents the point of view of which reform movement?
a)
Child labor
b)
Temperance
c)
Abolition
d)
Women's Rights
19.
What literary work did Harriet Beecher Stowe write that brought attention to the brutal conditions of slavery?
a)
North and South
b)
Gone With the Wind
c)
Up From Slavery
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
20.
Having the right to vote is called:
a)
disenfranschiment
b)
suffrage
c)
rights
d)
frankage
21.
This movement stated you could redeem or earn your way to heaven by doing good work on earth.
a)
Transcendentalism
b)
Second Great Awakening
c)
Temperance
d)
Abolition
22.
- An escaped slave.
- Leader of the abolitionist movement
- Created his own abolitionist newspaper, "the North star."
- Leader of the abolitionist movement
- Created his own abolitionist newspaper, "the North star."
a)
Charles Finney
b)
William Lloyd Garrison
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
Lucretia Mott
23.
The Underground Railroad was a
a)
A railroad buried deep underground that was built by Lincoln
b)
A railroad system that would bring free slaves from the South to the North.
c)
a network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves in order to escape to free states.
24.
Which two women led the Women’s Rights Movement?
a)
Angelina and Sarah Grimke
b)
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
Sojourner Truth and Dorothea Dix
d)
Betsy Ross and Sacajawea
25.
Define "Reform"-
a)
to make change to something in order to improve it
b)
first co-ed college
c)
the time period directly after a major war
d)
the right to vote
26.
What invention caused slavery to greatly expand across the south?
a)
The telegraph
b)
The lawn mower
c)
The cotton gin
d)
The light bulb
27.
The Hudson River School artists created paintings that reflected national pride and an appreciation for
a)
Buildings
b)
Politicians
c)
War
d)
Nature
28.
Which of the following jobs would a planter NOT allow a slave to have on a plantation?
a)
butler
b)
preacher
c)
carpenter
d)
blacksmith
29.
What is the cottage industry?
a)
Making things in a factory
b)
Making things in your home
30.
What product is known as cloth?
a)
Steel
b)
textiles
31.
What is mass production?
a)
division of labor
b)
large quantities of cheap goods
c)
intercahable parts
d)
cottage industry
32.
Could children work in factories?
a)
Yes
b)
No
33.
Where did most people live during the Industrial Revolution?
a)
City
b)
Country
c)
Islands
d)
Russia
34.
Who invented the first paddle-wheel steamboat?
a)
Edmund Cartwright
b)
Robert Fulton
c)
Eli Whitney
d)
James Hargreaves
35.
Why was the steamboat important in the United States?
a)
Made transportation harder on the waterways.
b)
Slowed down the process of transporting goods.
c)
Made transportation easier on the waterways.
d)
Made it difficult for travel.
36.
Before the Industrial Revolution, most people lived on __________.
a)
cities
b)
factories
c)
small farms
d)
apartments
37.
An early production method was called cottage industry because workers _________.
a)
built cottages
b)
worked in their homes
c)
lived in factories
d)
made cottage cheese
38.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
a)
a change from making things by machines to making them by hand
b)
a change from making things by hand to making them by machines in factories
c)
a shift from a monarchy to a democracy
d)
a shift from old order to new order
39.
Name the inventor of the cotton gin.
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Henry Bessmer
c)
Alexander Bell
d)
Thomas Edison
40.
Cyrus McCormick invented which machine in 1831?
a)
The cotton gin
b)
The internal combustion engine
c)
The adding machine
d)
The mechanical reaper
41.
What is a factory system?
a)
Method of production that brought machines and workers together in one place
b)
Involves two or more entrepreneurs
c)
Movement that began when Parliament allowed large landowners to fence off common lands
d)
Rotating crops on three fields instead of two
42.
What impact did the cotton gin have on slavery?
a)
slowed the slave trade
b)
decreased the need for slaves
c)
increased the demand for slaves
d)
increased demand for indentured servants
43.
Who invented the telegraph?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Henry Ford
c)
Samuel Morse
d)
Thomas Edison
44.
Who invented the steele plow?
a)
John Deere
b)
Elias Howe
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Wright Brothers
45.
Mormons moved from New York to the West in the early 1830s in order to
a)
obey the Book of Mormon
b)
prosper in the fur trade
c)
seek out religious freedom
d)
gold
46.
Which political leader enthusiastically supported the concept of stats' right?
a)
Marshall
b)
Webster
c)
Jackson
d)
Calhoun
47.
What was the significance of Marbury vs. Madison (1803)?
a)
placed judiciary outside the impeachment power
b)
established Judicial Review
c)
demonstrated supremacy (state over federal government)
d)
declared Alien and Sedition Acts unconstitutional
48.
Which of the following was NOT a favorite subject of American painters in the mid-1800s?
a)
the city of London
b)
the Rocky Mountains
c)
New York State
49.
Henry David Thoreau
a)
a writer who urged people
to live simply
b)
A cultural movement that
explored the relationship between people and nature through emotions
c)
an abolitionist who was an ex-slave
50.
transcendentalism
a)
A cultural movement that
explored the relationship between people and nature through emotions
b)
the right of women to vote
c)
a campaign to end slavery
51.
Which person believed that public education is essential for democracy to work?
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Horace Mann
52.
Which routes do you think carried the least risk?
a)
routes that passed through two southern states and one northern state
b)
routes that started near the coast and continued on the ocean
c)
routes that started in the deep south and went north
53.
If you believe in free will, you believe that
a)
Everyone is created equal.
b)
People can make their lives
and their society better.
c)
Women should have the right
to vote.
54.
During the 1800s, the belief that people could improve themselves and society
a)
led to a wave of reform
movements.
b)
caused the downfall of many
Utopian communities.
c)
made it harder for
reformers to attract followers.
55.
Which of the following might have been said by someone in the women’s rights movement?
a)
"Women should have the same
educational opportunities as men.”
b)
"Women don’t need to be
educated because they don’t vote.”
c)
“Having an education won’t
help a woman be a good mother.”
56.
Frederick Douglass
a)
a writer who urged people to live simply
b)
an ex-slave who was an abolitionist
c)
the right of women to vote
57.
Which Reform movement most closely associates with the term "suffrage?"
a)
Education Reform
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Women's Rights Movement
58.
Which Reform movement most closely associates with the term "jails?"
a)
Education Reform
b)
Abolitionist Movement
c)
Prison Reform Movement
59.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B Anthony,and Lucretia Mott, were some of the leaders of which movement?
a)
Temperance
b)
Women's Rights
c)
Abolitionist Movement
d)
Baking Reform
60.
Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd Garrison, and Sojourner Truth were some of the leaders of which movement?
a)
Abolitionist Movement
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Education Movement
61.
What event was the event held to promote women’s rights in 1848?
a)
The March on Washington
b)
The Seminole Falls Convention
c)
The Rally in Hyde Park
d)
The Seneca Falls Convention
62.
What did reformer Dorothea Dix do to contribute to the prison reform movement in the early 1800s?
a)
spoke of the horrid conditions of prisons and inspired the building of separate facilites for the mentally ill
b)
founded an organization of women that worked together to provide education for imprisoned criminals
c)
organized many protest in hopes of motivating the government to build separate facilities for child offenders
d)
brought American's attention to the need for prison reform by writing novels detailing the condition of prisons
63.
All of the following important women attended the Seneca Falls Convention EXCEPT-
a)
Elizabeth Katy Stanton
b)
Lucretia Mott
c)
Susan B Anthony
d)
Gloria Steinem
64.
What terms describes a person who arrived in a new nation?
a)
Immigrant
b)
Emigrant
c)
Newcomer
d)
Refugee
65.
The invention of these made it possible to replace a broken part with ease instead of having to wait for custom replacements
a)
mass production
b)
division of labor
c)
interchangeable parts
66.
This invention made it possible for factories to be built anywhere
a)
spinning jenny
b)
steam engine
c)
flying shuttle
67.
Urbanization means
a)
move to the city
b)
move to the country
c)
kicking people off their land
68.
Which one is true?
a)
New inventions led to immigration
b)
Inventions led to reform
c)
Industry led to the growth of cities
d)
Plantations led to the end of slavery
69.
Why were railroads so important to the North?
a)
They slowed migration West.
b)
People and goods could move faster in all directions.
c)
Most cities grew in the South.
d)
It improved communication.
70.
What does "Free Enterprise" mean?
a)
The government does not make a lot of rules for businesses and businesses compete.
b)
The government prevents businesses from competing.
c)
The government makes lots of rules for businesses to follow.
d)
The government spreads everyone's money around equally.
71.
Which one is NOT TRUE about Urbanization (the growth of cities)?
a)
Many immigrants came to the cities.
b)
Pollution was a problem in cities.
c)
People of different races were welcomed and accepted by everyone.
d)
The rich and poor lived very different lives.
72.
What does "Urbanization" mean?
a)
More people moving to the country.
b)
More people moving to the cities.
73.
What does "industrialization" mean?
a)
Reduction of machines and factories.
b)
Increase in machines and factories.
74.
How did new inventions affect America SOCIALLY?
a)
Railroads and the telegraph helped businesses and the economy.
b)
Inventions led to greater immigration and more slavery.
75.
The telegraph improved...
a)
transportation
b)
mechanization
c)
communication
76.
Canals and steamboats improved...
a)
communication
b)
transportation
c)
immigration
77.
While wagon trains helped people move West, steamboats helped people...
a)
Go West
b)
Go upriver
c)
Cross the entire ocean
78.
What does "high population density" mean?
a)
Not many people live there
b)
Many people live there
79.
Which area in the U.S. had the MOST population density due to more factories, immigration, and cities?
a)
The South
b)
The North
c)
The West
80.
Which area had least amount of people?
a)
The South
b)
The West
c)
The North
81.
How did the Erie Canal impact America?
a)
Fewer people moved West.
b)
Farms were irrigated using the water.
c)
Businesses grew because transportation improved.
82.
What were two of the most important events of the Industrial Revolution? (CHOOSE TWO)
a)
Civil War & End of Slavery
b)
Creation of Plantations and End of Slavery
c)
Growth of Factories and Reform Movements
83.
This invention increased the demand for slave labor
a)
cotton gin
b)
steam engine
c)
spinning jenny
d)
telegraph
84.
What was the main purpose of the Women's Rights movement at the Seneca Falls Convention?
a)
allow women to become teachers.
b)
Gain the right to vote for women.
c)
Increase the number of female doctors.
d)
Allow for equal pay for women workers.
85.
A supporter of the Temperance movement would want to:
a)
End slavery
b)
Bring equal rights
c)
condemn the consumption and sale of alcohol.
d)
Overthrow the government.
86.
The purpose of the abolitionist movement was to:
a)
Bring an end to inequality for women.
b)
Bring an end to alcohol.
c)
Bring an end to slavery.
d)
Bring an end to schools.
87.
Which of the following people was a major historical figures at Seneca Falls, New York?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
Fredrick Douglas
d)
Andrew Jackson
88.
How did the steamboat impact the American society?
a)
It allowed for the easier movement of products.
b)
It removed the need for trains.
c)
It reduced the use of water powered factories.
d)
It increased the need for British trade.
89.
Which of these was NOT a factor that lead to industrialization?
a)
New Transportation
b)
New Inventions
c)
More capital (money)
d)
New Steel Process
90.
Was the north or the south more interested in industry and manufacturing?
a)
South
b)
North
91.
The South's economy was based on what?
a)
Agriculture and Slavery
b)
Industry and Trade
c)
Imports and Exports
d)
Timber and Fishing
92.
The prison reform movement gave prisoners what?
a)
Basic human needs
b)
The ability to write letters
c)
Paid jobs
d)
More prisons to choose from
93.
I published an abolitionist newspaper called "The Liberator." I wanted freedom and equality for all African Americans.
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
John Brown
d)
Levi Coffin
94.
I was the most famous ‘conductor’ of the Underground Railroad. I led more than 300 slaves to freedom.
a)
John Brown
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
David Walker
d)
Nat Turner
95.
I wrote a pamphlet that supported equal educational opportunities for women.
a)
Sarah Grimke
b)
Sojourner Truth
c)
Lucretia Mott
d)
Carrie Nation
96.
I was a former slave who stood 6 feet tall and challenged the idea that women were the “weaker sex.”
a)
Victoria Woodhull
b)
Sojourner Truth
c)
Lucy Stone
d)
Angelina Grimke
97.
Immigration from Ireland increased due to a ________ famine in the 1840s and 1850s.
a)
wheat
b)
potato
c)
bean
d)
tomato
98.
Who was in the second wave of migration?
a)
Mexican, Vietnamese and Indian People
b)
Irish, German and English People
c)
Austro-Hungarian, Russian and Italian People
d)
English, Dutch, Spanish and French People
99.
What immigrants came over because of the Potato Famine?
a)
American
b)
French
c)
Irish
d)
Austrian
100.
This economic systems allows the most personal freedoms
a)
Capitalism
b)
Communism
c)
Socialism
101.
How did the economic and social differences between the North and the South impact the United States government?
a)
They forced the United States to adopt the dollar.
b)
They helped create controversy over representation in Congress.
c)
They led to the policy of the separation of church and state.
d)
They led to the creation of the Supreme Court.
102.
Why did the fear of slave revolts in the South increase in the early 1800's?
a)
The government required slave owners to educate their slaves.
b)
The population of the South began to support emancipation.
c)
The slave population outnumbered the white population in the South.
d)
The economy of the South began to crash after the invention of the cotton gin.
103.
How did the increase in northern industry impact tensions between South Carolina and the North?
a)
High tax rates in the Lowcountry funded the Regulators to serve as a police force in the Backcountry.
b)
Increased industry put northern farmers out of work, causing them to move to South Carolina and spread abolitionists ideas.
c)
Increased industry led to a growth in population in the North, giving the region more political representation.
d)
Increased industry led to great wealth in the region sending South Carolina into a harsh economic depression.
104.
Why did southern states feel that new states admitted to the Union should allow slavery?
a)
Southerners were concerned about losing influence in Congress to the more populous, non-slave Northern states.
b)
Southerners felt that slavery was necessary for the economies of new states in the western territories.
c)
Southerners wanted to abide by the Missouri Compromise in order to maintain unity.
d)
Southerns felt allowing slavery represented the interest of the nation as a whole.
105.
What is the best example of sectionalism?
a)
Supporting legislation that benefits the entire country as a whole.
b)
Remaining loyal to a particular region of the country rather than to the interests of the whole nation.
c)
Developing small "countries within a country" based around specific interests and laws.
d)
Dividing nations into smaller entities that rarely interact with each other.
106.
How did the influx of immigrants to the United States lead to increased sectionalism between the North and South?
a)
Immigrants increased the North's population and representation in the House of Representatives.
b)
The North and South competed to attract immigrants to work in new
c)
Many immigrants came to the country to encourage the government to outlaw slavery in the South.
d)
The North used immigrant labor to grow cotton instead of buying it from the South.
107.
Laws forbade _______ to learn to read and write.
a)
Colonists
b)
Planters
c)
Slaves
d)
Woman
108.
Federal government authority is more powerful than state government authority.
a)
Heart of Atlanta vs. Unite States
b)
New York Times vs. United States
c)
Miranda vs. Arizona
d)
Gibbons vs. Ogden
109.
Name the case that the following facts belong to, Steamboats, New York vs New Jersey, Federal authority.
a)
Heart of Atlanta v US
b)
New York Times v US
c)
Gibbons v Ogden
d)
Roper v Simmons
110.
The decision in Gibbons v Ogden (1824) addressed which of the following issues?
a)
The issue of congressional privileges
b)
The regulation of interstate commerece
c)
The right of states to tax federal property
d)
The Supreme Court's right to declare Congressional act unconstitutional
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