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US History: Industrialization

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Large multi-story buildings 
a)
Trusts 
b)
Skyscrapers
c)
Steerage
2.
Single corporation that controls an entire industry. 
a)
Monopoly 
b)
Laissez-Faire
c)
Industrialization
3.
The "newly rich" who spent money freely. 
a)
Nouveau Rich 
b)
Social Darwinism 
c)
Nativists
4.
To let people do as they choose. The government doesn't get involved in business. 
a)
Monopoly 
b)
Laissez-Faire 
c)
Trusts
5.
Poorly built apartment buildings 
a)
Tenements 
b)
Steerage
c)
Skyscrapers 
6.

The development of business on a large scale

a)

Social Darwinism

b)

Nouveau Rich

c)

Industrialization

7.
The poorest travel accommodations on a ship
a)
Nativist
b)
Trust 
c)
Steerage
8.
Native born Americans who saw immigrants as a threat 
a)
Nativist
b)
Andrew Carnegie 
c)
Monopoly
9.

Businesses who agree to reduce competition between one another

a)

Tenements

b)

Industrialization

c)

Trusts

10.
Life is a struggle in which only the fittest survive
a)
Social Darwinism 
b)
Tenements 
c)
Monopoly 
11.
A successful businessman who made his fortune in the oil industry
a)
Andrew Carnegie 
b)
James Monroe 
c)
John Rockefeller 
12.
A successful businessman who made his fortune in the steel industry 
a)
Andrew Carnegie 
b)
James Monroe 
c)
John Rockefeller 
13.
Which of the following was not a major invention during the industrial era
a)
Electric Light bulb 
b)
Elevator 
c)
Radio 
14.
The process of buying companies that provide material and services to support your business. (Carnegie used this business model)
a)
Vertical Integration 
b)
Diagonal Integration 
c)
Horizontal Integration 
15.
A company tries to control other companies that are producing the same product. (Rockefeller used this business model) 
a)
Vertical Integration 
b)
Diagonal Integration 
c)
Horizontal Integration 
16.
Which of the following does not describe the industrial era "worker" experience? 
a)
15 or 16 hour work days 
b)
Low pay
c)
Safe working conditions
17.
What organizations fought for workers’ rights and helped to organize strikes
a)
Trusts 
b)
Labor Unions 
c)
Catholic Churches 
18.
These immigrants came to the United States between 1800 and 1880. They were mostly protestant and from north-western Europe
a)
Old Immigrants 
b)
New Immigrants 
c)
Nativists
19.
These immigrants came to the United States between 1891 and 1910. They were many different religions and were mostly from Southern or Eastern Europe. 
a)
Old Immigrants 
b)
New Immigrants
c)
Nativists 
20.
Which of the following was a “push factor”? 
a)
Owning land 
b)
Religious freedom 
c)
Poverty 
21.
Which of the following was a "pull factor"? 
a)
Forced military service 
b)
Freedom 
c)
Slavery 
22.
The immigration state in New York harbor. 
a)
Ellis Island 
b)
Catalina Island 
c)
Setauket Island 
23.
The immigration state in San Francisco bay. 
a)
Ellis Island 
b)
Angel Island 
c)
Catalina Island 
24.

Which of the following is a reason immigrants could be deported when they first arrived in the United States?

a)

Having too much money

b)

Disease

c)

Not being able to read

25.
What system helped cities begin to grow “outward” in size? 
a)
Elevators 
b)
Plumbing 
c)
Mass Transit
26.
This class of people were described as the Nouveau Rich. 
a)
The upper class (wealthy) 
b)
The middle class 
c)
The poor 
27.
Engineers, Accountants, and Attorneys, could all be considered this type of worker. 
a)
Blue collar 
b)
White collar 
c)
Red collar 
28.
In the cities, the poor typically lived in poorly built apartment buildings known as… 
a)
Tenements 
b)
Hoovervilles 
c)
Flats 
29.
After the Civil War, Native Americans were forced onto reservations. 
a)
True 
b)
False 
30.

The Homestead Act of 1862 gave citizens about 1 acre of land for free if they lived and worked on the land for 5 years.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

The term Gilded means that something is beautiful on the surface but worthless underneath.

a)

True

b)

False

32.
The Supreme Court decision, Plessy v. Ferguson, stated that blacks and whites should be “separate but equal”. 
a)
True 
b)
False 
33.

Who invented the light bulb?

a)

Thomas Nast

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

JP Morgan

34.

Who invented the telephone?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

George Lucas

35.

What type of industries were created as Americans began moving to the Great Plains?

a)

Farming, Mining, and Cattle Ranchers

b)

Textiles and Mining

c)

Electricians and Painters

36.

What type of houses did settlers on the Great Plains build?

a)

Wood

b)

Brick

c)

Sod

37.

Which of the following did settlers NOT experience as they moved west?

a)

Bad weather

b)

Insects eating their crops

c)

Having wood to build homes and fires

38.

Who was "Boss" William Tweed?

a)

The 19th President of the US

b)

A corrupt politician from New York City

c)

A character in the first Broadway Musical, "Always Home"

39.

Who is Thomas Nast?

a)

A cartoonist who exposed the corruption of Boss Tweed

b)

An immigrant from Poland who became President

c)

The leader of the Oil Industry

40.

Which of the following describes the living conditions in cities?

a)

Dirty, crowded, unhealthy

b)

Clean, crowded, busy

c)

A lot of living space, clean streets

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