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UNIT 3 REVIEW: "Big Business, Indie Rev, & the Gilded Age"

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
 The second Industrial Revolution was started by inventions and discoveries.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
The Bessemer process 
a)
was perfected by Thomas Edison
b)
Made iron production easier
c)
made it easier and faster to produce steel
d)
created cheap copper
3.
Elijah McCoy created the _____.
a)
lubricating oil cup
b)
Bessemer process
c)
phonograpg
d)
automobile
4.
When an inventor receives a patent for their invention from the U.S. government, it ___________. 
a)
let others use the invention for free
b)
prevents everyone else from using the invention
c)
protected the inventor's rights to make, sell, and use the invention. 
d)
leaves the inventor impoverished
5.
The ability to purchase cheap steel led to all of the following developments in railroads EXCEPT 
a)
miles of new tracks. 
b)
the transcontinental railroad
c)
slower trains
d)
trunk lines
6.
Who invented the telephone?
a)
. Elijah McCoy
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Lewis Latimer
d)
Alexander Graham Bell
7.
The Wright brothers are associated with the invention of the _____.
a)
car
b)
airplane
c)
telegraph
d)
telephone
8.
What did Samuel Morse’s invention of the telegraph allow people to do?
a)
discard telephones
b)
discard radios
c)
communicate quickly over long distances for the first time in history
9.
the term "horseless carriage" was used to describe which invention?
a)
airplanes
b)
motor cycles
c)
trains
d)
cars
10.
Written communication was enhanced with the 1867 invention of the type writer.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Which of the following individuals invented the lightbulb, phonograph, and early electric power plants
a)
Lewis Latimer
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
George Westinghouse
d)
Alexander Graham Bell
12.
which urban area was known as a production site for steel?
a)
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
b)
Gary Indiana
c)
Cleveland Ohio
d)
All of the above
13.
famous expert in patent law
a)
Christopher Sholes
b)
George Westinghouse
c)
Lewis Latimer
d)
Thomas Edison
14.
The 1st oil well was drilled in Titusville, Pennsylvania
a)
true
b)
false
15.
Who invented a language consisting of dots and dashes to use on the telegraph?
a)
Tesla
b)
Moorse
c)
Edison
d)
Bell
16.
Edwin L, Drake discovered the first oil well.
a)
true
b)
false
17.
steel making method
a)
bessemer process
b)
patent
c)
monopoly
18.
inventor of the compressed air brake
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Nikola Tesla
c)
George Westinghouse
d)
Henry Bessemer
19.
Means of communicating over wires by using electricity to send a series of dots and dashes is called Moorse Code
a)
True
b)
False
20.
The lubricating cup was invented by; 
a)
Edison
b)
McCoy
c)
Sholes
d)
Tesla
21.
_____ created the “Hull House” in Chicago?
a)
John Dewy
b)
Nikola Tesla
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Jane Adams
22.
Inventor of Basketball
a)
James Naismith
b)
John Dewy
c)
Elisha Otis
d)
Walter Camp
23.
Mass Transit allowed urban areas to expand far from the central business districts of the new growing cities of the United States.
a)
true
b)
false
24.
70 % of new immigrants came to the U.S. from _____. 
a)
southern or eastern Europe
b)
northern or western Europe
25.
King of Ragtime
a)
Elisha Otis
b)
Frederick Law Olmstead
c)
John Dewy
d)
Scott Joplin
26.
Yellow Journalism consisted of _____.
a)
sensational reporting
b)
a true story
c)
 pure fiction
27.
_________ was an educational reformer
a)
Frederick Law Olmstead
b)
John Dewy
c)
Scott Joplin
d)
Walter Camp
28.
Who designed Central Park?
a)
Elisha Otis
b)
Frederick Law Olmstead
c)
John Dewy
d)
James Naismith
29.
The National Game of the United States is _____.
a)
football
b)
baseball
c)
hockey
d)
basketball
30.
Walter Camp helped to create the game of _____.
a)
Football
b)
Baseball
c)
Hockey
d)
Basketball
31.
Political parties that became very successful at getting their candidates elected came to be called “political machines.”
a)
true
b)
false
32.
Political bosses of machines handed out jobs to loyal city workers in the early industrial cities of the U.S.
a)
true
b)
false
33.
Tammany Hall was a powerful political machine in Chicago.
a)
true
b)
false
34.
Graft was an illegal way for corrupt politicians to gain money and power
a)
true
b)
false
35.
kickbacks were a legal form of political dealings.
a)
true
b)
false
36.
_____ was the leader of the Tammany Hall political Machine.
a)
Thomas Nast
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
William Marcy Tweed
d)
John Dewy
37.
The strength of political machines resided with the Precinct Captains.
a)
true
b)
false
38.
Political Bosses felt the use of “Graft” was honest because they profited only by doing useful public works.
a)
true 
b)
false
39.
Mark Twain & Charles Dudley Warner wrote a book entitled “The Gilded Age” that eventually gave the name to a period of American urban political history.
a)
true
b)
false
40.
Thomas Nast drew cartoons that were published in “Harper’s Weekly” that criticized Tweed & Tammany Hall
a)
true
b)
false
41.
_____ wrote about the business practices of Standard Oil.
a)
Jane Adams
b)
Nikola Tesla
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Thomas Nast
42.
Because fire doors were kept locked, blocking escape, the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire was one of the most deadly events of early modern urban history during the progressive era.
a)
true
b)
false
43.
_____ wanted to make government more responsive to people
a)
Inventors
b)
Industrialists
c)
Progressives
d)
Political Bosses
44.
Muckraking journalism contributed to progressivism by
a)
Writing articles that supported big business
b)
Writing articles that supported corrupt politicians
c)
Writing articles that supported wealthy people only
d)
Writing articles that focused on controversial issues that needed to be resolved in American society so all people could be treated more fairly.
45.
Socialism is a system in which government and workers own most of the factories, utilities, transportation, and communication systems.
a)
true
b)
false
46.
The 19th Amendment accomplished which of the following?
a)
granted full voting rights to former slaves 
b)
created prohibition
c)
granted full voting rights to women 
d)
established a federal income tax of the incomes of citizens
47.
Woodrow Wilson proposed the Square Deal
a)
True
b)
False
48.
The 16th Amendment accomplished which of the following?
a)
provided for for female suffrage
b)
established an eight-hour workday in companies with government contracts
c)
Allowed Congress to levy a personal income tax
d)
provided for benefits to workers who were injured on the job
49.
Who wrote a book entitled "the Jungle"
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Mark Twain
c)
Charles Dudley Warner
d)
Thomas Nast
50.
“The Jungle” was a book about the wretched and unsanitary conditions in a meatpacking plant
a)
true
b)
false
51.
_____ promised voters a “Square Deal”.
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
William Howard Taft
52.
__________ proposed the New Freedom Program to help small businesses.
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
William Howard Taft
d)
William Marcy Tweed
53.
Which of the following is associated with the American Settlement House Movement? 
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Jane Adams
c)
James Naismith
d)
John Dewy
54.

Labor Unions...

a)

protect workers' rights

b)

protect business owners' rights

c)

protect customers' rights

d)

protect machines

55.

What does "Gilded" mean when we talk about the Gilded Age?

a)

Nice on the outside, ugly on the inside

b)

Ugly on the outside, nice on the inside

56.
Who were the “new immigrants” during the Gilded Age?
a)
Came from Western and Northern Europe
b)
Came from Southern and Eastern Europe as well as Asia
c)
Came from China and Ireland
d)
Came from Africa and China
57.
Which book pointed out the problems in the meat packing industry and how were these problems fixed?
a)
The Jungle and they started inspecting meat and listing ingredients.
b)
The Sherman Anti-Trust and they broke up the monopolies.
c)
The Shame of Cities and they started inspecting meat and listing ingredients.
d)
The Octopus and they broke up the monopolies.
58.
Where did most city workers live during the Gilded Age? 
a)
In newly built sky scrapers built of steel
b)
In suburban homes so their children could get a good education
c)
In crowded tenements that were falling apart
d)
In homes provided by the factories for a small rent
59.
What is a muckraker?
a)
Journalists & photographers who exposed the problems of the Industrial Revolution and power of the monopolies.
b)
Monopolists who created problems that needed to be raked up.
c)
Journalists who encouraged the successes of the Industrial Revolution.
d)
Monopolists who tried to clean up the problems created by the new industries.
60.

Laissez-faire means

a)

the government regulates businesses carefully

b)

the workers are lazy and employers are unfair

c)

big business has corrupt ways of influencing government

d)

the government lets businesses operate the way they want

61.

Boss Tweed used taxpayer money for his own personal gain. This is known as

a)

a bribe

b)

kickback

c)

Tweedgate

d)

graft

62.

Invented the telegraph, messages using electrical impulses

a)

Alexander Bell

b)

Samuel Morse

c)

Marconi

d)

Mr. Telegraph

63.

I invented the telephone. Who am I?

a)

John Kay

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Samuel Morse

d)

Alexander Graham Bell

64.

I invented the phonograph and light bulb

a)

Tesla

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Samuel Morse

d)

Alexander Graham Bell

65.
The airplane was invented by:
a)
The Wright Brothers
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Mercedes Benz
66.
The lightbulb was created by...
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Henry Bessemer
d)
George Eastman
67.
The Bessemer process, invented by Henry Bessemer, was created to produce...
a)
cotton
b)
peanuts
c)
steel
d)
electricity
68.

The telegraph was invented in _____.

a)

1700

b)

1799

c)

1837

d)

1925

69.

The telephone was invented in _____.

a)

1900

b)

1750

c)

1876

d)

1930

70.

The Light bulb was invented in _____.

a)

1850

b)

1879

c)

1900

d)

1920

71.

The automobile was invented in _____.

a)

1850

b)

1868

c)

1875

d)

1889

72.

Who discovered the world's first oil well in Pennsylvania in the year 1859?

a)

Drake

b)

Bell

c)

Edison

d)

Marconi

73.

The airplane was invented by American Inventors.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

74.

From 1865 to 1905 a second Industrial Revolution was started by

a)

coal and steam

b)

fewer business regulations

c)

inventions and discoveries

d)

the growth of railroads

75.

The Bessemer process

a)

made it easier and faster to produce steel

b)

made steel production more expensive

c)

left Henry Bessemer penniless

d)

was perfected by Thomas Edison

76.

Elijah McCoy’s patent on a lubricating oil cup

a)

let others use his invention for free

b)

protected his rights to make, sell, and use the invention

c)

meant that no one else could use the invention

d)

left him poor

77.

The telegraph allowed people to

a)

speak directly to one another through a voice box

b)

communicate quickly over long distances for the first time in history

c)

send messages to Europe

d)

do away with telephones

78.

When they were a new invention, automobiles were known as;

a)

freewheelers

b)

cars

c)

horseless carriages

d)

trackless trains

79.

Written communication was enhanced with the 1867 invention of the

a)

pencil

b)

pictograph

c)

fountain pen

d)

typewriter

80.

Thomas Edison established one of the first electric power plants

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

81.

After the development of the Bessemer process, the cities of Gary, Indiana; Cleveland, Ohio; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, became centers for

a)

oil refining

b)

coal production

c)

steel manufacturing

d)

auto mobile manufacturing

82.

_____ was a famous expert in patent law

a)

George Westinghouse

b)

Lewis Latimer

c)

Christopher Sholes

d)

Thomas Edison

83.

Where was the first oil well was drilled at?

a)

Oil City, Pennsylvania

b)

Menlo Park, New Jersey

c)

Titusville, Pennsylvania

d)

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

84.

Who invented a language consisting of dots and dashes arranged in a manner to form letters from the alphabet?

a)

Nikola Tesla

b)

Lewis Latimer

c)

Samuel Morse

d)

John Smudge

85.

_____ Invented the compressed air brake.

a)

Nikola Tesla

b)

George Westinghouse

c)

Henry Ford

d)

Thomas Edison

86.

Charles and J. Frank Duryea did which of the following?

a)

built the first factory in the United States

b)

built the first steam engine in the United States

c)

built the first airplane in the United States

d)

built the first practical motor car in the United States

87.

DC Currernt is associated with which of the following inventors?

a)

Michael Faraday

b)

Alasandro Volta

c)

Nikolas Tesla

d)

Thomas Edison

88.

Railroads stimulated Urban Growth in the U.S.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

89.
Founder of "Hull House"
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Boss Tweed
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Jane Addams
90.
Who exposed bad business practices in the OIL industry?
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Ida Tarbell
91.
Roosevelt's plan after the election of 1904 was known as the 
a)
Big Deal
b)
Square Deal
c)
Meal Deal
d)
Let's make a deal
92.
Who wrote "The Jungle"?
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Jacob Riis
93.
Political Machines promised jobs and housing in return for votes
a)
False
b)
True
94.

Which amendment allowed women to vote?

a)

14th

b)

15th

c)

19th

d)

13th

95.

outlawed the manufacture, sale, or transportation of liquors within the United States.

a)

Eighteenth Amendment

b)

Sixteenth Amendment

c)

Nineteenth Amendment

d)

Seventeenth Amendment

96.

amendment which permitted the taxation of each individual's income based on a rate that increases as the person's income increases

a)

Eighteenth Amendment

b)

Nineteenth Amendment

c)

Sixteenth Amendment

d)

Seventeenth Amendment

97.

granted all U.S. citizens, including women, the right to vote

a)

Sixteenth Amendment

b)

Seventeenth Amendment

c)

Eighteenth Amendment

d)

Nineteenth Amendment

98.

a person who investigates and reports corruption in government and other problems of society

a)

Muckraker

b)

Merit System

c)

Patronage

d)

Populist

99.

Writers like, Ida Tarbell, who exposed the corrupt businesses and trusts were called _________.

a)

carpetbaggers

b)

redcoats

c)

muckrakers

d)

Scalawags

100.
The banning of alcohol.
a)
Institution
b)
Referendum
c)
Principal
d)
Prohibition

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