Worksheets21 - Industrialization
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 2hrs 15mins
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Class
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1.
What was one major impact of industrialization in the United States?
a)
the disappearance of social class distinctions
b)
a rise in the standard of living
c)
an increase in the birth rate
d)
the elimination of urban tenements
2.
In the second half of the 1800's, which development led to the other three?
a)
expansion of political machines
b)
growth of American cities
c)
development of tenement housing
d)
increase in crime
3.
Which generalization can best be supported by the information in this chart?
a)
Migration to urban areas slowed by 1920.
b)
By 1900, a majority of Americans worked in factories.
c)
Between 1800 and 1900, the United States population was primarily rural.
d)
From 1800 to 1920, the percentage of farm workers in the labor force steadily increased.
4.
In the late 1800's, rapid industrial development resulted in...
a)
a decrease in tariff rates
b)
a decrease in population growth
c)
an increase in the rate of urbanization
d)
an increase in the price of farm products
5.
The main reason for the increased migration of African Americans out of the rural South during and following World War I was the...
a)
availability of cheap farmland in the West
b)
opportunity for factory jobs in the North
c)
chance to escape racial segregation by joining the military
d)
elimination of the Ku Klux Klan in the northern states
6.
Which factor contributed the most to urbanization in the late 1800's?
a)
assimilation
b)
industrialization
c)
imperialism
d)
nullification
7.
The Progressive movement (1900–1920) was primarily a response to problems created by..
a)
assimilation
b)
industrialization
c)
imperialism
d)
nullification
8.
What was one effect of the Industrial Revolution on United States agriculture in the late 1800's?
a)
a decrease in the size of farms
b)
a decrease in tenant farming and sharecropping
c)
an increase in agricultural imports
d)
an increase in productivity
9.
Base your answer to the following question on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.
"I will build a motor car for the great multitude. It will be large enough for the family but small enough for the individual to run and care for. It will be constructed of the best materials, by the best men to be hired, after the simplest designs that modern engineering can devise. But it will be so low in price that no man making a good salary will be unable to own one— and enjoy with his family the blessing of hours of pleasure in God's great open spaces"
— Henry Ford, 1909
Which action is most closely associated with Henry Ford's attempt to realize this vision?
"I will build a motor car for the great multitude. It will be large enough for the family but small enough for the individual to run and care for. It will be constructed of the best materials, by the best men to be hired, after the simplest designs that modern engineering can devise. But it will be so low in price that no man making a good salary will be unable to own one— and enjoy with his family the blessing of hours of pleasure in God's great open spaces"
— Henry Ford, 1909
Which action is most closely associated with Henry Ford's attempt to realize this vision?
a)
providing cars in a variety of models
b)
creating a business monopoly
c)
downsizing the labor force
d)
using the assembly line
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