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WorksheetsImmigration Industry Progressive
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 46mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Complete control over an industry's production, wages, & prices
a)
monopoly
b)
capitalism
c)
socialism
d)
concentration of wealth
2.
What was an American capitalist of the Gilded Age whose contributions benefited society?
a)
Captain of Industry
b)
Social Darwinist
c)
Socialist
d)
Fundamentalist
3.
The law created to prevent monopolies, and break up large companies like Standard Oil
a)
Interstate Commerce Act
b)
Homestead Act
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
4.
Name the immigrant who invented the telephone.
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Alexander Graham Bell
5.
The innovation of this transportation help open up the national market?
a)
boats
b)
railroads
c)
autombils
d)
horse drawn carriages
6.
Because of the rapid growth of Industrilization in the North people moved out of rural towns to?
a)
Rural farms
b)
Urbanzied cities
c)
Subrebs cities
d)
El rancho
7.
In 1889, during the Gilded Age, a Settlement House called Hull House was opened in Chicago. It was designed to help working class women, many recent immigrants, move out of poverty and dependence on others. It sought to address some of the excesses of industry and business. Who founded Hull House?
a)
Margaret Sanger
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d)
Susan B. Anthony
8.
What was a city government marked by corruption, bribery, and Kickbacks (common during the Gilded Age) called?
a)
credit mobilier
b)
political machine
c)
corrected democracy
d)
electoral politics
9.
Using machinery to replace manual labor is called...?
a)
Oppressive
b)
Urbanization
c)
Mechanization
d)
Iron Man
10.
Poor, crowded, and unhealthy describe:
a)
Prospecting
b)
Tenements
c)
Country life
d)
A farmer's life
11.
Electric lighting and telephone service increased:
a)
immigration
b)
westward expansion
c)
racial segregation
d)
industrial growth
12.
Which of the following was a major effect of the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Poverty was eliminated.
b)
Societies moved from agriculture to industry.
c)
The number of wars between countries decreased.
d)
Unemployment increased.
13.
What did Henry Ford contribute to the United States during this time period?
a)
made the lightbulb more practical
b)
assembly line which helped build automobiles
c)
steel production
d)
cars
14.
What was the reason people came to Ellis Island and eventually America?
a)
They wanted more freedom.
b)
They were looking for jobs.
c)
They suffered famine and war in their own country
d)
All of these are reasons they came to America.
15.
The process by which immigrants or other newcomers acquire the attitudes, behaviors, and cultural patterns of the society around them.
a)
assimilation
b)
pogrom
c)
nativism
d)
passport
16.
Immigrants helped big business because they were the labor force that helped industries grow. Companies liked to hire immigrants because they worked long hours for _____________________
a)
A lot of money
b)
Little pay
c)
Food on the table
d)
Fun
17.
Which of the following was a major problem immigrants experienced once arriving to the United States?
a)
Discrimination based on nationality
b)
Unsanitary and unsafe living conditions
c)
Political corruption from certain politicians
d)
All of the above
18.
Which statement describes the experience of most new immigrants to the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
a)
They were highly respected and treated as equals of other American citizens.
b)
They were looked upon as inferior and discriminated against.
c)
They learned English and assimilated quickly into American culture.
d)
They found quick success in farming their own lands in the south.
19.
What is a good title for this list?
Child Labor
Low Wages and Long Hours
Unsafe Working Conditions
Monopolies
Pollution
Child Labor
Low Wages and Long Hours
Unsafe Working Conditions
Monopolies
Pollution
a)
Negative Effects of Industrialization
b)
Progressive Movement Reforms
c)
Reasons for the End of Labor Unions
d)
The Price of Women's Suffrage
20.
Gertrude works every day in a factory, even though she would rather be in school learning to read.
The situation above is an example of:
The situation above is an example of:
a)
pollution
b)
monopolies
c)
low wages
d)
child labor
21.
The Acme Widget Factory is dumping all of their used machine oil in the river.
The situation above is an example of:
The situation above is an example of:
a)
pollution
b)
monopolies
c)
low wages
d)
child labor
22.
Which event was a result of unsafe working conditions?
a)
the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
b)
a negative impact on the environment
c)
when one company has complete control of an industry
d)
people who work for 12 hours a day, 6 days per week
23.
Which negative effect of industrialization resulted in people having to work 12 hours each day?
a)
monopolies
b)
low wages
c)
long hours
d)
unsafe working conditions
24.
Which negative effect of industrialization resulted in children having to work 12 hours each day because their parents couldn't make enough money to support their families?
a)
pollution
b)
low wages
c)
long hours
d)
unsafe working conditions
25.
The ________Amendment started Prohibition.
a)
10th
b)
19th
c)
20th
d)
18th
26.
What was the name of the group of women involved in Prohibition ?
a)
Women Against Drinking
b)
Mothers against drinking
c)
Women's Temperance Society
d)
Women against Alcohol
27.
Which Amendment allowed American women to vote?
a)
15th Amendment
b)
19th Amendment
c)
16th Amendment
d)
18th Amendment
28.
Suffrage means the right to _______________.
a)
own a firearm
b)
vote in political elections
c)
practice your religion
d)
free speech
29.
Journalists who exposed the unsafe conditions of factories were called...
a)
Dirtdiggers
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Muskrats
d)
Monkeywrenches
30.
Which of the following strikes involved Andrew Carnegie's steel mill?
a)
The Homestead Strike
b)
The Pullman Strike
c)
The United Strike
d)
The Spongebob Strike
31.
The leader of the the American Federation of Labor was a guy named...
a)
Samuel Gompers
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
George Pullman
d)
Spongebob Squarepants
32.
Which of the following was NOT a negative impact of industrialization?
a)
Child labor
b)
Long hours
c)
Low wages
d)
Health benefits
33.
Which of the following was NOT a workplace reform?
a)
Minimum wage
b)
Eight Hour Workdays
c)
Dangerous Working Conditions
d)
Child Labor Laws
34.
When someone refuses to work until their wants are met, we call this a __________.
a)
Reform
b)
Union
c)
Strike
d)
Law
35.
The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was...
a)
A national organization of all labor unions in the United States
b)
A job placement agency from immigrants to America
c)
A labor union for children and youth under age 18
d)
A group of American Indians joining together to protest a pipeline
36.
The Progressive Movement worked to...
a)
Persuade people to move West
b)
Improve working conditions
c)
Increase segregation in the South
d)
Stop the increase of immigration
37.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory incident led to what?
a)
Improved safety conditons, like fire drills, in the workplace
b)
Improved sewing machines for female workers to work faster
c)
Improved health care benefits for women workers having children
d)
Improved transportation to factories so women did not have to miss work
38.
Which Amendment prohibited the production, buying, and selling of alcohol?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
18th
d)
19th
39.
Which person below was the most important figure in the Women's Suffrage Movement?
a)
Penelope Barker
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Dolley Madison
d)
Harriett Tubman
40.
What American Suffragist was arrested for picketing the White House on behalf of Suffrage?
a)
Carrie Chapman Catt
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Alice Paul
d)
Betty Friedan
41.
One major advantage of the assembly line was that it increased the...
a)
Cost of production
b)
Speed of production
c)
Prices of goods
d)
Wages of workers
42.
Which invention of the 1800s did NOT contribute to the rise of big business?
a)
Bicycle
b)
Railroad
c)
Electric lighting
d)
Telephone
43.
Which man created the lightbulb and industrialized electricity?
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
Henry Ford
d)
James Watts
44.
This is a method where workers stay in one place as products move along a moving belt.
a)
Mechanization
b)
Assembly line
c)
Automated systems
d)
Production
45.
Which city was known for steel?
a)
New England
b)
Detroit
c)
Chicago
d)
Pittsburgh
46.
The people working in textile mills most likely lived in
a)
New England
b)
Detroit
c)
Atlanta
d)
Mid-Atlantic
47.
Which is NOT a reason for rise and prosperity of big business?
a)
Captains of industry
b)
Advertising
c)
Advancements in transportation created national markets
d)
Higher production costs
48.
The city identified on the map is known for which industry?
a)
Textile
b)
Steel
c)
Meat
d)
Automobile
49.
Which area is correctly matched with its industry?
a)
Non-contiguous ----- Railroad
b)
Pittsburgh ----- Steel
c)
Detroit ----- Textile
d)
New England ----- Automobile
50.
Henry Ford was responsible for...
a)
lightbulb and electrification
b)
telephone and communication
c)
assembly line and automobiles
d)
airplane and transportation
51.
Cornelius Vanderbilt was a captain of which industry?
a)
Oil
b)
Textiles
c)
Steel
d)
Shipping and railroads
52.
What greatly increased farm productivity and reduced labor needs?
a)
mechanization
b)
assembly line
c)
cooperations
d)
monopolies
53.
Who was a Scottish immigrant from a poor family who ended up giving away most of his fortune?
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Jay Gould
d)
Henry Ford
54.
Fill in the blank of this progression.
Natural resources,
____________,
Finished products,
National markets.
Natural resources,
____________,
Finished products,
National markets.
a)
Factories
b)
Stores
c)
Settlements
d)
Shipyards
55.
Chicago is most known for which industry?
a)
automobiles
b)
meat-packing
c)
textiles
d)
steel
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