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WorksheetsUnit 2 Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which city was known for meatpacking?
a)
Detroit
b)
Chicago
c)
Pittsburgh
d)
New York City
2.
The rapid spread of factories and the massive number of immigrants coming to the US led to...
a)
overcrowding in rural areas
b)
ghost towns in the west
c)
overcrowding in urban areas
d)
boom towns
3.
Why was the Statue of Liberty an important symbol for immigrants arriving in New York City?
a)
it showed them no one cared about them
b)
it gave them hope for a new life
c)
it was easy to see from the harbor
d)
it reminded them of France
4.
Boss Tweed and others gained power in cities by doing what?
a)
helping new immigrants
b)
keeping immigrants out
c)
working with rich native born Americans
d)
appealing to veterans
5.
Which of these statements is true for cities during the Rise of Industry?
a)
factories located in rural areas and the population of cities decreased
b)
new inventions solved everyone's problems
c)
there were more jobs on farms
d)
people moved to the cities for jobs in factories causing overcrowding
6.
Settlement Houses were important to which group of people?
a)
Temperance Crusaders
b)
Americans living in the country
c)
Immigrants living in the cities
d)
The Women's Suffrage Movement
7.
Adventure, better opportunities, religious freedom and escape from oppressive governments were all...
a)
Reasons for Westward Expansion
b)
Reasons for Immigration to Europe
c)
Reasons for rural development
d)
Reasons for increased immigration to the United States
8.
Who founded the Hull House in Chicago?
a)
Jane Austen
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Alice Paul
d)
Jane Addams
9.
Factories were built in urban areas because of new technology. As a result,
a)
the population of cities increased
b)
there were less successful factories
c)
people got out of the cities
d)
there were less immigrants
10.
Which city was known for steel?
a)
Chicago
b)
Detroit
c)
New York City
d)
Pittsburgh
11.
Which Captain of Industry was in the Oil Industry?
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
J.P. Morgan
12.
Alexander Graham Bell created which communication invention?
a)
the airplane
b)
the light bulb
c)
the telephone
d)
the automobile
13.
How did the invention of electricity and the telephone affect the United States?
a)
it increased the growth of industry
b)
it allowed settlement in the west
c)
it made farming more efficient
d)
it increased immigration
14.
Which inventor is known for creating the light bulb and an electrical system to power it?
a)
The Wright Brothers
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
Alexander Graham Bell
15.
This image shows what negative effect of the Rise of Industry?
a)
easy work
b)
plentiful jobs for everyone
c)
child labor
d)
short hours
16.
Which Captain of Industry was known for transportation?
a)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
b)
John D Rockefeller
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
Henry Ford
17.
What did factory workers complain about during the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Short hours
b)
Low wages
c)
New inventions
d)
Too many days off
18.
During the Rise of Industry the United States transformed from an agricultural nation to...
a)
an immigrant nation
b)
an industrial nation
c)
a confused nation
d)
a complacent nation
19.
This picture shows the product that was banned by which amendment?
a)
15th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
20.
Improved safety conditions, shorter hours and restrictions on child labor happened during...
a)
the immigration era
b)
the industrial era
c)
the progressive era
d)
the post industrial era
21.
What were the goals of the Women's Suffrage Movement?
a)
promoting alcohol prohibition
b)
education and the right to vote
c)
protection of domestic roles for women
d)
acceptance of inferior status
22.
What did Susan B Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Alice Paul all have in common?
a)
They were all Temperance Crusaders
b)
They were all Inventors
c)
They were all suffragists
d)
They were all college graduates
23.
How did workers fight for shorter hours and safer working conditions?
a)
they created groups to find jobs
b)
they created associations to discuss their problems
c)
they created unions to negotiate with owners
d)
they created their own corporations owned by workers
24.
What led workers in a labor union to start the Homestead Steel Strike?
a)
dangerous conditions and a pay cut
b)
the owners fired them for no reason
c)
they demanded too much from Andrew Carneigie
d)
they got a pay raise
25.
Who believed that drinking alcohol was wrong, that no one should make alcohol and wanted an amendment to ban alcohol?
a)
Suffragists
b)
Political Bosses
c)
Temperance Crusaders
d)
Labor Unions
26.
What amendment is represented by the picture shown here?
a)
the 15th Amendment
b)
the 18th Amendment
c)
the 19th Amendment
d)
the 21st Amendment
27.
Which of these statements was made by someone who wanted racial segregation?
a)
African Americans can do whatever they want.
b)
Jim Crow Laws are bad for everyone.
c)
Separate schools and other facilities work best for everyone.
d)
Slavery hurt the United States.
28.
Who believed that African Americans should improve themselves through hard work and vocational education?
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
W E B DuBois
c)
Jacob Lawrence
d)
Booker T Washington
29.
What system did southern states use to separate whites and blacks?
a)
eenie meenie miney moe
b)
Black Codes
c)
Apartheid
d)
Jim Crow Laws
30.
Who demanded political, social and civil rights for African Americans and helped found the NAACP?
a)
Booker T Washington
b)
Jacob Lawrence
c)
W E B DuBois
d)
Frederick Douglass
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