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WorksheetsUS History Standard 11
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This man controlled the steal industry.
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Teddy Roosevelt
d)
Upton Sinclair
2.
This man controlled the oil industry.
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Upton Sinclair
d)
Teddy Roosevelt
3.
The monopolies in the oil and steel industries
a)
Kept wages low and limited labor unions' power
b)
increased wages and limited labor unions' power
c)
kept wages low and increased labor unions' power
d)
increased wages and increased labor unions' power
4.
Farmers were able to produce more crops because of _____.
a)
mechanization
b)
industrialization
c)
agrarian
d)
urbanization
5.
Many farmers lost their farms and moved to the cities in search of jobs because
a)
they could no longer make a profit on their crops
b)
they got tired of working so hard on their farms
c)
they were unable to grow enough crops to sell
d)
none of the above
6.
Crowded living conditions led to
a)
problems with sanitation
b)
water and housing issues
c)
opportunities for corruption
d)
all of the these answers
7.
Progressives were concerned about unsafe conditions in ____ and about the long ____ expected to work.
a)
factories, hours
b)
homes, trips
c)
ships, hours
d)
monopolies, hours
8.
A _____ is a legal agreement that combines several large businesses in order to establish complete control over a market, much like a monopoly.
a)
trust
b)
muckraker
c)
progressive
d)
Big Business
9.
Which of the following contributed (led to) the rise of big business in the late 1800s?
a)
Captains of industry
b)
Workers going on strike
c)
Lack of financial resources
d)
Lack of a workforce
10.
These are people who risk their capital to organize and run their business
a)
bosses
b)
business owners
c)
entrepreneurs
d)
king pins
11.
During the late 1800's and early 1900's, the term robber baron best defined a person who...
a)
controlled large tracts of western lands
b)
used ruthless business tactics
c)
stole from the rich to give to the poor
d)
encouraged the conversation of raw materials
12.
Which three big businesses transformed America in the years between 1870 and 1914?
a)
meatpacking, automobile, and construction
b)
railroads, steel and oil
c)
textile, meatpacking and canals
d)
political machines, settlement houses and ghettos
13.
Name the inventor of the cotton gin.
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Henry Bessmer
c)
Alexander Bell
d)
Thomas Edison
14.
What effect did the cotton gin have on cotton?
a)
Cotton was more expensive.
b)
Cotton could not be produce quickly.
c)
Cotton was made cheaper.
d)
The value of cotton decreased.
15.
What invention made making things and repairing things easier?
a)
Interchangeable Parts
b)
The Erie Canal
c)
Horace Mann
d)
William Penn
16.
The light bulb was invented by ...
a)
Josephine Cochrane
b)
Martha Coston
c)
Thomas Alva Edison
17.
The telephone was invented by ...
a)
Alfred Nobel
b)
Martha Coston
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
18.
Who invented the telegraph in 1840?
a)
James Hargreaves
b)
John Deer
c)
Samuel Morse
d)
John Montressor
19.
Impact on life in the U.S.It turned rivers into busy routes for traders and travelers.
a)
Railroads
b)
Steamboat
c)
Telegraph
d)
Mechanical Reaper
20.
Who invented the telegraph?
a)
Wright Brothers
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
Samuel Morse
d)
Alexander Graham Bell
21.
What was Ellis Island?
a)
An amusement park
b)
An immigration center in New Jersey
c)
An immigration center in New York
d)
The first capital of the United States
22.
Which is NOT a reason people left their homelands?
a)
Famine
b)
Poverty
c)
War
d)
Weather
23.
Which is a reason people came to America?
a)
Baseball
b)
Colleges
c)
Job opportunities
d)
Vacation
24.
Why did doctors examine immigrants?
a)
To make sure they didn't spread an illness
b)
To give them medicine
c)
To track growth rates
d)
To give shots
25.
Why did the Chinese come to America in the 1840s?
a)
Gold Rush
b)
To build to the transcontinental railroad
c)
None of the above
d)
Both
26.
Which group of immigrants came to the United States and settled mostly along the EAST coast?
a)
European
b)
Asian
c)
African
d)
Indian
27.
Which group of immigrants came and settled mostly along the WEST coast?
a)
European
b)
Asian
c)
African
d)
Indian
28.
Where was Angel Island located?
a)
San Antonio, Texas
b)
New York, New York
c)
San Francisco, California
d)
Los Angeles, California
29.
Why were immigrants leaving their countries to come to the United States?
a)
Many countries were experiencing push factors such as poverty, war, and unemployment.
b)
Many people were experiencing pull factors such as poverty, war, and unemployment.
30.
Immigrants coming to live in New York would have most likely found work where?
a)
In a factory
b)
On a farm
c)
As a cattle driver
d)
On the railroad
31.
Immigrants who came into the Untied States through Angel Island found most of their work where?
a)
The building of the Transcontinental Railroad
b)
In factories
c)
On farms
d)
As cattle drivers
32.
A type of reporting that exaggerates events and details...
a)
progressive
b)
urban
c)
yellow journalism
d)
imperialism
33.
_____________ laws helped to break apart monopolies, bring fair competitions, and limit industrial capitalists' control.
a)
Jim Crow
b)
Immigration reform
c)
Anti-trust
d)
Conservation
34.
Some lost fingers, hands, legs, and even their lives! In some families, the ___________ worked because wages were so _______________ and they needed the money to survive.
a)
labor unions, less
b)
children, low
c)
Samuel Gompers, low
d)
AFL, pay
35.
One of the most successful unions was the _____________ led by ___________.
a)
AFL, Samuel Gompers
b)
AFL, children
c)
Samuel Gompers, AFL
d)
children, Samuel Gompers
36.
Who led the American Federation of Labor?
a)
Samuel Gompers
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
W. E. B. DuBois
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