WorksheetsBirth of Modern America Test Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 39mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What importance did Henry Ford have on not only the automobile industry, but other industries as well?
a)
He made the first solar powered car
b)
He developed the assembly line which made possible mass production of any object
c)
He created the first all weather tire.
d)
He made plastic a household name.
2.
How did new methods of mass production contribute to the Industrial Revolution
a)
by increasing products made by skilled workers
b)
by creating products more quickly and cheaply
c)
by making many products that were more expensive
d)
by allowing products to be made more slowly and carefully
3.
Who invented an easier process of making steel?
a)
James Watt
b)
James Hargreaves
c)
Henry Bessemer
d)
Henry Ford
4.
Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?
a)
Low wages
b)
Widespread pollution
c)
Dangerous working conditions
d)
Safe working conditions
5.
Pools, trusts, and monopolies were an effort to reduce
a)
profits
b)
unionization
c)
child labor
d)
competition
6.
Captain of industry in Banking
a)
Rockefeller
b)
Morgan
c)
Carnegie
d)
All of them
7.
How did division of labor make changes in the factory system? [7-3.4]
a)
Pollution decreased as better machines were invented.
b)
Production increased as workers completed different jobs.
c)
Machines were slow due to the lack of available water sources.
d)
Transportation systems benefited from rural-to-urban migration.
8.
Which of the following best describes an economic effect of the Industrial Revolution? [7-3.4]
a)
Farmers began needing more help.
b)
Workers were receiving fair wages.
c)
Business owners lost invested money.
d)
Working conditions were dangerous.
9.
Who is responsible for creating power companies so that everyone could experience electricity?
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Benjamin Edison
10.
Women gained the right to vote with what amendment?
a)
13th
b)
11th
c)
19th
d)
20th
11.
What was the impact of Upton Sinclar's "The Jungle"?
a)
Passing of food inspection acts
b)
Improvements of women rights
c)
Awareness of illegal immigration laws
d)
None of the listed
12.
What conditions were immigrants faced with during the late 1800s early 1900s
a)
Lack of standards for public housing, tenements
b)
Increased social services
c)
New farming methods
d)
Open regulations
13.
What challenges did immigrants face in the US?
a)
They caught diseases
b)
Had trouble learning the language/faced prejudice
c)
Uncomfortable in the large homes in the US
d)
Difficult to study for the citizenship test
14.
Most immigrants on the East Coast were processed where?
a)
Washington, D.C.
b)
Ellis Island
c)
Angel Island
d)
Baltimore
15.
Which term is the name of a restriction on immigration passed by Congress?
a)
Melting Pot Act
b)
Nativism Act of 1902
c)
Chinese Exclusion Act
d)
None of the above
16.
These people combined careful research, vivid writing, and moral outrage to motivate the public to get on board with Progressive changes.
a)
Muckrakers
b)
Populists
c)
Robber Barons
d)
Lobbyists
17.
What did "trusts" and "vertical integration" do?
a)
Increased competition
b)
Decreased competition
c)
Weakened corporate power
d)
Increased voter power
18.
How did the labor unions win workplace victories such as reduced working hours?
a)
Bribery
b)
Voting
c)
Strikes
d)
Petitions
19.
What was the big, violent labor riot in 1886 that undermined ruined the reputation of the Knights of Labor
a)
The Haymarket Square Riot
b)
The Union Square Riot
c)
The Sherman Riot
d)
The Knights' Riot
20.
_____________________ formed the American Railway Union.
a)
Eugene V. Debs
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
John D. Rockefellar
d)
Donald Trump
21.
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
22.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, what was the difference between "new" immigration and "old" immigration?
a)
"Old" immigrants were from South America, and "new" immigrants were from Africa.
b)
Old" immigrants were from Asia, and "new" immigrants were from South America.
c)
"Old" immigrants were from western Europe, and "new" immigrants were from eastern and southern Europe.
d)
"Old" immigrants were from eastern and southern Europe, and "new" immigrants were from western Europe.
23.
Disliking immigrants
a)
Industrialization
b)
Urbanization
c)
Immigration
d)
Nativism
24.
According to the map, where were African Americans migrating from?
a)
The East
b)
The North
c)
The South
d)
The Midwest
25.
What famous phrase came out of the Plessy v. Ferguson case?
a)
"Separate but equal"
b)
"Give me liberty or give me death."
c)
"May the force be with you."
d)
"I'll be back."
26.
Who created the Tuskegee Institute to educate African Americans?
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
W.E.B. Du Bois
27.
Laws that required separate facilities for black and whites and were designed to deny Southern blacks of their civil rights.
a)
Prohibition Laws
b)
Jim Crow Laws
c)
Proclamation Laws
d)
Emancipation Laws
28.
What was the purpose of the grandfather clause?
a)
To allow anyone to vote that had a grandfather born in Georgia.
b)
To allow grandfathers to vote without paying a poll tax.
c)
To allow a veteran or descendant of a veteran to vote.
d)
To allow anyone to vote if a father or grandfather had voted before 1867.
29.
What organization, created by WEB Dubois, advocated for rights for blacks and other minorities?
a)
NAACP
b)
NCAA
c)
NATO
d)
NAFTA
30.
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
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.
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
33.
What is the process for removing elected officials from office?
a)
constituent
b)
initiative
c)
referendum
d)
recall
34.
This is the term used that gives voters lawmaking power by allowing them to propose laws.
a)
Referandum
b)
Initiative
c)
Recall
d)
Constituent
35.
What act prohibited corporations from acquiring the stock of another if doing so would create a monopoly?
a)
Sherman Act
b)
Patriot Act
c)
Clayton Antitrust Act
d)
Trust Act
36.
Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Lewis Hines
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
37.
Which Progressive President used Big Stick Diplomacy and was known as a Trust buster?
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Taft
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Luke Skywalker
38.
The people elect US senators. Which amendment is this?
a)
15th
b)
17th
c)
23rd
d)
26th
39.
Which civil rights leader led an anti-lynching campaign?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Sojourner Truth
c)
Ida B. Wells
d)
Alice Paul
40.
Which of the following was NOT an accomplishment of the Progressive Movement?
a)
End of Child Labor
b)
More democratic elections (direct primaries, 17th Amendment)
c)
New types of city-government (commission/council-manager systems)
d)
13th Amendment
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