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WorksheetsInventions, Immigration, and Reform
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Match the person to the invention: Robert Fulton
a)
Steam-powered locomotive
b)
Steamboat
c)
Steel plow
d)
Telegraph
2.
Match the person to the invention: Peter Cooper
a)
Steam-powered locomotive
b)
Steamboat
c)
Steel plow
d)
Telegraph
3.
Match the person to the invention: Samuel Morse
a)
Steam-powered locomotive
b)
Steamboat
c)
Steel plow
d)
Telegraph
4.
Match the person to the invention: John Deere
a)
Steam-powered locomotive
b)
Steamboat
c)
Steel plow
d)
Telegraph
5.
Match the person to the invention: Robert/Cyrus McCormick
a)
Textile Mills
b)
Interchangeable Parts
c)
Sewing Machine
d)
Mechanical Reaper
6.
Match the person to the invention: Elias Howe/Isaac Singer
a)
Textile Mills
b)
Interchangeable Parts
c)
Sewing Machine
d)
Mechanical Reaper
7.
Match the person to the invention: Eli Whitney
a)
Textile Mills
b)
Interchangeable Parts
c)
Sewing Machine
d)
Mechanical Reaper
8.
Match the person to the invention: Samuel Slater
a)
Textile Mills
b)
Interchangeable Parts
c)
Sewing Machine
d)
Mechanical Reaper
9.
Match the person to the invention: Eli Whitney
a)
Textile Mills
b)
Morse Code
c)
Sewing Machine
d)
Cotton Gin
10.
What was so helpful about the cotton gin?
a)
Made picking cotton faster
b)
Helped ship cotton to the north faster
c)
Cleaned cotton quickly
d)
Helped decrease slavery
11.
The economy is the south is based on what?
a)
Industry
b)
Agriculture
12.
City with lots of people and man-made buildings
a)
Rural
b)
Urban
13.
Countryside with few people and lots of open space
a)
Rural
b)
Urban
14.
Boom in inventions and factories that led to an increase in the production of finished goods
a)
Manifest Destiny
b)
Industrial Revolution
c)
Gold Rush
d)
Cotton Gin
15.
Water powered textile mills that employed young women from local farms
a)
Plantations
b)
Cotton Belt
c)
Lowell Mills
d)
Boarding Schools
16.
What is NOT a reason cotton did so well in the south?
a)
Long growing season and perfect climate
b)
South had slave labor
c)
Textile mills needed cotton
d)
Cold winter and short summers
17.
What invention unintentionally led to an increase in slave labor?
a)
Steel Plow
b)
Steamboat
c)
Sewing Machine
d)
Cotton Gin
18.
The area of the South known for its high cotton production
a)
Bible belt
b)
Textile belt
c)
River belt
d)
Cotton belt
19.
William Henry Harrison was the first president to do what?
a)
Fight in the Mexican War
b)
Get a speeding ticket
c)
Die in office
d)
Be a vice president that took over after a president died
20.
What event did NOT lead to mass immigration to America in the 1800s?
a)
Irish Potato Famine
b)
Gold Rush
c)
German Revolution
d)
The Black Plague
21.
most Irish settled in _____; most Germans settled in _____
a)
big cities; middle America
b)
middle America; big cities
c)
West coast; Texas
d)
Texas; West Coast
22.
Why were immigrants treated so poorly?
a)
Immigrants were very wealthy and caused jealousy
b)
They weren't treated poorly
c)
Immigrants were seen as job competition
d)
Immigrants practiced the same religion as Americans
23.
What was NOT a problem immigrants faced in urban areas?
a)
No clean water and disease spread quickly
b)
Awful living conditions
c)
Poorly designed apartment building that housed large numbers of people
d)
Plenty of job opportunities
24.
The movement that renewed people’s religious faith throughout America and encouraged people to do good things:
a)
Temperance Movement
b)
Abolitionist Movement
c)
The 2nd Great Awakening
d)
The Women Suffrage Movement
25.
This movement encouraged people to stop drinking hard liquor so they could make better decisions.
a)
Temperance Movement
b)
Abolitionist Movement
c)
The 2nd Great Awakening
d)
The Women Suffrage Movement
26.
This movement began when people started to realize how morally wrong slavery was and wanted an end to slavery.
a)
Temperance Movement
b)
Abolitionist Movement
c)
The 2nd Great Awakening
d)
The Women Suffrage Movement
27.
This movement began when people started to push for the right for all people to be able to vote.
a)
Temperance Movement
b)
Abolitionist Movement
c)
The 2nd Great Awakening
d)
The Women Suffrage Movement
28.
This person helped free over 300 slaves using a network of people who arranged transportation and hiding places for fugitives and escaped slaves
a)
Angelina Grimke
b)
William Lloyd Garrison
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Susan B. Anthony
29.
This person wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” about the evils of slavery to open the eyes of the people in the North.
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Fredrick Douglass
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
William Lloyd Garrison
30.
This event was held in New York in 1848 to discuss women’s rights.
a)
Seneca Falls Convention
b)
Temperance Convention
c)
Abolitionist Convention
d)
Sentiments Convention
31.
This document detailed beliefs about social injustice towards women written by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
a)
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
b)
Declaration of Sentiments
c)
The Northern Star
d)
The Liberator
32.
What president became the 2nd president to die in office?
a)
Martin Van Buren
b)
James K. Polk
c)
John Tyler
d)
Zachery Taylor
33.
What Vice President became the first to take over the job of president after William Henry Harrison died after 32 days in office?
a)
John Tyler
b)
James K. Polk
c)
Martin Van Buren
d)
Zachery Taylor
34.
What president gave us the very commonly used phrase "O.K"?
a)
Martin Van Buren
b)
James K. Polk
c)
John Tyler
d)
Zackery Taylor
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