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WorksheetsIndustrialization and Reform
Total questions: 77
Worksheet time: 2hrs 59mins
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1.
How did Railroads impact the economy during this time?
a)
Moved raw materials (steel, lumber, coal) to factories
b)
Used to make artillery and weapons
c)
Provided money for other industries
d)
Materials were more expensive and quicker to ship
2.
Laissez-faire relies on ____ to regulate prices and wages
a)
businesses
b)
government
c)
GNP
d)
free market
3.
A shortage of workers in California forced the Central Pacific Railroad to hire about 10,000 workers from
a)
China
b)
Japan
c)
Ireland
d)
Mexico
4.
Supporters of laissez-faire believed the government should interfere in the economy only to
a)
protect property rights and maintain peace.
b)
protect new domestic businesses from foreign competition.
c)
keep prices from rising too much.
d)
bring the country out of an economic crisis.
5.
Employers generally viewed unions as
a)
conspiracies that interfered with property rights.
b)
organizations that were necessary for protecting workers.
c)
groups that helped increase productivity.
d)
secret societies planning to overthrow the government.
6.
How did railroads MOST impact farming in the WEST during the late 1800's?
a)
They connected farms with distant markets for selling their
harvest.
b)
They helped large landowners illegally acquire land from
homesteaders.
c)
The greater ease of transportation led many farmers to change to cattle ranching.
d)
They made owning large farms more difficult by laying tracks
through farmlands
7.
Which of the following was a factor in drawing settlers to the western territories?
a)
inexpensive land
b)
factory work
c)
urban lifestyles
8.
a)
Urban
b)
Rural
9.
a)
Urban
b)
Rural
10.
The industrial movement affected many women because--
a)
many had to look after their families while the men went to work
b)
they joined the military for the first time
c)
they took jobs in factories like the textile mills
11.
Where did most of the Chinese immigrants move to?
a)
the Northeast
b)
the South
c)
the West
12.
What economic policy would a supporter of laissez-faire economics support?
a)
antitrust
b)
business regulations
c)
free enterprise
d)
taxation
13.
Technological development most revolutionized US steel industry?
a)
Electrification
b)
Vulcanization
c)
Steam power
d)
Bessemer Process
14.
When handmade products were replaced by machines and mass production
a)
industrialization
b)
revitalization
c)
reconstruction
d)
urbanization
15.
Inventions led to industry because...
a)
More jobs were available for inventors and also for processing patents
b)
Innovations led to better technology in order to produce goods faster
c)
Factories were able reduce the emissions from pollution
d)
Inventors served as advisors to the industrial capitalists
16.
Industry caused urbanization because...
a)
People moved out of cities in order to find jobs
b)
People moved to cities because that's where jobs were
c)
Cities were very appealing to people who grew up in rural areas
d)
The railroad allowed people to move East easier
17.
The formal name for the growth of cities is called
a)
urbanization
b)
industrialization
c)
amalgamation
d)
melting pot
18.
What was the main attracting factor to cities?
a)
jobs
b)
cars
c)
entertainment
d)
crime
19.
The completion of the Erie Canal played a key role in which development?
a)
New York City becoming a vital commercial center with the country's busiest seaport
b)
New Orleans becoming a leader in manufacturing and overseas trade
c)
Washington, D.C., becoming the cultural and political center of the nation
d)
Boston becoming one of the country's largest transportation hubs
20.
What did Dorothea Dix want to improve?
a)
Shelters for pets
b)
Equality for African Americans
c)
Conditions for mental patients
d)
Food distribution
21.
What is temperance?
a)
abstinence from alcoholic drink
b)
the study of temperatures
c)
a religious belief that says your temper controls your fate
d)
the right to vote
22.
While supporting the temperance movement, abolition, and women’s rights, Horace Mann’s greatest achievement was…
a)
Publishing a novel about slavery
b)
The reform of public education
c)
Providing healthcare to the impoverished
d)
Rewriting the constitution
23.
__________________ is a term used to describe the struggle to earn the right to vote.
a)
Supper
b)
Suffrage
c)
Electoral College
d)
Abolitionist Movement
24.
Reform means-
a)
to change
b)
to occupy
c)
to give up
d)
to escape
25.
What is a rural area?
a)
Land covered by buildings, roads, and suburbia
b)
Land covered by all parking lots
c)
Land covered with mostly water
d)
Land covered with forests, crops, etc
26.
The transfer from the handy-craft system to machine technology and factories is called:
a)
Urbanization
b)
Revolution
c)
Industrialization
d)
Civilization
27.
People moving from the rural areas to cities is called...
a)
Ruralization
b)
Urbanization
c)
Colonization
d)
None of these
28.
*Emotional camp meetings*Interest in social reforms*Renewed excitement about religion What was this movement called?
a)
Utopian societies
b)
Transcendentalism
c)
Children's aid society
d)
Second Great Awakening
29.
Which of the following best describes Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
a)
Leader in the abolitionist movement
b)
First woman doctor in the United States
c)
Leader in improving American schools
d)
Organizer of the Women's Rights Convention
30.
Defeating the abuse of alcohol was the cornerstone of this movement.
a)
Prison Movement
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Mentally ill movement
d)
Orphan train movement.
31.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote _________ to discuss women's voting rights in 1848.
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
Declaration of Rights of Women
c)
Declaration of Sentiments
d)
Declaration of Rights of Women and Men
32.
Transportation link which opened in 1869 - it connected the East and West Coasts
a)
Erie Canal
b)
Oregon Train
c)
Transcontinental Railroad
33.
The Declaration of Sentiments presented at the Seneca Falls Convention stated, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal.” This statement reflected a demand for--
a)
the formation of a new political party
b)
voting rights for women
c)
improvements in health-care facilities
d)
increased involvement of women in the abolitionist movement
34.
The main goal of the abolitionist movement was to--
a)
secure for women the right to vote.
b)
eliminate slavery.
c)
establish public schools.
d)
prohibit the consumption of alcohol
35.
What event was the event held to promote women’s rights in 1848?
a)
The March on Washington
b)
The Sarah Childress Polk Meeting
c)
The Rally in Hyde Park
d)
The Seneca Falls Convention
36.
leader in educational reform to create public education everywhere so as to make Americans better citizens in a democracy
a)
Horace Mann
b)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
Wilmot Proviso
d)
John Brown
37.
This cartoon represents the point of view of which reform movement?
a)
Child labor
b)
Temperance
c)
Abolition
d)
Women's Rights
38.
What is temperance?
a)
abstinence from alcoholic drink
b)
the study of temperatures
c)
a religious belief that says your temper controls your fate
d)
the right to vote
39.
What did Dorothea Dix want to improve?
a)
Shelters for pets
b)
Equality for African Americans
c)
Conditions in prisons
d)
Food distribution
40.
What invention instigated slavery greatly expanding across the south?
a)
The telegraph
b)
The lawn mower
c)
The cotton gin
d)
The light bulb
41.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
a)
Party
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Speech
d)
Religious Movement
42.
Which Transcendentalist used civil disobedience to protest taxes?
a)
Baron de Montesquieu
b)
Henry David Thoreau
c)
John Locke
d)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
43.
Which of the following was associated with women's sufferage?
a)
Charles Finney
b)
Horace Mann
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
Susan B. Anthony
44.
What religious movement led to the other reform movements?
a)
The Reformation
b)
The Second Great Awakening
c)
The Renaissance
d)
The First Great Awakening
45.
Define Reform
a)
to make change to something in order to improve it
b)
first co-ed college
c)
the time period directly after a major war
d)
the right to vote
46.
Which famous African American abolitionist, speaker, and writer escaped from slavery as a runaway?
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
John Russwurm
c)
William Lloyd Garrison
d)
Samuel Cornish
47.
Who was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?
a)
Sojourner Truth
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
William Lloyd Garrison
d)
Frederick Douglass
48.
Writers Margaret Fuller and Ralph Waldo Emerson were
a)
Transecendalists
b)
enslaved people
c)
revivalists
d)
utopians
49.
Who was a transcendentalist who was jailed for not paying a tax that would support war?
a)
Dorothea Dix
b)
Emily Dickinson
c)
Henry David Thoreau
d)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
50.
Who is Dorethea Dix?
a)
a criminal
b)
a reformer
c)
a secret spy
d)
a teacher, who was moved by seeing the horrible conditions of jails and wanted to seek reform
51.
Artistic style that emphasized natural landscape of the United States.
a)
Transendentalism
b)
Seneca Falls
c)
Hudson River School
d)
Abstract
52.
Which shaded state was the main destination of immigrants pulled due to discovery of minerals?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
53.
A tourist would most likely go to the location shown on the map to visit —
a)
the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House in Women’s Rights National Historical Park
b)
Historic Jamestowne in Colonial National Historical Park
c)
Independence Hall in Independence National Historical Park
d)
George Washington’s Headquarters in Valley Forge National Historical Park
54.
This painting shares a common theme with which literary work?
a)
“The Tell-Tale Heart,” by Edgar Allan Poe
b)
The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
c)
“Paul Revere’s Ride,” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
d)
Nature, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
55.
Abolitionist. A conductor of the Underground Railroad. She made 19 trips into the South & brought over 300 slaves out of slavery.
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
Lucretia Mott
56.
Abolitionist & author of the book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
a)
Carrie Nation
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
Susan B. Anthony
57.
Movement in New England that involved a small, influential group of writers & thinkers that believed the most important truths in life transcend, went beyond, human reasoning.
a)
Underground Railroad
b)
Temperance
c)
Trancendentalism
d)
Abolition
58.
What was the name of Frederick Douglas's abolitionist newspaper?
a)
The North Star
b)
The New York Times
c)
The Liberator
d)
The Boston Globe
59.
In what state was the Seneca Falls Convention (1st major women's rights convention) held?
a)
Texas
b)
Georgia
c)
Louisiana
d)
New York
60.
Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman" speech supported which reform movement?
a)
Temperance
b)
Labor Reform
c)
Women's Rights
d)
Prison Reform
61.
Match the person to the invention: Samuel Morse
a)
Steam-powered locomotive
b)
Steamboat
c)
Steel plow
d)
Telegraph
62.
Match the person to the invention: John Deere
a)
Steam-powered locomotive
b)
Steamboat
c)
Steel plow
d)
Telegraph
63.
Match the person to the invention: Eli Whitney
a)
Textile Mills
b)
Interchangeable Parts
c)
Sewing Machine
d)
Mechanical Reaper
64.
Match the person to the invention: Eli Whitney
a)
Textile Mills
b)
Morse Code
c)
Sewing Machine
d)
Cotton Gin
65.
What invention unintentionally led to an increase in slave labor?
a)
Steel Plow
b)
Steamboat
c)
Sewing Machine
d)
Cotton Gin
66.
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
67.
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
68.
The process in which new cities are formed and get bigger
a)
Urbanization
b)
Rural
c)
Abolition
d)
Innovation
69.
Which symbol is best associated with transcendentalism?
a)
A cross
b)
A peace sign
c)
A heart
70.
Which symbol is best associated with the Second Great Awakening?
a)
A heart
b)
A cross
c)
A peace sign
71.
This movement believed your should:
1. Question societies rules
2. Be original and true to yourself
3. Get out and experience nature
1. Question societies rules
2. Be original and true to yourself
3. Get out and experience nature
a)
Abolition
b)
Second Great Awakening
c)
Transcendentalism
d)
Education
72.
Which of the following was a problem that helped instigate the need for social reforms?
a)
alcoholism was destroying families
b)
prisons were poorly run
c)
children lacked proper education
d)
all of the above
73.
The Hudson River School artists created paintings that reflected national pride and an appreciation for
a)
Buildings
b)
Politicians
c)
War
d)
Nature
74.
What was The Declaration of Sentiments?
a)
A guide for how women should behave in the early 1800s.
b)
A letter to the government asking for things to be better in the U.S.
c)
A love letter.
d)
a document that lists the rights that women should have as citizens.
75.
Which of these is NOT a group that immigrated to the US in large numbers in the mid-1800s?
a)
Chinese
b)
Irish
c)
Germans
d)
Russians
76.
Which of these is a reason why people immigrated to the US in the mid-1800s?
a)
There was widespread crop failure and people were hungry
b)
They were fleeing a European war
c)
They were fleeing the Holocaust in Germany
d)
They were fleeing slavery in their home countries
77.
What societal problem was temperance trying to fix?
a)
The lack of education
b)
The mistreatment of the mentally ill
c)
The abuse of alcohol
d)
Slavery
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