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Unit 6 Industrialization and Immigration Review

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did immigrants often live in neighborhoods with others from their homelands?

a)

It was illegal to live anywhere else

b)

They didn't want to be in the US

c)

It made their adjustment to their new life easier

d)

No other housing was avaliable

2.
Why did "Americans" discriminate against the Chinese?
a)
There owned all the businesses in California
b)
They had a lot of money when they came to U.S.
c)
They opened too many restaurants
d)
They held onto their culture (language, food, clothing) & they thought they would take their jobs
3.

Where immigrants went to be processed and inspected if they arrived on the East Coast during the late 1800's.

a)

Angel Island

b)

The Statue of Liberty

c)

Ellis Island

d)

New York City

4.

Where did many immigrants in the northeast work?

a)

Fisherman

b)

Ranches

c)

Farms

d)

Factories

5.

What was the first thing immigrants saw when they arrived in the U.S.?

a)

Angel Island

b)

Statue of Liberty

c)

Empire State Building

d)

Central Park

6.

Why was steel so important? What was it used for?

a)

Used to make artillery and weapons

b)

Cheap to import from China

c)

It came from Minnesota

d)

Strong. Used for bridges, railways, nails, & skyscrapers

7.

What is Henry Ford famous for?

a)

Made it easier to own companies & build corporations

b)

It organized labor in the factories

c)

Made products cheaper & quicker using the assembly line

d)

Made communication easier

8.

How was mass production of products a good thing?

a)

Made it easier to own companies & build corporations

b)

It organized labor in the factories

c)

Made products cheaper & quicker

d)

Made communication easier

9.
What were some problems that the people in factories encountered?
a)
long hours, good pay
b)
Low wages, long hours, dangerous
c)
dangerous, long hours, good pay
d)
low wages, good hours. dangerous
10.

A place where people and machines join together to mass produce goods.

a)

Cartel

b)

Corporation

c)

Factory

d)

Urbanization

11.

Before the Industrial Revolution all products were created by

a)

Factories

b)

Hand

c)

Slaves

d)

Royalty

12.

Why did people move to the cities during the Industrial revolution?

a)

Jobs in factories

b)

Jobs on the farm

c)

Family

d)

Friends

13.

This machine was fueled by coal and was used to power boats and trains during the Industrial Revolution.

a)

flying shuttle

b)

steam engine

c)

spinning jenny

d)

cotton gin

14.

The process of moving from a farming society, in which most goods are handmade, to a society where goods are manufactured by machines.

a)

textile

b)

economy

c)

industrialization

d)

technology

15.

The Industrial Revolution describes a time when

a)

people rejected socialism and began calling for capitalism.

b)

people began to use the scientific method to find answers to their questions.

c)

work done by machines in factories replaced work done by hand.

d)

industrialized nations created overseas colonies.

16.

In the late 1800s, one response of workers in factories to get their bosses to change unsafe working conditions was to

a)

form labor unions.

b)

move away from cities.

c)

change jobs frequently.

d)

take control of the government.

17.

What invention increased the transportation of goods and people from the east coast to the west coast during the 1800's?

a)

Telegraph

b)

Cotton Gin

c)

Transcontinental Railroad

d)

Pony Express

18.
Why were railroads so important during this time?
a)
they moved goods more quickly and less expensively over greater distances
b)
they were fun to ride on to go visit family in other states
c)
people could ride on railroads to get to their jobs in another city
19.

Immigrants in the northeast lived in cities in crowded homes called

a)

condos

b)

townhouses

c)

ranches

d)

tenements

20.

Someone who moves from one country to another looking for new opportunities, a better life, jobs, or to escape poverty is a(n)

a)

refugee

b)

immigrant

c)

slave

d)

foreman

21.

Your teacher asks you to do a report on what it was like to work in a factory as a child. Which source would be the most helpful?

a)

a text book

b)

a painting

c)

diary of a child working in a factory

d)

a fiction book on the industrial revolution

22.

Joey just moved to the U.S. from Italy. In order to best assimilate, fit in, to his new community he should

a)

learn English

b)

get a job in business

c)

only make Italian friends

d)

move to a new neighborhood where they only speak Italian

23.

Which fossil fuel saw an increase in demand due to the steam engine?

a)

iron

b)

steel

c)

coal

d)

gold

24.

Samuel Morse created the ____________ which used electric wires to send messages and helped people communicate across the continent.

a)

pony express

b)

telegraph

c)

postal service

d)

telephone

25.

Immigrants experienced all of the following negative effects when coming to the U.S. EXCEPT

a)

better job opportunities

b)

low pay

c)

poor living conditions

d)

prejudice (judgement)

26.

Child labor increased due to the growth of

a)

farms

b)

big businesses

c)

the need for coal

d)

handmade goods

27.

The MOST IMPORTANT result of the Industrial Revolution is

a)

goods went from being made by machines to being made by hand.

b)

goods were produced quicker and cheaper.

c)

goods went from being shipped by train to being shipped by the pony express

d)

goods were produced slower and more expensive

28.

All of the following are reasons Irish immigrants came to the U.S. EXCEPT

a)

religious freedom

b)

escape diseases

c)

escape starvation from the potato famine

d)

they believed the U.S. was a symbol of freedom and they could own their own land

29.

Chinese Immigrants came to the U.S.

a)

to escape the Germans

b)

to possibly get rich mining gold in California during the Gold Rush

c)

because they thought America was a symbol of freedom

d)

religious freedom

30.

The process of fitting many parts together to create one product is a (n)

a)

labor union

b)

tenement

c)

assembly line

d)

telegraph

31.

If a factory owner agrees to help a factory worker and the factory worker agrees to work for the factory owner after having a discussion, they came to a

a)

conflict

b)

debate

c)

argument

d)

compromise

32.

Cindy could either go to work for low wages in order to support her family, or go on strike against her factory owner to get better wages and working conditions. She chose to keep working for lower wages to support her family. What is her opportunity cost?

a)

getting better wages and working conditions

b)

going to work in the mill

c)

money for her family

d)

low wages