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Industry and Immigration

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of industry did Andrew Carnegie run?

a)

Railroad Industry

b)

Steel Industry

c)

Electric Industry

d)

Oil Industry

2.

Who invented the method of making steel?

a)

Mr. Powell

b)

Rockefeller

c)

William Hearst

d)

Bessemer

3.

Which of the following describes how railroads helped the United States?

a)

They used many tons of steel

b)

They helped end the shipping industry

c)

They charged high rates to farmers

d)

They helped businesses reach distant markets across the country

4.

Which of the following describes a free enterprise system?

a)

Business owners can decide what to produce and how much to charge for their goods and services

b)

The government decides what business owners can produce and charge for services

c)

There is no competition

d)

Consumers have few choices about where they can buy their goods and services

5.

Which of the following is one of the MAIN reasons immigrants came to the United States?

a)

They wanted to continue living a hard life

b)

They faced lack of prejudice

c)

They did not want religious freedom

d)

They hoped for economic opportunity (jobs)

6.

Angel Island...

a)

Held people there for only a few hours

b)

did not exist

c)

Was the main immigration station for European Immigrants

d)

Was the main immigrant station for Asian immigrants

7.

Immigrants often lived in communities with others from their home country because

a)

Housing was not available in other areas

b)

It was illegal for them to live elsewhere

c)

They had no interest in building new lives in the United States

d)

It was a way to help make the adjustment to the United States easier

8.

Which of the following did NOT lead to the rise of labor unions?

a)

Many workers labored in hot, cramped workshops

b)

Many business owners were going on strike

c)

Working conditions were often unhealthy and dangerous

d)

Many workers earned low wages and worked long hours

9.

__ Henry Ford’s new method of building cars had two advantages: speed and reduced cost. What was this method called?

a)

Single unit production

b)

Assembly train

c)

Assembly line

d)

Moving work bench

10.

__ Which of the following was NOT a main goal of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?

a)

Safer working conditions

b)

End child labor

c)

a 12-hour workday

d)

Better wages

11.

The growth of big business led to all EXCEPT which of the following?

a)

People moved by millions to rural areas

b)

By 1900, more Americans worked in factories than on farms

c)

Big business created millions of jobs

d)

The United States became the world’s leading producer of manufactured goods

12.

Capital, Natural, and Economics are the three types of resources.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What are the words below used to describe?


unhealthy

one bathroom on each floor

no windows

crowded

dangerous

a)

The AFL

b)

tenements

c)

The Homestead Strike

d)

The Triangle Shirtwaist Company

14.

Who was the photographer that took pictures of children working in factories?

a)

Madame C.J. Walker

b)

Lewis Hine

c)

Edwin Drake

d)

Lewis Latimer

15.

Which of the following groups of people came through Ellis Island?

a)

Irish Immigrants

b)

African-American Immigrants

c)

European Immigrants

d)

Asian Immigrants

16.

The United States is known as a Melting Pot.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

A Monopoly is a company that has control of an entire industry.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

A strike is when workers go to work everyday and try to force business owners to meet their demands.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

A labor union is a group of workers who join together to fight for improved working conditions and better wages.

a)

True

b)

False