WorksheetsIndustrial Revolution Test Review 2024
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Immigration Station in New York. Immigrants from Europe came through this one. They would have seen the Statue of Liberty on the ship on the way in.
Ellis Island
Angel Island
San Francisco Bay
Europe
Immigration Station in California. Immigrants from China and Japan came through this one. They had to prove they already had a relative living in America.
Ellis Island
Angel Island
San Francisco Bay
Europe
A company that has no competition and has control over an entire industry
free enterprise
stock
monopoly
John D. Rockefeller
Inventor of the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Wright Brothers
Samuel Morse
Inventor of the longer lasting lightbulb among many other inventions
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Wright Brothers
Henry Ford
This invention made mass production possible on a large scale - automobiles were one example
free enterprise
telephone
lightbulb
assembly line
Inventor of the airplane
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Wright Brothers
Henry Ford
Making a large number of goods that look exactly alike
free enterprise
monopoly
assembly line
mass production
An economic system in which people are free to own their own business and own their own property
free enterprise
monopoly
assembly line
stock
This person made Standard Oil a monopoly
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas Edison
Samuel Morse
John D. Rockefeller
This person helped make the steel industry a big business
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
John D. Rockefeller
Before the Industrial Revolution, where did most people work?
factories
farms
transcontinental railroad
corporations
Which is NOT an effect of machines on the Industrial Revolution?
Products could be made faster which made them more affordable.
Machines replaced workers on farms.
People moved to the cities resulting in urbanization.
Most people went to the country to work as a farmer.
What is NOT a reason immigrants left their country to come to America?
America was paying each immigrant to come to America.
They were leaving because of their religion.
They were coming to find a job and escape poverty.
Immigrants were escaping war and violence
Unfair negative opinion about a group of people
immigrant
prejudice
segregation
monopoly
What is one effect of the assembly line?
Goods were made faster and therefore could be sold cheaper.
Goods could be shipped to other countries.
The railroad business suffered.
Factories could stay open later.
Movement of people from rural areas to the city
free enterprise
monopoly
consumer
urbanization
Immigrants came to the United States in search of jobs.
True
False
People left the city and moved to the country after factories started opening.
True
False
Big business and factories helped create many jobs.
True
False
What replaced workers on farms?
animals
machines
homesteaders
cowboys
What was a benefit of the growth of immigration in the United States?
Immigrants who entered New York were greeted by the Statue of Liberty
Immigrants contributed to the diversity of American life.
Immigrant families lived in tenements.
Many immigrants faced prejudice in the United States. Which is an example of prejudice?
calling immigrants mean and hurtful names
giving immigrants a job
paying immigrants fair wages (income/money)
building homes for families to rent
If you read an article with the following men in it, what would be a good TITLE for this article?
Wright Brothers; Alexander Graham Bell; Thomas Edison
Inventors of the Industrial Revolution
Factory Life
The Reason for Labor Unions
Acts of Prejudice
Which of the following is NOT a reason labor unions were formed?
They were fighting for better working conditions.
They were fighting for fair wages (income/$)
They were trying to get an 8 hour work day.
They were trying to force children to work in factories.
How did mass production help the Industrial Revolution?
It helped people to be more skilled.
It made large amounts of goods faster and cheaper.
It resulted in better products, but the products were made much slower.
It made all products so much more expensive.
When workers refuse to work until owners meet their demands
corporation
strike
consumer
assembly line
Why did labor unions become so popular in the 1900s?
They improved working conditions in factories.
They helped war veterans.
They made it illegal for trusts to form.
They improved the conditions in prisons.
During the Industrial Revolution, the United States became the world's leading producer of ____________
farming equipment
Factory made goods
monopolies
corporations
Which is the best option that would describe how factory life during the early 1900s?
Factories were fair and people received equal payment.
Only children were allowed to work in factories.
Factories were unfair places of work. Children were being overworked and people worked for little pay.
Children worked in factories, but received more pay than adults.
