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WorksheetsSocial Studies Midterm
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 59mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?
a)
Low wages
b)
Safe working conditions
c)
Dangerous working conditions
d)
Widespread pollution
2.
A place where people and machines join together to mass produce goods.
a)
Cartel
b)
Corporation
c)
Factory
d)
Urbanization
3.
Interchangeable parts is making different parts of products look ___.
a)
identical
b)
interchange
c)
opposite
d)
cheaper
4.
Mass production led to:
a)
Products being more superior in quality
b)
goods became less expensive
c)
laborers received higher wages
d)
industries moved to rural areas
5.
Before the Industrial Revolution all products were created by
a)
Factories
b)
Hand
c)
Slaves
d)
Royalty
6.
What is the movement from rural to urban areas called?
a)
Moving
b)
colonization
c)
inflation
d)
urbanization
7.
Why did people move to the cities during the Industrial revolution?
a)
Jobs in factories
b)
Jobs on the farm
c)
Family
d)
Friends
8.
Which statement is true?
a)
Children were not allowed to work in the mines during the Industrial Revolution
b)
Work conditions were closely regulated
c)
There were no labor laws that prevented children from working
d)
Children were allowed to work but they were treated fairly.
9.
Which 2 natural resources were the backbone of the Industrial Revolution?
a)
wood and peat
b)
oil and natural gas
c)
coal and iron
d)
cotton and tobacco
10.
Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?
a)
Low wages
b)
Safe working conditions
c)
Dangerous working conditions
d)
Widespread pollution
11.
What amendment abolished slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
12.
The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
a)
guarantees African Americans free speech
b)
Outlawed slavery in the United States
c)
gave African Americans the right to vote
d)
rejoined the South and the North
13.
The 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
a)
Gave African Americans citizenship
b)
Gave African Americans the right to vote
c)
Freed the slaves
d)
Gave landowners the right to sharecrop
14.
The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
a)
Gave African Americans the right to own businesses
b)
Freed the Slaves
c)
Gave African Americans the right to vote
d)
Forced African Americans back into slavery
15.
Which of the following was not a goal of Reconstruction?
a)
Reunite the North and the South
b)
Rebuild the South
c)
Develop the system of sharecropping
d)
Determine what to do with African Americans
16.
Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
a)
Nathan Bedford Forrest
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Henry Clay
d)
John Breckinridge
17.
Which of the following was not a part of the Freedman's Bureau?
a)
Helped reconnecting slaves with their families
b)
Helped create African American Colleges
c)
Helped feed slaves
d)
Forced African Americans to become sharecroppers
18.
What problem did many farmers have under the sharecropping system?
a)
They were forced to grow cash crops instead of food.
b)
They often were trapped in a cycle or circle of debt.
c)
Many sharecroppers were forced to buy goods on credit.
d)
All choices are true.
19.
Northerners who went south after the Civil War to make large profits from the destruction in the south were called
a)
Scalawags
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Carpetbaggers
d)
Sharecroppers
20.
Which of the following definitions apply to “impeach”?
a)
To remove an official from office
b)
To charge an official with a crime.
c)
To arrest an official for crimes.
d)
To put an official on trial for “mis-behavior in the White House”
21.
Laws passed by southern states soon after the Compromise of 1877. These laws legalized segregation whites and blacks to use separate facilities.
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Reconstruction
22.
These were laws that made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working. Once arrested they would be forced to work for white landowners.
a)
Freedman's Bureau
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
23.
The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Freedman's Bureau
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
24.
Made African Americans citizens.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
25.
Guaranteed all men the right to vote no matter their race.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
26.
Abolished slavery throughout the United States.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
27.
The organization put in place after the Civil War to provide food, clothing, health care and education in the South was known as:
a)
The Civil Rights Committee
b)
The Freedmen's Bureau
c)
The Welfare Committee
d)
The Salvation Army
28.
Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as:
a)
Wade-Davis Bill
b)
14th Amendment
c)
Ten Percent Plan
d)
Radical Republican Reunification
29.
Groups like the Ku Klux Klan that formed during Reconstruction helped freed slaves and worked to protect their rights.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
All of the following resulted from the end of Reconstruction EXCEPT:
a)
Ku Klux Klan is founded
b)
Jim Crow laws were passed to segregate blacks from whites and place other limits on their rights.
c)
Sharecropping becomes the dominant economy in the South
d)
Blacks continued to enjoy increased freedoms and equality
31.
After an electoral dispute, it was agreed that Rutherford B. Hayes would become President if he ended Reconstruction. This is often referred to as:
a)
Radical Election
b)
Compromise of 1877
c)
The corrupt bargain
d)
Illegal compromise
32.
__________________: a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so.
a)
Entrepreneur
b)
Sole Proprietorship
c)
Partnership
d)
Corporation
33.
The sometimes unethical business practices of some business owners led them to be given this nickname
a)
Banksters
b)
Tycoons
c)
Fat Cats
d)
Robber Barons
34.
What is a business that has no competitors in its industry?
a)
Monopoly
b)
Swanopoly
c)
Oligopoly
d)
Corporation
35.
Why were the Industrial Capitalists referred to as "robber barons"?
a)
Industrialists often took advantage of other people economically.
b)
Industralists stole from the rich and gave to the poor.
c)
Industrialists were shared buisness partnerships controlled by a CEO.
d)
Industralists often formed conglomerates to rob smaller industries.
36.
the control of an entire or most of an industry by one company
a)
laissez faire
b)
capitalism
c)
monopoly
d)
patent
37.
In which industry did Andrew Carnegie earn his fortune?
a)
steel
b)
railroad
c)
gold
d)
oil
38.
Which industry did Rockefeller dominate?
a)
oil
b)
steel
c)
communication
d)
railroad
39.
economy based on profit and private property
a)
capitalism
b)
social darwinism
c)
gospel of wealth
d)
gilded age
40.
This is another word for monopoly
a)
Trust
b)
Corporation
c)
Merger
d)
Subsidiary
41.
Andrew Carnegie believed the wealthy should help the poor
a)
Social Gospel
b)
Gospel of Wealth
c)
Social Darwinism
d)
Gospel of Trusts
42.
Carnegie, Rockefeller or Morgan: Was an oil tycoon
a)
Carnegie
b)
Morgan
c)
Rockefeller
43.
Most immigrants went through this processing center in New York City...
a)
Pearl Harbor
b)
Long Island
c)
Ellis Island
d)
Angel Island
44.
Thomas Edison created many inventions.
a)
True
b)
False
45.
Thomas Edison was an
a)
Electrician and farmer
b)
President and lawyer
c)
inventor and engineer
d)
printer and Librarian
46.
What device did Alexander Graham Bell create that changed communications forever?
a)
telephone
b)
telegraph
c)
Internet
d)
electrical services
47.
Cornelius Vanderbilt made his fortune in...
a)
flight
b)
oil
c)
railroads
d)
automobiles
48.
The Bessemer process, invented by Henry Bessemer, was created to produce...
a)
cotton
b)
peanuts
c)
steel
d)
electricity
49.
A monopoly is when...
a)
a company makes goods with machines
b)
a company makes goods by hand
c)
a company takes control of a product or service
d)
government takes over a business
50.
What is a recession?
a)
a group of farmers
b)
an economic downturn
c)
a person who loans money
d)
a concern of ordinary people
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