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Industrial and Agricultural Revolutions and Women's Suffrage

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an exclusive right to make or sell an invention?

a)

kerosene

b)

patent

c)

gasoline

d)

bessemer

2.

Who patented the telephone?

a)

Henry Bessemer

b)

George Pullman

c)

Thomas Alva Edison

d)

Alexander Graham Bell

3.

Who designed and built a gasoline powered airplane?

a)

Duryea Brothers

b)

Wright Brothers

c)

Orville Brothers

d)

Westinghouse Brothers

4.

__ is an economic system in which private individuals own businesses and invest money to make a profit.

a)

Communism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Egalitarianism

d)

Socialism

5.

What was the main significance of the telegraph?

a)

It quickly replaced the telephone as a means of communication

b)

It was primarily used for business

c)

It was incapable of transmitting over long distances

d)

It was the first means of instant electronic communication

6.
Steel, chemicals, electricity, and petroleum characterized the 
a)
First Industrial Revolution.
b)
economy, mercantilism.
c)
Second Industrial Revolution.
d)
barter economy.
7.
Gave rise to automobiles, airplanes, and improved ocean liners.
a)
demilitarization
b)
internal-combustion engine
c)
air pollution 
d)
a true American economy.
8.
Emergence of middle class and working class result of 
a)
Industrial Revolution.
b)
World War I.
c)
World War II.
d)
Crimean War.
9.

The process of moving from an agricultural society, in which most goods are handmade, to a society that thrives on machine-manufactured goods

a)

textile

b)

economy

c)

industrialization

d)

technology

10.
In what country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
a)
United States
b)
France
c)
Great Britain
11.
Where were most factories built?
a)
in the mountains
b)
in the desert
c)
along rivers
12.
Until the 1800s, how did most families get the items they needed for daily life?
a)
They made tools, clothing, materials, and food by hand.
b)
They bought them from factories.
c)
They bought them on the Internet.
d)
They bought them from stores.
13.
The _______________ is the name for the change from goods being made by hand at home to making them by machine in factories.
a)
French Revolution
b)
Machine Revolution
c)
Industrial Revolution
d)
Technological Revolution
14.
Who invented the cotton gin?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
James Madison
c)
George Washington
d)
Eli Whitney
15.
What did Samuel Morse invent?
a)
the steam engine
b)
the steamboat
c)
the telegraph machine
d)
the telephone
16.
What product was first made using machines in factories?
a)
Steel
b)
textiles
c)
locomotives
d)
flying shuttles
17.
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
18.
A place where people and machines join together to mass produce goods.
a)
Cartel
b)
Corporation
c)
Factory
d)
Urbanization
19.
What is the movement from rural to urban areas called?
a)
Moving
b)
colonization
c)
inflation
d)
urbanization
20.
Why did people move to the cities during the Industrial revolution?
a)
Jobs in factories
b)
Jobs on the farm
c)
Family
d)
Friends
21.
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. 
22.

Which is an example of a socialist ideology?

a)

Forming an employee organization to improve working conditions

b)

Increasing participation of women in reform movements

c)

Migration of laborers from rural to urban areas

d)

Emergence of industrial laborers as a separate economic class

23.

What was the Agricultural Revolution?

a)

When people started growing food.

b)

A period of technological advances that led to an increase in crop production.

c)

An increase in nomadic tribes hunting, fishing, and harvesting wild food.

d)

A period of rapid urbanization and the development of a factory system.

24.
What made it possible to feed large groups of people?
a)
specialization
b)
rice paddies
c)
New farming methods and tools
d)
Crop rotation
25.

Most important long-lasting effect that the Agricultural Revolution had on people’s lives?

a)

people began to eat wild grains

b)

new types of stone tools were created

c)

Population grew at a faster rate and settled in communities

d)

people completely stopped hunting and gathering

26.

A time when new inventions and techniques made farming faster and easier is known as the

a)

The French Revolution

b)

The Industrial Revolution

c)

The Mechanical Revolution

d)

The Agricultural Revolution

27.
What led to a large rural-to-urban migration?
a)
people could earn more on the farms than in factories
b)
people were moving to the country for fresh air
c)
people could earn more in a factory than on the farms
d)
people were moving to the cities to get away from their families
28.
What caused economic changes in Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution?
a)
the increase in the cottage industry
b)
the migration from urban to rural
c)
the invention of machines
d)
the spread of nationalism
29.
Which of the following was developed to help the working class during the Industrial Revolution?
a)
mercantilism
b)
laissez-faire capitalism
c)
The cottage industry
d)
labor unions
30.

What economic and political system did the GOVERNMENT own, operate, and control industries for the benefit of all the people?

a)

capitalism

b)

socialism

c)

nationalism

d)

feudalism

31.
What societal problem did Karl Marx attempt to address in his manifesto? Choose the best answer.
a)
The exploitation of the poor by the rich
b)
The low quality of good produced at large factories.
c)
The fact that poor people were not allowed to vote.
d)
Unfair laws that allow poor people to be sent to prison
32.
Which term best describes the unity of a country's people in order to fight for what they believe in based on history, culture, and/or religion?
a)
colonialism
b)
nationalism
c)
imperialism
d)
communism
33.

Who helped Karl Marx write the "Communist Manifesto"

a)

Niels Meyer

b)

Prince Hans

c)

Wilhelm Klein

d)

Fredrich Engels

34.
Classless society: all members of society are considered to be equal
a)
Communism
b)
Capitalism
35.
Education and health care provided by the state
a)
Communism
b)
Capitalism
36.
System of government is democratic
a)
Communism
b)
Capitalism
37.
The government should interfere in the economy as little as possible
a)
Communism
b)
Capitalism
38.
When people compete against one another, they achieve greater things
a)
Communism
b)
Capitalism
39.
Suffrage means the right to _______________.
a)
own a firearm
b)
vote in political elections
c)
practice your religion
d)
free speech
40.
Which group strongly supported the Women's Suffrage Movement?
a)
Ku Klux Klan
b)
Abolitionists
c)
Anti-Suffrage Society
d)
Regulators
41.
Woodrow Wilson was the head of the ______________ branch when the 19th Amendment was ratified.
a)
Legislative
b)
Executive
c)
Judicial
42.
How did U.S. involvement in World War I impact the Women’s Suffrage Movement?
a)
Returning soldiers were exposed to the Woman Suffrage Movement in England and became more supportive.
b)
President Wilson decided to support voting rights for women after witnessing the contributions women made in the war effort.
c)
Congress refused to consider requests for domestic issues.
d)
People no longer considered granting women the right to vote because the war was a priority.
43.
Which Constitutional Amendment granted women suffrage?
a)
14th
b)
15th
c)
18th
d)
19th
44.
When did Congress finally approve (ratify) the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution?
a)
1776
b)
1861
c)
1920
d)
1929
45.

In 1848, women first gathered here to begin their official fight for suffrage.

a)

Seneca Falls, New York

b)

Salem, Ohio

c)

Albany, New York

d)

Worcester, Massachusetts

46.
What American Suffragist was arrested for picketing the White House on behalf of Suffrage?
a)
Carrie Chapman Catt
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Alice Paul
d)
Betty Friedan
47.
Susan B. Anthony and Alice Paul were both raised as  ___________. 
a)
Quakers
b)
Methodists
c)
Catholics
d)
Baptists
48.

textiles, iron, and steam characterized the

a)

First Industrial Revolution.

b)

economy, mercantilism.

c)

Second Industrial Revolution.

d)

barter economy.

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