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Industrial Revolution & America Becomes A World Power

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

style of newspaper writing in which reporters exaggerate the facts of a story in order to sell more papers

a)

red recording

b)

armistice

c)

indigo imperialism

d)

yellow journalism

2.

The assembly line allows mass production to occur and was started by this person as he made the Model T.

a)

Jane Adams

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Henry Ford

d)

Elwood Haynes

3.

This person invented the phonograph and improved the light bulb making it practical for in home use.

a)

Alexander Gram Bell

b)

Guglielmo Marconi

c)

Elwood Haynes

d)

Thomas Edison

4.

These two people invented the engine-driven airplane which lead to others inventing the aviation industry.

a)

Henry Ford & Elwood Haynes

b)

Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright

c)

Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Rough Riders

5.

Which volunteer fighting company helped the United States win several important battles in Cuba?

a)

Rough Riders and Teddy Roosevelt

b)

Menlo Park Inventors and Thomas Edison

c)

Orville and Wilbur Wright Company

d)

Calvary

6.

These individuals opened the first settlement house in the United States helping immigrant and the city's poor.

a)

Alice Hathoway Lee Roosevelt and Lady Bird Johnson

b)

Susan B. Anthony and Annie Oakley

c)

Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright

d)

Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Star

7.

work environment/apartments worse than factories no laws, no regulations, work from sunup to sundown

a)

Menlo Park

b)

immigration

c)

tenements

d)

imperialism

8.

This person is credited for inventing the first gasoline-powered automobile.

a)

Elwood Haynes

b)

Henry Ford

c)

William C Durant

d)

Louis Chevrolet

9.

The United States became a world power as a result of this war...

a)

Civil War

b)

Spanish-American War

c)

Revolutionary War

d)

World War I

10.

Choose the one problem that cities did not face in the early 1900's.

a)

crime

b)

diseases spread quickly

c)

fires spread

d)

luxury time

11.

This person documented the growth of cities as a photojournalist and news reporter

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Robert La Follette

c)

W.E.B. Du Bois

d)

Seward

12.

This person implemented a merit system for jobs, people vote for government officials and factory owners pay the state which pays hurt workers.

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Robert La Follette

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

13.

This person believed in breaking up monopolies, Pure Food and Drug Act, protecting animals, and conserving public lands.

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

President Theodore Roosevelt

c)

W.E.B. Du Bois

d)

Robert La Follette

14.

Civil rights worker, fought against Jim Crow Laws, started the NAACP.

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

President Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Robert La Follette

15.

This person is credited for the idea of interchangeable parts which increased efficiency within manufacturing.

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

Samuel Morse

c)

Garrett Morgan

d)

Robert Fulton

16.

These work environments employed children and had a 10 hour work day with 45 minutes allowed for dinner.

a)

orphanages

b)

homes

c)

factories

d)

tenements

17.

The telegraph increased the speed in which people could....

a)

send letters faster

b)

communicate across long distances

c)

send products more efficiently

d)

listen to music faster

18.

Purchased from Russia, Seward's Folly, panhandle, mineral deposits, salmon and otter all describe this state

a)

Alaska

b)

Alabama

c)

Hawaii

d)

Klondike

19.

Formerly owned by the Polynesians, politically taken over/annexed, resources include cattle ranches and sugar plantations.

a)

Alaska

b)

Hawaii

c)

Polynesia

d)

Antarctica

20.

Structure linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans...made trade more efficient, safe and cost effective.

a)

Pan Handle

b)

Panama River

c)

Erie Canal

d)

Panama Canal