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WorksheetsIndustrial Revolution & America Becomes A World Power
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
style of newspaper writing in which reporters exaggerate the facts of a story in order to sell more papers
red recording
armistice
indigo imperialism
yellow journalism
The assembly line allows mass production to occur and was started by this person as he made the Model T.
Jane Adams
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Elwood Haynes
This person invented the phonograph and improved the light bulb making it practical for in home use.
Alexander Gram Bell
Guglielmo Marconi
Elwood Haynes
Thomas Edison
These two people invented the engine-driven airplane which lead to others inventing the aviation industry.
Henry Ford & Elwood Haynes
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell
Rough Riders
Which volunteer fighting company helped the United States win several important battles in Cuba?
Rough Riders and Teddy Roosevelt
Menlo Park Inventors and Thomas Edison
Orville and Wilbur Wright Company
Calvary
These individuals opened the first settlement house in the United States helping immigrant and the city's poor.
Alice Hathoway Lee Roosevelt and Lady Bird Johnson
Susan B. Anthony and Annie Oakley
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Star
work environment/apartments worse than factories no laws, no regulations, work from sunup to sundown
Menlo Park
immigration
tenements
imperialism
This person is credited for inventing the first gasoline-powered automobile.
Elwood Haynes
Henry Ford
William C Durant
Louis Chevrolet
The United States became a world power as a result of this war...
Civil War
Spanish-American War
Revolutionary War
World War I
Choose the one problem that cities did not face in the early 1900's.
crime
diseases spread quickly
fires spread
luxury time
This person documented the growth of cities as a photojournalist and news reporter
Jacob Riis
Robert La Follette
W.E.B. Du Bois
Seward
This person implemented a merit system for jobs, people vote for government officials and factory owners pay the state which pays hurt workers.
Jacob Riis
Robert La Follette
W.E.B. DuBois
Theodore Roosevelt
This person believed in breaking up monopolies, Pure Food and Drug Act, protecting animals, and conserving public lands.
Jacob Riis
President Theodore Roosevelt
W.E.B. Du Bois
Robert La Follette
Civil rights worker, fought against Jim Crow Laws, started the NAACP.
Jacob Riis
W.E.B. DuBois
President Theodore Roosevelt
Robert La Follette
This person is credited for the idea of interchangeable parts which increased efficiency within manufacturing.
Eli Whitney
Samuel Morse
Garrett Morgan
Robert Fulton
These work environments employed children and had a 10 hour work day with 45 minutes allowed for dinner.
orphanages
homes
factories
tenements
The telegraph increased the speed in which people could....
send letters faster
communicate across long distances
send products more efficiently
listen to music faster
Purchased from Russia, Seward's Folly, panhandle, mineral deposits, salmon and otter all describe this state
Alaska
Alabama
Hawaii
Klondike
Formerly owned by the Polynesians, politically taken over/annexed, resources include cattle ranches and sugar plantations.
Alaska
Hawaii
Polynesia
Antarctica
Structure linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans...made trade more efficient, safe and cost effective.
Pan Handle
Panama River
Erie Canal
Panama Canal
