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US History Unit 3 Industrialization Progressing Level

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

system of consolidating firms involved in all steps of a product’s manufacture

a)

Vertical Integration

b)

Horizontal Integration

2.

system of consolidating many firms in the same business

a)

Horizontal Integration

b)

Vertical Integration

3.

A way to manufacture steel quickly and cheaply by blasting hot air through melted iron to quickly remove impurities.

a)

Bessemer Process

b)

Assembly Line

c)

Vertical Integration

4.

American inventor best known for inventing the electric light bulb, acoustic recording on wax cylinders, and motion pictures.

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Thomas Edison

5.

Inventor of the telephone

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Thomas Edison

6.

businesses that are owned by many investors who buy shares of stock

a)

Trust

b)

Monopoly

c)

Corporation

7.

A group of corporations run by a single board of directors

a)

Monopoly

b)

Trust

c)

Corporation

8.

A Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist who founded the Carnegie Steel Company in 1892. By 1901, his company dominated the American steel industry. Responsible for vertical integration.

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

J.P.Morgan

9.

Established the Standard Oil Company. Responsible for horizontal integration.

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

J.P.Morgan

10.

Ownership of businesses involved in each step of manufacturing process. Ex. Andrew Carnegie.

a)

Vertical Integration

b)

Horizontal Integration

c)

Social Darwinism

11.

Banker who buys out Carnegie Steel and renames it to U.S. Steel.

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

J.P.Morgan

12.

(1890) a law that made it illegal to create monopolies or trusts that restrained free trade.

a)

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

b)

19th Amendment

c)

Chinese Exclusion Act

13.

The belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle.

a)

Vertical Integration

b)

Horizontal Integration

c)

Social Darwinism

14.

What did supporters of eugenics believe?

a)

Certain behaviors & personality traits were genetic and you could not overcome your DNA

b)

People might have certain genes, but their DNA was not their destiny

15.

Why was Cyrus McCormick's Invention helpful?

a)

It allowed people to see further into Space

b)

It removed seeds from cotton

c)

It allowed farmers to harvest wheat faster and easier

d)

It allowed NASA to take better pictures in space

16.

laissez-faire

a)

opposed to government regulation of business

b)

government should control major industries

c)

government should be eliminated

d)

nations should avoid trade

17.
The total or complete control of a service, product or industry that prevents competition
a)
Union
b)
Robber Barron
c)
Monopoly
d)
Captain of Industry
18.
Cornelius Vanderbilt made his fortune in...
a)
flight
b)
oil
c)
railroads
d)
automobiles
19.

He invented the light bulb and helped "electrify America."

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

George Westinghouse

c)

Cyrus McCormick

d)

Thomas Edison

20.

Andrew Carnegie's idea that the wealthy had a moral obligation to improve society for everyone.

a)

Gospel of Wealth

b)

Social Darwinism

c)

American Dream

d)

Principles of Scientific Management

21.

Mark Twain coined this phrase to describe industrial America and the corruption in political America

a)

Progressive Era

b)

Imperial America

c)

Era of Good Feelings

d)

Gilded Age

22.

Name of the investigative author who exposed unsanitary conditions and corruption.

a)

muckraker

b)

tenement worker

c)

subsistence farmer

d)

industrialization worker

23.

The major concern of the Progressives was

a)

Improving social and economic conditions

b)

Abolishing slavery

c)

Settling of the American frontier

d)

Protecting U. S. business

24.

Shocked the nation when he published The Jungle, a novel that revealed gruesome details about the meat packing industry in Chicago.

a)

Lincoln Steffens

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Upton Sinclair

d)

Jacob Riis

25.

When large amounts of money are given to charity and for the public good.

a)

social darwinism

b)

urbanization

c)

philanthropy

d)

Captain of Industry

26.

Term that is a negative opinion to describe the big businessmen of industrialization

a)

Captain of Industry

b)

Robber Baron

c)

Entrepreneur

d)

philanthropist

27.

Which combination correctly shows efforts by the US government to regulate big business in the late 1800's?

a)

Sherman Anti-Trust Act - passed to eliminate monopolies and trusts such as Standard Oil/Interstate Commerce Act - created the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate the Railroad Industry

b)

Interstate Commerce Act - passed to eliminate monopolies and trusts such as Standard Oil; Sherman Anti-Trust Act - created the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate the Railroad Industry

28.

election process sometimes held during an elected official’s term in office; purpose is to remove the elected official from office because the people are dissatisfied with his/her performance

a)

recall

b)

referendum

c)

initiative

d)

quota

29.

a law or amendment passed by the legislature may be rejected and declared invalid if the voters do not approve it

a)

recall

b)

referendum

c)

quota

d)

initiative

30.

Which of the following represents the best definition for temperance movement?

a)

a widespread effort by few people to increase the consumption of alcohol. (mid 1800's to early 1900's)

b)

a widespread effort by many people to reduce the consumption of alcohol. (mid 1800's to early 1900's)

c)

a widespread effort by many people to reduce the consumption of tobacco. (mid 1800's to early 1900's)

d)

the fight for equal rights such as education,voting, and workplace rights for women.

31.

Which of the following are causes of the temperance movement? MARK ALL THAT APPLY.

a)

Domestic violence became a trend

b)

Men/husbands were spending a lot of money on alcohol

c)

Men/husbands were spending so much time at bars and saloons

32.

Which Amendment gave all women the right to vote?

a)

15th

b)

19th

c)

17th

d)

16th

33.

settlement house

a)

a house for settlers to live in while they are building their own home

b)

a development of houses that serves as a community

c)

an area of poverty that is a problem

d)

a center in an underprivileged area that provides community services

34.

Main goal of most muckraking journalists?

a)

Gain fame through articles of high popular interest

b)

Expose social and economic problems in need of political attention

c)

Increase public awareness of America's great potential

d)

End corrupt relationships between politicians and big business

35.
Loosely linking their reform efforts under a single label, Progressive, was a belief that changes in society were badly needed and that government was the proper agency for correcting social and economic ills
a)
True
b)
False
36.

What outraged America against Germany?

a)

The Lusitania

b)

The Zimmerman telegram

c)

Unrestricted U-boat activity

d)

British propaganda

e)

All of the above

37.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
a)
A telegram where the U.S. encouraged Mexico to attack Germany
b)
A telegram where Germany encouraged Mexico to attack the U.S.
c)
A telegram between Germany and Russia encouraging a peace treaty
d)
A telegram between Britain and the US about an invasion on Germany
38.

During World War I, a way of fighting was used in Europe where the military dug large ditches in the ground. What is this type of warfare called?

a)

Trench Warfare

b)

Ditch Warfare

c)

Muddy Warfare

d)

Submarine Warfare

39.

The American president during World War One was...

a)

Teddy Roosevelt

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

Woodrow Wilson

40.

What was the name of President Wilson's plan for peace?

a)

Zimmerman Telegram

b)

Sussex Pledge

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Fourteen Points

41.

What was the ruling in Schenck v. US?

a)

separate but equal is okay

b)

free speech can be limited with "clear and present danger"

c)

right to bear arms could be limited for immigrants

d)

Sedition Act was unconstitutional

42.

Which legislation silenced criticism of the war at home?

a)

Committee on Public Information

b)

Espionage and Sedition Acts

c)

The Red Scare

d)

Palmer Raids

43.

What was the name of the peace-keeping organization proposed by Wilson?

a)

Fourteen Points

b)

League of Nations

c)

United Nations

d)

Sussex Pledge

44.

What was the name of the area between the trenches that contained barbed wire and land mines?

a)

no man's land

b)

danger zone

c)

ground zero

45.
What was the Red Scare 
a)
A time when people were afraid of anarchism, communism, and socialism
b)
When people were afraid of the color red
c)
Sacco and Vanzetti
d)
a red ghost
46.

a series of government attacks on suspected radicals in the United States led by the U.S. Attorney General

a)

Bolshevik

b)

Communism

c)

Deportation

d)

Palmer Raids

47.
Immigrant anarchists convicted of murder and executed
a)
Coolidge and Harding
b)
Garvey and Washington
c)
Palmer and Sacco
d)
Sacco and Vanzetti