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US11-Unit 1-Online MC Assessment

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Technological development most revolutionized US steel industry.
a)
Electrification
b)
Vulcanization
c)
Steam power
d)
Bessemer Process
2.
During the Gilded age, workers came together to work for better pay, working conditions, and less hours. 
a)
Philanthropy
b)
Labor Unions
c)
Political Bosses
d)
Credit Unions
3.
The innovation of ________ helped open up the national market in the 1800s.
a)
boats
b)
railroads
c)
automobiles 
d)
horse drawn carriages 
4.
Industry caused urbanization because...
a)
people moved out of cities in order to find jobs
b)
people moved to cities because that's where jobs were
c)
cities were very appealing to people who grew up in rural areas
d)
the railroad allowed people to move East easier
5.
Which of the following is a strategy used by unions to force employers to meet labor demands?
a)
Injunctions 
b)
Lock outs 
c)
Scabs 
d)
Strikes 
6.

Which group had a racial hatred of immigrants, since they took jobs from Americans for lower wages.

a)

Nativists

b)

Political bosses

c)

Miners

d)

Labor leaders

7.

John Rockefeller made a fortune in which industry?

a)

Railroads

b)

Oil

c)

Steel

d)

Finance

8.

In which industry did Andrew Carnegie make his fortune?

a)

Oil

b)

Steel

c)

Railroads

d)

Finance

9.

What reason(s) did immigrants come to the U.S. in the late 1800s/ early 1900s?

a)

Religious Freedom

b)

Political Unrest

c)

To get a job in the "land of opportunity"

d)

All answers provided are correct

10.

Neighborhoods filled with people from the same country are called

a)

Ethnic neighborhoods

b)

Ghettos

c)

Country districts

d)

China Town

11.

The process of becoming part of another culture is known as...

a)

Inclusion

b)

Assimilation

c)

Addition

d)

Joining

12.
Immigrants from southern and Eastern Europe primarily settled in cities along the east coast while Chinese immigrants typically settled in the 
a)
northern cities
b)
rural South
c)
American west
d)
Midwest
13.

When New Immigrants came to the United States from Southern & Eastern Europe, most entered through

a)

Angel Island

b)

Ellis Island

c)

Governor's Island

d)

Long Island

14.

When New Immigrants came to the United States from Asia, most entered through

a)

Angel Island

b)

Ellis Island

c)

Governor's Island

d)

Long Island

15.

Between 1848 and 1920, suffragists protested for women to have the right to vote.


Which amendment guaranteed women this right in the United States?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

16.

The Jungle exposed unsanitary and unsafe practices in the meatpacking industry.


Which muckraker is responsible for exposing the conditions?

a)

Jacob Riis

b)

Lewis Hines

c)

Ida Tarbell

d)

Upton Sinclair

17.

Founder of the NAACP to fight for Civil Rights in the early 20th Century. He advocated the "Talented Tenth" leading African Americans' push for equality. He attended Harvard University, and was the first African American to earn a degree from the university.

a)

Ida B Wells

b)

Booker T Washington

c)

W E B DuBois

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

18.
Roosevelt’s Square Deal refers to:
a)
Fair treatment of people in society
b)
Using the government’s power to help citizens
c)
Settling issues for the betterment of society
d)
All of the above
19.
Suffrage refers to:
a)
Discrimination
b)
Women’s Rights
c)
The Right To Vote
d)
The Denial of Voting
20.
What did the Meat Inspection Act accomplish?
a)
Banned the use of assembly lines
b)
Allowed the government to have unlimited power
c)
Cleaned up food producing factories
d)
Advocated for minority groups
21.
Which idea of Theodore Roosevelt’s led to the creation of National Parks?
a)
Meat Inspection Act
b)
Preservation
c)
Conservation
d)
Intimidation
22.
Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society
a)
Suffragists
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Students
d)
Chaffinators
23.
Period of history when alcohol was outlawed in the country
a)
Prohibition
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
18th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
24.
Law that requires company to properly label food and medicines
a)
Medicine Man
b)
Food Amendment
c)
Label Lemons
d)
Pure Food and Drug Act
25.
The founder of the Tuskegee Institute and head of the African Americans community
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
George Washington Carver
c)
W.E.B Dubois
d)
Upton Sinclair