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8.39-8.40

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Vocabulary:

the change from manual production to machine-powered factory production that started in England in the late 18th century and spread to other places and brought transformation in economy, society, and technology.

a)

Industrial Revolution

b)

American Revolution

c)

Agricultural Revolution

d)

French Revolution

2.

Vocabulary:

a person who enters another country in order to settle there

a)

immigrant

b)

abolitionist

c)

loyalist

d)

patriot

3.

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What were the 2 major "push factors" why people left Ireland for America? (choose 2)

a)

potato famine

b)

escape British rule

c)

urbanization

d)

Industrial Revolution

e)

Temperance Movement

4.

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Push factors why Germans left Germany were, harsh weather conditions which resulted in severe __________.

a)

food shortages

b)

housing shortage

c)

unemployment

d)

urbanization

5.

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Attracted by its ______________, many Germans came to the United States in search of a better life.

a)

democratic political system

b)

communist political system

c)

monarchy

d)

industrial revolution

6.

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The _________ was significant because it connected Lake Erie and the Great Lakes system to the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean.

a)

Erie Canal

b)

Panama Canal

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Golden Gate Bridge

7.

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By 1818, the __________ ran from Cumberland Maryland to the Ohio River at Wheeling Virginia.

a)

National Road

b)

Erie Canal

c)

Panama Canal

d)

Wilderness Road

8.
What is the name of the
man-made waterway that connects Lake Erie to the Hudson River
and then to the Atlantic Ocean
a)
Panama Canal
b)
Buffalo River
c)
Niagara Falls
d)
Erie Canal
9.

What was the Erie Canal used for?

a)

Immigrant cruises

b)

Test battle ships

c)

Drinking water for the city of Boston

d)

Ship goods faster and cheaper to the Atlantic Ocean

10.

Why was the National Road authorized?

a)

For better horse travel

b)

To promote westward expansion

c)

To allow Congress to trade

d)

To increase taxes and travel time

11.

Which natural barrier did the National Road cross?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Erie Canal

12.

How did the steam engine create power?

a)

Burning gas

b)

Burning kerosene

c)

Burning coal

d)

Horsepower

13.

Choose 2 benefits of the railroad system.

a)

It made travel longer

b)

Travel time and length stayed the same

c)

It decreased travel time for long distances

d)

Materials, goods, and produce could be shipped quick and cheap

14.

How did new transportation impact people?

a)

It made people dislike each other daily

b)

It made travel slower

c)

It made it faster and easier to travel

d)

It made people mad at the slaves

15.

How did new transportation impact products?

a)

They were easier, cheaper, and faster to move

b)

They were harder and slower to move

c)

They increased the need for healthcare

d)

They hurt the economy

16.

How did new transportation impact ideas?

a)

It discouraged people from interacting

b)

It allowed people to buy ideas from poor people

c)

It allowed easy delivery of newspaper and mail. It made the US feel “smaller”

d)

It discouraged people from developing more technology and made the US feel “bigger”

17.

A large, deep trench filled with water

a)

Railroad

b)

Steam engine

c)

Canal

d)

Railroad

18.

Steamboats used ____ and allowed shipments to travel ____ easily.

a)

Horse power / upstream

b)

Coal / upstream

c)

Horse power / downstream

d)

Coal / downstream

19.

Railroads allowed raw materials, finished goods, and farm produce to be transported

a)

Cheaply and expensively

b)

Slowly and expensively

c)

Slowly and inefficiently

d)

Cheaply and quickly

20.

This group of immigrants were moving west with farmers from Pennsylvania to Oregon

a)

French

b)

German

c)

Irish

d)

Spanish

21.

This group of immigrants began this new political party.

a)

German - Democratic Republican

b)

German - Know Nothing Party

c)

Irish - Nativist Party

d)

Irish - Know Nothing Party

22.

Became a powerful political force in the US

a)

Irish

b)

German

c)

French

d)

Spanish

23.

Which groups push factor was poverty?

a)

Irish

b)

German

c)

Both

24.

The two largest immigration groups in the early 1800's were...

a)

Russians

b)

Africans

c)

Irish

d)

French

e)

German