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WorksheetsSTAAR Review Quiz #5
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
What replaced cottage industries during the Industrial Revolution?
Plantation-style agriculture
Cooperative ownership of manufacturing
An economy based on fishing and whaling
The factory system
For immigrants, good job opportunities in America would be a...
Pull Factor
Push Factor
For immigrants, corrupt government in one’s home country would be a...
Pull Factor
Push Factor
What is urbanization?
An increase in air and water pollution
An overall decline in a nation's population
Movement of people from rural areas into cities
A disproportionate number of women compared to men in a nation's population
Why did the invention of the cotton gin cause the demand for slave labor to increase in the South?
Because the cotton gin allowed for the production of more cotton.
Because more people were living in cities than in the countryside.
Because the cotton gin caused a decline in the demand for tobacco.
Because greater cotton production meant that more Irish immigrants would be arriving.
Why did the Industrial Revolution cause people to leave the countryside and move into the cities ("urbanization")?
Because factories were located in cities, which meant that jobs could be found there.
Because food production declined in the countryside while it rose in the cities.
Because too many immigrants were moving into rural areas.
Because the air and water were more healthy in the cities.
Which of the following is NOT an aspect of the free enterprise system?
Competition
Profit Motive
Entrepreneurship
Major Government Intervention
Why did so many people leave Ireland for the United States in the 1840s?
Ireland and England were at war.
There was a failure of the potato crop in Ireland.
Pollution had ruined the Irish water supply.
The Irish people were in search of free speech rights.
Why did so many Germans move to the United States in the 1840s?
There was a failure of the grain harvest in Germany.
The German people sought religious freedom.
There was a failed political revolution in Germany.
They were trying to escape a war between Germany and Russia.
Why did so many Chinese people leave China for the United States in the 1840s?
They knew they would not be persecuted in the United States.
They wanted to participate in the California Gold Rush.
They were in search of adventure.
To escape radical democrats who had seized control of China.
What invention during the Industrial Revolution made cotton production more efficient?
The mechanical reaper
The steel plow
The cotton gin
The cotton plow
How did the electric telegraph change society?
It allowed for rapid transportation from one city to another
It allowed for instant communication across great distances
It allowed for the easy plowing of farmland in the Great Plains.
It made the factory system possible.
Which region of the country did NOT significantly industrialize?
The North
The West
The South
All regions significantly industrialized
Which of the following was NOT one of the elements that made the factory system possible?
The Assembly Line
Interchangeable Parts
Steam Power
Agricultural Improvements
How did the factory system change the American economy?
It led to a massive increase in the production of goods
It increased the demand for products made by cottage industries.
It caused people to leave the cities to find work in the countryside.
It caused a sharp rise in the production of sugar in the Southern states,
Many factory workers were women.
True
False
Many factory workers were children.
True
False
How did steam technology change transportation?
It was used to power railroad locomotives
It was used to power steamships on the oceans
It was used to power steamboats on the rivers and canals
All of these
What new process was developed during the Industrial Revolution to manufacture high-quality steel in large amounts?
The Bessemer Process
The Smith Process
The Farragut Process
The Brenham Process
What is "entrepreneurship"?
The desire for financial gain
The ability to start a business
Two or more businesses competing with one another for customers.
The government holding back and not interfering too much in the economy
What is "nativism"?
A fear and suspicion of immigrants
Discrimination directed against Native Americans
A willingness to welcome newcomers from other nations
A desire for financial gain
What best describes working conditions in a factory during the Industrial Revolution?
Dangerous and Difficult
Pleasant and Comfortable
Boring but Easy
Exciting and Fun
For an immigrant, religious freedom in the United States would be a...
Pull Factor
Push Factor
For an immigrant, a lack of economic opportunity in their home country would be a...
Pull Factor
Push Factor
What was the goal of the temperance movement?
To improve education
To abolish treatment for the mentally ill
To improve conditions in prisons
To get people to stop drinking alcohol
What was the name of William Lloyd Garrison's newspaper?
Common Sense
The Liberator
The Daily Star
The Statesman
This man escaped slavery in Maryland and became the most famous abolitionist in the North.
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
William Biddle
Francis Scott Key
Where was the first major woman's rights convention held?
Seneca Falls, New York
Boston, Massachusetts
Louisville, Kentucky
New Paltz, Ohio
What were some ways the abolitionists opposed slavery?
Organizing the Underground Railroad
Publishing anti-slavery newspapers
Giving anti-slavery speeches
All of these
What was the main objective of the woman's rights movement?
To gain the right to vote
To obtain the right to factory jobs
To obtain equal rights in divorce law
To prevent immigration from Germany
What was the Underground Railroad?
Secret routes to help slaves escape to freedom
Secret routes to help prisoners-of-war escape to America
The first subway system in New York City
The route taken to America by Irish and German immigrants
This ex-President and member of Congress became the first major public figure to embrace abolitionism.
John Quincy Adams
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
William Lloyd Garrison
This woman became the most famous figure in the fight for a woman's right to vote.
Susan B. Anthony
Abigail Adams
Mercy Otis Warren
Emily Dickinson
This person escaped from slavery and then repeatedly went back into the South to help other slaves escape.
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
Sojourner Truth
David Ruggles
Before the 1800s, women were not allowed to attend college.
True
False
Which of the following is true about Andrew Jackson's background?
He was born into a wealthy and influential New York family.
He was born into poverty on the Carolina frontier and orphaned as a child.
He immigrated to the United States from England.
He was the son of an enslaved mother.
The idea that a state can cancel a federal law within its borders is known as...
Nullification
Federalization
Secession
Appropriation
What was the system by which President Jackson gave government jobs to his friends and supporters?
The Tariff System
The Checks and Balances System
The American System
The Spoils System
What was South Carolina angry about during the Nullification Crisis?
The "Tariff of Abominations"
High taxes to pay for the navy
The rise of the abolitionist movement in the North
The lack of state control over infrastructure spending
What member of the Great Triumvirate was known as "The Great Compromiser"?
John Calhoun
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
John Quincy Adams
