WorksheetsUnit 6 Review
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 14mins
Who invented the telephone?
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Henry Ford
What is the purpose of the assembly line?
to produce goods faster, cheaper, and in larger quantities
to provide more jobs in order to help the economy
to produce the highest quality of goods
to make a job so simple that even a child could work
Who created the Standard Oil Company?
John D. Rockefeller
Robert Fulton
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas Edison
What is a robber baron?
the right to vote
any successful business person whose business practices are unethical
an innovator or inventor from the Progressive Era
any successful business person
Which of these people were Robber Barons?
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Robert Fulton
Which of these people were Captains of Industry?
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Robert Fulton
How did the Industrial Revolution/Cotton Mills affect the cities?
Made the crime rate decrease
Led to an increase in farm workers
Make the cities cleaner and safer
Led to an increase in population in the cities
Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?
Low Wages
Dangerous Working Conditions
Widespread Pollution
Safe Working Conditions
Labor Unions like The Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor were created to...
to recruit women and children into dangerous jobs
to make sure that businesses made a large profit
to unite business owners to fight the government
to unite workers fighting for better working conditions
True or False: Labor Unions were a huge success in the late 1800s.
True
False
A section of journalism in the 1890s that used melodrama, sensationalism, and exaggeration to sell millions of newspapers.
green journalism
yellow journalism
purple journalism
red journalism
Which of the following were reform-minded journalists, who provided detailed, accurate journalistic accounts of the political and economic corruption and social hardships caused by the power of big business, during the Progressive Era in the US?
yellow journalists
paper tigers
muckrakers
whistle blowers
What is the most talked about example muckraking from the early 1900s?
The Meat Industry is Corrupt
Ew, I'm Not Eating that Meat
The Jungle
The New York Journal
Why were people immigrating to the United States in the Late 1800s and Early 1900s?
Land Shortages
Job Shortages
Religious Persecution
Crop Failures
All of the Above
Where did immigrants tend to work and live?
in the suburbs
in cities
in their own mini-cities with people from their home country
on a farm
The definition of Suffrage is
(a)
What is the purpose of the Seneca Falls Convention?
abolish slavery
to pass the Square Deal
raise awareness for women's rights
fight for women's suffrage and many other equal rights
What is the speech Sojourner Truth gave at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention?
(a)
Which Amendment to the Constitution granted women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
18th Amendment
17th Amendment
16th Amendment
What did Booker T. Washington believe was the first step toward gaining equality for African Americans?
economic progress, education, and justice under U.S. courts.
by any means necessary
self-reliance through education
leaving the United States
Who created the National Associaton of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
Susan B. Anthony
W.E.B. Du Bois
Booker T. Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
What were the 3 C's in the Square Deal?
Consumer Protection
Creating Monopolies
Controlling Other Countries
Control of Corporations
Conservation of Nature
Which president created the Square Deal?
(a)
