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Changes to the Growing Nation

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Many families in the U.S. shifted from being _________ to being __________ after the industrial revolution.

a)

Farmers; mass manufacturers

b)

Mass manufacturers; farmers

c)

Farmers; farmers

d)

Mass manufacturers; mass manufactuerers

2.

True or False: As the population grew, so did the demands of the people

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What are textiles?

a)

Woven fabric or cloth

b)

A form of communication

c)

A type of military strategy

d)

Making a ton of goods at once

4.

Who first brought the textile machines to the United States?

a)

Samuel Slater

b)

Steven Smith

c)

Tony Moore

d)

Bernard Weaver

5.

True or False: The North thrived from the Textile Industry and the South stuck to its roots.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

The Rhode Island System...

a)

Built by Slater

b)

Had houses, shops, churches for the workers

c)

Had children work there

d)

All of the above

7.

The Lowell System...

a)

Started in Massachusetts

b)

Hired women to work

c)

Had poor conditions

d)

All of the above

8.

Textile working conditions were...

a)

Very safe with many breaks

b)

Rough and hazardous with little pay

c)

Similar to factories today

d)

Well maintained with filtration systems

9.

Workers would create _________ to improve work conditions.

a)

Trade unions

b)

Rebellious Groups

c)

Militias

d)

Their own factories

10.

What does it mean to "go on strike?"

a)

Protest to send a message to the employer about frustrations

b)

Knock all pins down in bowling

c)

Duel your employer to remove him

d)

Continue to work in the factory

11.

True or False: Trade Unions in the 1800s saw success and failure with their work.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Speed and efficiency in which goods were made would improve due to...

a)

More workers

b)

Mass production of goods

c)

Immigrants working instead

d)

Less pollution in factories

13.

A machine that uses electricity through wires to send messages is a...

a)

Telegraph

b)

Printing press

c)

Textile

d)

Loom

14.

True or False: The telegraph improved communication by making it so message could send quickly from long distances

a)

True

b)

False

15.

How did farming improve in the 1800s?

a)

John Deere made a better steel plow

b)

Cyrus McCormick created the mechanical reaper for cutting wheat

c)

More food was able to be harvested

d)

All of the above

16.

A heat transfer system in which steam power is used is...

a)

Condensing

b)

Sentencing

c)

Mediating

d)

Agriculture

17.

True or False: The steamboat made travel faster and easier for people and goods.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

What was built due to the creation of the steamboat?

a)

Canals

b)

Harbors

c)

Trading posts

d)

All of the above

19.

True or False: The technology from the steamboat failed greatly on land and the steam train was a failure.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Who saw major improvements in life due to the creation of the steam train?

a)

The North

b)

The South

21.

What does "social reform" mean?

a)

an organized movement to improve the quality of life for particular groups of people

b)

an organization for people to be more aware of others

c)

a group of people with similar interests

d)

People who want everything to stay the same

22.

True or False: There was both religious and political background to these reforms.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

True or False: Prisons and mentally ill saw major improvements due to Dorothea Dix

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Why did Horace Mann think public education was important?

a)

Social equality

b)

Educate individuals

c)

reduce crime and poverty

d)

All of the above

25.

An organized attempt to end alcohol abuse and its consequences by encouraging abstinence (drinking no alcohol) or at least moderation (drinking very little alcohol) is the....

a)

Public Education Creation

b)

Women's Suffrage

c)

Abolitionists

d)

Temperance Movement

26.

What is an abolitionist?

a)

Someone who fights against slavery

b)

Someone who owns slaves

c)

Someone who creates laws about slavery

d)

Someone who farms a lot

27.

Who is NOT a famous abolitionist?

a)

John C Calhoun

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Harriet Tubman

28.

How did women gain more rights in the 1800s?

a)

They held conventions to empower

b)

Wrote documents

c)

Created newspapers

d)

All of the above

29.

What is the Declaration of Sentiments?

a)

A formal statement of injustices suffered by women, written by organizers of the Seneca Falls Convention

b)

A formal statement of injustices suffered by African Americans

c)

A formal statement of injustices suffered by Prisoners

d)

A formal statement of injustices suffered by factory workers

30.

What is a pull factor for immigrants in the 1800s?

a)

Farmland

b)

Voice in government

c)

Jobs

d)

All of the above

31.

What is a push factor for immigrants in the 1800s?

a)

Famine

b)

losing famland

c)

laws

d)

All of the above

32.

What did immigrants face when they arrived to America?

a)

Equal treatment

b)

Discrimination

c)

High wages

d)

Free land

33.

True or false: Immigrants would sometimes over populate cities in the United States

a)

True

b)

False

34.

How did cities change due to immigration and industry?

a)

Immigrants worked in factories which boosted the economy

b)

Population increased and became more diverse

c)

Cities became more polluted

d)

All of the above