WorksheetsUnit 3: Industrialization Review
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 18mins
What did the US having an abundance of natural resources do for it as a nation in the late 1800s?
Other countries try to go to war with the US
Other countries send spies to steal our resources
Increased new technologies and industrial growth
Who invented the typewriter?
Thomas Edison
Christopher Sholes
Lewis Latimer
Alexander Graham Bell
Who invented the telephone?
Thomas Edison
Christopher Sholes
Lewis Latimer
Alexander Graham Bell
Who invented a carbon filament for the lightbulb?
Thomas Edison
Christopher Sholes
Lewis Latimer
Alexander Graham Bell
Who invented a machine that could attach the upper part of a shoe to the soles?
Thomas Edison
Christopher Sholes
Jan Ernst Matzeliger
Alexander Graham Bell
Choose the option that best describes how new inventions and technology changed how people worked:
People got more vacation time at work
People got paid more to work
People could make more products in a shorter amount of time
People could become bosses of companies faster
Which of these products is iron but without the carbon, more flexible than iron, and doesn't rust like iron?
Gold
Steel
Titanium
Aluminum
Choose the four items that were built using steel in the late 1800s
Bridges
Buildings
Railroads
Radios
New farming equipment
Most railroad workers were paid high wages.
True
False
Because of the growth of railroads, there was an increase in the demand for __________ ___________.
War supplies
Natural resources
Presidential candidates
Professional musicians
Why were the Grangers upset with the railroads? Choose two options.
The railroads charged all customers the same price.
The railroad companies misused government land grants.
The railroads allowed the government to regulate their business.
The railroads engaged in formal agreements to fix prices.
Choose the two options that describe the conditions of most workers in the US in the 1800s:
Low pay
Comfortable environment
Paid time off
Long hours
What was the outcome of the Supreme Court case Munn v. Illinois?
Segregation became legalized
Slaves were determined to not be US citizens
The federal government could regulate private industry
The federal government had a say in decisions within the education system
What did free enterprise (private businesses operated independently without government control) lead to in the US?
Ideal working conditions for workers
The majority of Americans becoming middle class or upper class citizens
An unsuccessful set up for industries to grow
A favorable climate for industries to flourish and grow
What is a corporation that buys out the stock of competing companies?
Holding company
Vertical integration
Monopoly
Horizontal integration
What are competing companies that put control of their
businesses under a single group?
Holding company
Vertical integration
Monopoly
Trust
What is a company that has complete control over an
industry’s production, wages, and prices?
Vertical Integration
Holding Company
Monopoly
Trust
What are companies in the same industry that divide up the business among each other?
Pool
Horizontal Integration
Holding Company
Monopoly
If a leader in big business puts his money towards the public good. What does that make them?
A robber baron
A captain of industry
If a leader in big business profited unfairly by squeezing out the competition, which does this make them?
A robber baron
A captain industry
If a leader in big business took advantages of workers and consumers, what does that make them?
A robber baron
A captain industry
If a leader in big business helped make the economy more productive, what does that make them?
A robber baron
A captain of industry
Mark the two choices that are groups who were affected negatively by monopolies:
Consumers
Millionaires
Presidents
Workers
What industry did Andrew Carnegie become a big leader of?
Steel
OIl
Railroads
Banks
What industry did John D Rockefeller control a lot of?
Steel
Oil
Railroads
Banks
What industry did Cornelius Vanderbilt control most of for a time?
Steel
Oil
Railroads
Banks
What industry did JP Morgan control much of?
Steel
Oil
Railroads
Banks
Mark the two options that were true about the American Federation Labor organization?
It was created by Samuel Gompers
It was created by Andrew Carnegie
It was a craft union
It had a high population of socialists in its membership
Mark the three options that were true of the International Workers of the World (IWW) organization?
It was created by socialists
It was led by William "Big Bill" Haywood
It was only for specially skilled workers
It was for skilled and unskilled workers
Mark the 3 options that were true about the Haymarket Affair:
Happened in Chicago, IL
Happened in NYC
Happened in 1886
Happened in 1887
Created a more negative image of unions to the public
Mark the three options that are true of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire:
Occurred in 1911
Occurred in 1910
Created more sympathy from the public towards the conditions of workers
Happened in NYC
Happened in Chicago
