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8th - Chapter 11

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the Industrial Revolution?

a)

The gradual replacement of hand tools, human powered and horse powered tools to machines during the 1700s.

b)

It provided the Louisiana Territory north of the southern border of Missouri would be free of slavery. It gave southern slave owners a clear right to pursue escaped fugitives in ‘’free’’ regions and return them to slavery.

c)

Becoming a Lowell girl, nearby farm girls working at the new factories and living in boarding houses were able to take advantage of libraries and attend lectures.

d)

The process of making products in your own home and at your own pace.

2.

How did the Industrial Revolution change the way work was performed?

a)

Instead of producing products in their own homes and at their own pace, factories became the central location for work to be done. This sped up the process products were being made and how long a person has for a specific task.

b)

Instead of producing products in factories, homes became the central location for work to be done. This slowed down the process products were being made and how long a person finished an entire product.

c)

It did not change the way work was done. This actually refers to the British fighting back against the Americans for the Revolution in the Colonies

d)

It did not change anything because the products being made at home and the products made in factories were completely different.

3.

Where did Industrialization begin in the United States?

a)

Northeast

b)

Northwest

c)

Southeast

d)

Southwest

4.

What allowed women to start receiving an education?

a)

Becoming a Lowell girl, nearby farm girls working at the new factories and living in boarding houses were able to take advantage of libraries and attend lectures.

b)

They just started going to school

c)

The 28th Amendment went into effect so that they had the right to be educated

d)

Cities started to grow larger and schools were built in areas they did not exist before.

5.

What was not an issue that started to become more apparent in the factories?

a)

Child Labor

b)

Poor Lighting

c)

Extremely long work day

d)

Machines were safe and efficient

6.

What were some issues with the rapid growth of cities? (Click all that apply)

a)

Filthy Streets

b)

Lack of Sewage System

c)

Lack of clean drinking water

d)

Lack of Government

7.

What was the first railroad?

a)

The Louisiana and the Michigan

b)

The Illinois and Springfield

c)

The Baltimore and Ohio

d)

The Boston and Maryland

8.

What are is NOT a reason why immigrants were coming over to the Americas in the 1840s?

a)

Buy Cheap Land

b)

They thought there was silver on the East coast of the Americas

c)

Skilled workers thought they had better opportunities

d)

Could not survive where they were currently living

9.

African Americans received equal treatment in the free part of the United States

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Why did plantation owners defend the system of slavery? (Check all that apply)

a)

Fear of violent uprisings if they loosened their control over African Americans

b)

It was more humane than free labor system in the North

c)

They were worried that African Americans wanted to start their own plantations

d)

Slaves did not worry about Unemployment

11.

What restrictions did Free African Americans have? (Check all that apply)

a)

-Denied from most jobs

b)

-Unable to attend public schools

c)

-Could not vote, serve on juries or testify against white defendants in court, discouraged from traveling

d)

Could not walk on the sidewalks, they needed to use the side of the streets

12.

What group of states were NOT looking to become states in the Union in the 1800s?

a)

Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio

b)

Louisiana, Indiana, Mississippi

c)

Illinois, Alabama

d)

Florida, California

13.

How did American settlers heading West reach their new homes?

a)

American settlers drove over paths for that were created by deer or bison.

b)

The learned how to cement mix and started created roads as they traveled West

c)

They used the Route 66 canal to travel to the West

d)

American settlers learned how to fly

14.

What did not became an issue between free states and slave states? (check all that apply)

a)

Who had better land

b)

The extension of slavery became an issue between free states and slave states.

c)

Who had more representation in Congress

d)

Who had a higher population

15.

Who did the Missouri Compromise Benefit? (check all that apply)

a)

Free States

b)

Slave States

c)

African Americans

d)

Plantation Owners