WorksheetsIndustrial Revolution Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Factory Production of goods in large quantities
Mass Production
Assembly Line
Industry
Sweatshop
People who share a common cultural heritage.
Assimilation
Tenement
Ethnic Group
Immigrant
A type of residence that is often run down and crowded
Assembly Line
Tenement
Suffragist
Stock
A person who fought for women's rights, especially the right to vote.
Monopoly
Ethnic Group
Immigrant
Suffragist
An organization of workers who seek better pay and working conditions.
Labor Union
Sweatshop
Monopoly
Factors of Production
Shares of ownership a company sells in its business.
Stock
Monopoly
Tenement
Suffragist
To become part of a larger culture.
Sweatshop
Emigrate
Assimilation
Assembly Line
A shop or factory where workers work long hours at low wages under unhealthy conditions.
Monopoly
Tenement
Sweatshop
Stock
Factory method in which work moves past stationary workers who perform a single task.
Assembly Line
Monopoloy
Sweatshop
Ethnic Group
Land, labor, and capital used to make goods and services.
Assembly Line
Monopoly
Factors of Production
Emigrate
Total control of a type of industry by one person or one company.
Monopoly
Assembly Line
Sweatshop
Stock
To leave one's homeland to live somewhere else.
Assimilate
Ethnic Group
Tenement
Emigrate
A person who invests in a company by buying stock.
Shareholder
Assembly Line
Monopoly
Stock
Those who arrived before 1880, typically from North/West Europe.
Old Immigrant
New Immigrant
These people often had a difficult time assimilating and were viewed unfavorably by many Americans.
Old Immigrant
New Immigrant
Those who arrived after 1880, typically from South/East Europe.
Old Immigrant
New Immigrant
Typically settled on the East Coast in CITIES.
Old Immigrant
New Immigrant
These people were welcomed and fit in fairly well with the original American settlers.
Old Immigrant
New Immigrant
Typically moved westward after arrival- many purchasing farm land in the Midwest.
Old Immigrant
New Immigrant
This individual controlled the Steel Industry
John D. Rockefeller
J.P. Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
This individual controlled the Oil Industry
John D. Rockefeller
J.P. Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
This individual controlled the Banking Industry
John D. Rockefeller
J.P. Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
Workers on an assembly line generally moved around a lot and worked a variety of different jobs with complex tasks.
True
False
An assembly line makes things with better quality and is typically more expensive.
True
False
Henry Ford was one of the first people to give his employees an 8 hour workday.
True
False
Cities grew during the industrial era.
True
False
Reformers who worked to fix urban/city problems, improve government, and regulate businesses along with working conditions were known as progressives.
True
False
Factory work in the 1800's was generally safe, especially for children.
True
False
Railroads and increased state to state transportation with personal cars led to the creation of time zones.
True
False
Philanthropists are people who typically refuse to make charitable donations to schools, libraries, etc.
True
False
The Bessemer Steel Process is an innovation that...
Used wood burning to heat steel, leading to increased production at a much cheaper price.
Gave steel a shine that looked more appealing thus increasing sales.
Made steel stronger
None of the above
What did Alexander Graham Bell invent?
The Light Bulb
The Telegraph
The Telephone
The Assembly Line
What was the name of Henry Ford's most popular automobile?
The Model A
The Model T
The F-150
Fordmobile
Cheap, poorly built and maintained apartment buildings during the Industrial/Progressive Era were called what?
Tenements
Condos
Sweatshops
Slums
Cheap steel made it possible to build what types of buildings in cities?
Tenements
Factories
Schools
Skyscrapers
Where did most Asian Immigrants come into the United States through?
Ellis Island
Angel Island
Chinatown
Asia Island
Which group faced the most difficult time immigrating to the US due to exclusion acts (laws)?
Germans
Chinese
Koareans
Russians
Where did most Ellis Island immigrants come from?
Asia
South America
Europe
Africa
What happened to the owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?
They died in the fire trying to rescue their workers.
They went to prison.
The went bankrupt trying to pay back families of victims.
They were found not guilty.
Jacob Riis created a book titled "How the Other Half Lives" to expose...
Life as an immigrant new to America
The conditions of tenements
Corruption of the super rich
Life on the prairie
How do companies get more capital to grow their business?
By selling stock
By hiring workers
Skyscrapers
Paying dividends
Which of the following is not an argument made by people who were against the suffrage movement?
Women were not as educated as men
It could lead to divorce or separation of families
Men didn't want to lose representation in government
Men and women were considered equal
How did Standard Oil become a monopoly?
Horizontal Integration (expanding outwards and buying out competitors)
Vertical Integration (buying all steps or levels of the business)
Creating libraries as a philanthropist
Supporting his workers
How did Carnegie Steel become a monopoly?
Horizontal Integration (expanding outwards and buying out competitors)
Vertical Integration (buying all steps or levels of the business)
Creating libraries as a philanthropist
Supporting his workers
Which of the following is NOT a push factor impacting immigration?
War
Economic hardships
Overpopulation
New Opportunities
Which of the following is NOT a pull factor impacting immigration?
Overpopulation
New opportunities
Land
Jobs
Which of the following is NOT a positive change as a result of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
Doors in public buildings open outwards
Automatic sprinklers
Elevators
Multiple exits
What gave women the right to vote?
Protesting
14th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
