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Industrial Revolution Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Factory Production of goods in large quantities

a)

Mass Production

b)

Assembly Line

c)

Industry

d)

Sweatshop

2.

People who share a common cultural heritage.

a)

Assimilation

b)

Tenement

c)

Ethnic Group

d)

Immigrant

3.

A type of residence that is often run down and crowded

a)

Assembly Line

b)

Tenement

c)

Suffragist

d)

Stock

4.

A person who fought for women's rights, especially the right to vote.

a)

Monopoly

b)

Ethnic Group

c)

Immigrant

d)

Suffragist

5.

An organization of workers who seek better pay and working conditions.

a)

Labor Union

b)

Sweatshop

c)

Monopoly

d)

Factors of Production

6.

Shares of ownership a company sells in its business.

a)

Stock

b)

Monopoly

c)

Tenement

d)

Suffragist

7.

To become part of a larger culture.

a)

Sweatshop

b)

Emigrate

c)

Assimilation

d)

Assembly Line

8.

A shop or factory where workers work long hours at low wages under unhealthy conditions.

a)

Monopoly

b)

Tenement

c)

Sweatshop

d)

Stock

9.

Factory method in which work moves past stationary workers who perform a single task.

a)

Assembly Line

b)

Monopoloy

c)

Sweatshop

d)

Ethnic Group

10.

Land, labor, and capital used to make goods and services.

a)

Assembly Line

b)

Monopoly

c)

Factors of Production

d)

Emigrate

11.

Total control of a type of industry by one person or one company.

a)

Monopoly

b)

Assembly Line

c)

Sweatshop

d)

Stock

12.

To leave one's homeland to live somewhere else.

a)

Assimilate

b)

Ethnic Group

c)

Tenement

d)

Emigrate

13.

A person who invests in a company by buying stock.

a)

Shareholder

b)

Assembly Line

c)

Monopoly

d)

Stock

14.

Those who arrived before 1880, typically from North/West Europe.

a)

Old Immigrant

b)

New Immigrant

15.

These people often had a difficult time assimilating and were viewed unfavorably by many Americans.

a)

Old Immigrant

b)

New Immigrant

16.

Those who arrived after 1880, typically from South/East Europe.

a)

Old Immigrant

b)

New Immigrant

17.

Typically settled on the East Coast in CITIES.

a)

Old Immigrant

b)

New Immigrant

18.

These people were welcomed and fit in fairly well with the original American settlers.

a)

Old Immigrant

b)

New Immigrant

19.

Typically moved westward after arrival- many purchasing farm land in the Midwest.

a)

Old Immigrant

b)

New Immigrant

20.

This individual controlled the Steel Industry

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

J.P. Morgan

c)

Andrew Carnegie

21.

This individual controlled the Oil Industry

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

J.P. Morgan

c)

Andrew Carnegie

22.

This individual controlled the Banking Industry

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

J.P. Morgan

c)

Andrew Carnegie

23.

Workers on an assembly line generally moved around a lot and worked a variety of different jobs with complex tasks.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

An assembly line makes things with better quality and is typically more expensive.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Henry Ford was one of the first people to give his employees an 8 hour workday.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Cities grew during the industrial era.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Reformers who worked to fix urban/city problems, improve government, and regulate businesses along with working conditions were known as progressives.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Factory work in the 1800's was generally safe, especially for children.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Railroads and increased state to state transportation with personal cars led to the creation of time zones.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Philanthropists are people who typically refuse to make charitable donations to schools, libraries, etc.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

The Bessemer Steel Process is an innovation that...

a)

Used wood burning to heat steel, leading to increased production at a much cheaper price.

b)

Gave steel a shine that looked more appealing thus increasing sales.

c)

Made steel stronger

d)

None of the above

32.

What did Alexander Graham Bell invent?

a)

The Light Bulb

b)

The Telegraph

c)

The Telephone

d)

The Assembly Line

33.

What was the name of Henry Ford's most popular automobile?

a)

The Model A

b)

The Model T

c)

The F-150

d)

Fordmobile

34.

Cheap, poorly built and maintained apartment buildings during the Industrial/Progressive Era were called what?

a)

Tenements

b)

Condos

c)

Sweatshops

d)

Slums

35.

Cheap steel made it possible to build what types of buildings in cities?

a)

Tenements

b)

Factories

c)

Schools

d)

Skyscrapers

36.

Where did most Asian Immigrants come into the United States through?

a)

Ellis Island

b)

Angel Island

c)

Chinatown

d)

Asia Island

37.

Which group faced the most difficult time immigrating to the US due to exclusion acts (laws)?

a)

Germans

b)

Chinese

c)

Koareans

d)

Russians

38.

Where did most Ellis Island immigrants come from?

a)

Asia

b)

South America

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

39.

What happened to the owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?

a)

They died in the fire trying to rescue their workers.

b)

They went to prison.

c)

The went bankrupt trying to pay back families of victims.

d)

They were found not guilty.

40.

Jacob Riis created a book titled "How the Other Half Lives" to expose...

a)

Life as an immigrant new to America

b)

The conditions of tenements

c)

Corruption of the super rich

d)

Life on the prairie

41.

How do companies get more capital to grow their business?

a)

By selling stock

b)

By hiring workers

c)

Skyscrapers

d)

Paying dividends

42.

Which of the following is not an argument made by people who were against the suffrage movement?

a)

Women were not as educated as men

b)

It could lead to divorce or separation of families

c)

Men didn't want to lose representation in government

d)

Men and women were considered equal

43.

How did Standard Oil become a monopoly?

a)

Horizontal Integration (expanding outwards and buying out competitors)

b)

Vertical Integration (buying all steps or levels of the business)

c)

Creating libraries as a philanthropist

d)

Supporting his workers

44.

How did Carnegie Steel become a monopoly?

a)

Horizontal Integration (expanding outwards and buying out competitors)

b)

Vertical Integration (buying all steps or levels of the business)

c)

Creating libraries as a philanthropist

d)

Supporting his workers

45.

Which of the following is NOT a push factor impacting immigration?

a)

War

b)

Economic hardships

c)

Overpopulation

d)

New Opportunities

46.

Which of the following is NOT a pull factor impacting immigration?

a)

Overpopulation

b)

New opportunities

c)

Land

d)

Jobs

47.

Which of the following is NOT a positive change as a result of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?

a)

Doors in public buildings open outwards

b)

Automatic sprinklers

c)

Elevators

d)

Multiple exits

48.

What gave women the right to vote?

a)

Protesting

b)

14th Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

49.
A period of time when social, economic and political problems caused by rapid industrialization were exposed and in some cases reformed
a)
Industrialization
b)
Progressive Era
c)
Reconstruction
d)
Prohibition
50.
Suffragists included
a)
Alice Paul
b)
Susan B Anthony
c)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d)
All of the above