WorksheetsIndustrial Revolution and Women's Suffrage
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 13mins
A time in history known for its large and rapid change in the way things were made
Reconstruction Era
Industrial Revolution
Women's Suffrage
World War 1
What industry did Andrew Carnegie make a lot of his money in?
steel
oil
monopoly
coal
By the 1900s, the U.S was producing more steel than any other country. Steel was used to build _____________. Select ALL that apply
buildings
roads
automobiles
bridges
Andrew Carnegie sold his steel company to a rich banker named ______
John D Rockefeller
Suan B Anthony
Fredrick Douglas
JP Morgan
John D Rockefeller's oil company was called ____
Standard Oil
Rockefeller Oil
Oil Man
Monopoly
A company that has control of an entire industry is called ________
suffrage
monopoly
jeopardy
standard oil
Select the description that best describes working in a factory during the Industrial Revolution
Factory workers put in 12 hour days, seven days a week in dangerous environments for little pay.
Factory workers worked the standard 8 hour day, 5 dat work week with livable wages.
50% of factory workers died on the job and worked for very low wages.
Factory workers worked only a few days a week, in comfortable environments for a high salary.
Hot cramped workshops, clothing factories
steel mils
sweatshops
oil rigs
textile mills
Children worked dangerous jobs and were paid much less than adults. Select jobs that child might have had. Select ALL that apply
opened oyster shells
sorted through coal
casheir at a department store
waitress/waiter
Organizations that helped improve working conditions and get better wages
abolitionist
child labor
suffragists
labor unions
Strike that lasted months, resulted and violence, and nothing was ever solved
Newsies strike
Homestead Steel strike
Seneca Falls Convention
Select jobs women might have had in the city during the Industrial Revolution. Select ALL that apply.
teachers
housekeepers
factories
lawyers
Women in the city were treated as more valuable and respected than women in rural areas.
True
False
Which best describes how men in rural areas viewed women?
Women in rural areas were viewed as unequal because they had different jobs than men.
Women in rural areas were seen as more valuable because they took more prestigious jobs.
Women in rural areas were seen as unequal because they did not have an education.
Women in rural areas were seen as equal because they did the same jobs as men.
Women were not allowed to go to college until the late 1800s
True
False
An abolitionist and suffragist that was born into slavery and escaped in 1827. She fought for freedmen the rest of her life.
Lucy Stone
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Sojourner Truth
Lucretia Mott
This amendment gave freed African American men the right to vote.
15th
19th
21st
13th
A small town in this state elected the first female mayor
Alabama
Kansas
Wyoming
New York
Select two: These two women became good friends and fought for women's rights the rest of their lives
Sojourner Truth
Lucy Stone
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
This amendment finally gave women the right to vote and was ratified in 1920
19th
15th
13th
1st
What major world event helped to change the roles of many women and create a difference in the suffrage movement?
Civil War
World War I
World War II
Industrial Revolution
