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Industrial Revolution and Women's Suffrage

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A time in history known for its large and rapid change in the way things were made

a)

Reconstruction Era

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

Women's Suffrage

d)

World War 1

2.

What industry did Andrew Carnegie make a lot of his money in?

a)

steel

b)

oil

c)

monopoly

d)

coal

3.

By the 1900s, the U.S was producing more steel than any other country. Steel was used to build _____________. Select ALL that apply

a)

buildings

b)

roads

c)

automobiles

d)

bridges

4.

Andrew Carnegie sold his steel company to a rich banker named ______

a)

John D Rockefeller

b)

Suan B Anthony

c)

Fredrick Douglas

d)

JP Morgan

5.

John D Rockefeller's oil company was called ____

a)

Standard Oil

b)

Rockefeller Oil

c)

Oil Man

d)

Monopoly

6.

A company that has control of an entire industry is called ________

a)

suffrage

b)

monopoly

c)

jeopardy

d)

standard oil

7.

Select the description that best describes working in a factory during the Industrial Revolution

a)

Factory workers put in 12 hour days, seven days a week in dangerous environments for little pay.

b)

Factory workers worked the standard 8 hour day, 5 dat work week with livable wages.

c)

50% of factory workers died on the job and worked for very low wages.

d)

Factory workers worked only a few days a week, in comfortable environments for a high salary.

8.

Hot cramped workshops, clothing factories

a)

steel mils

b)

sweatshops

c)

oil rigs

d)

textile mills

9.

Children worked dangerous jobs and were paid much less than adults. Select jobs that child might have had. Select ALL that apply

a)

opened oyster shells

b)

sorted through coal

c)

casheir at a department store

d)

waitress/waiter

10.

Organizations that helped improve working conditions and get better wages

a)

abolitionist

b)

child labor

c)

suffragists

d)

labor unions

11.

Strike that lasted months, resulted and violence, and nothing was ever solved

a)

Newsies strike

b)

Homestead Steel strike

c)

Seneca Falls Convention

12.

Select jobs women might have had in the city during the Industrial Revolution. Select ALL that apply.

a)

teachers

b)

housekeepers

c)

factories

d)

lawyers

13.

Women in the city were treated as more valuable and respected than women in rural areas.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Which best describes how men in rural areas viewed women?

a)

Women in rural areas were viewed as unequal because they had different jobs than men.

b)

Women in rural areas were seen as more valuable because they took more prestigious jobs.

c)

Women in rural areas were seen as unequal because they did not have an education.

d)

Women in rural areas were seen as equal because they did the same jobs as men.

15.

Women were not allowed to go to college until the late 1800s

a)

True

b)

False

16.

An abolitionist and suffragist that was born into slavery and escaped in 1827. She fought for freedmen the rest of her life.

a)

Lucy Stone

b)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Lucretia Mott

17.

This amendment gave freed African American men the right to vote.

a)

15th

b)

19th

c)

21st

d)

13th

18.

A small town in this state elected the first female mayor

a)

Alabama

b)

Kansas

c)

Wyoming

d)

New York

19.

Select two: These two women became good friends and fought for women's rights the rest of their lives

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Lucy Stone

c)

Susan B. Anthony

d)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

20.

This amendment finally gave women the right to vote and was ratified in 1920

a)

19th

b)

15th

c)

13th

d)

1st

21.

What major world event helped to change the roles of many women and create a difference in the suffrage movement?

a)

Civil War

b)

World War I

c)

World War II

d)

Industrial Revolution