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Immigration & Invention 3.7 3.5

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did the patent system encourage inventiveness?

a)

It was guaranteed an inventor sole rights to the use of his or her invention for a limited time.

b)

It guaranteed inventors a fee if they successfully applied and were granted a patent

c)

It ensured that inventors could locate manufacturers to produce their inventions

d)

It advertised an invention so that the inventor could sell more products faster

2.

These steps are all performed by a single company.

 Which of the following best describes the diagram?

a)

Horizontal integration

b)

Vertical integration

c)

Trust company

d)

Holding company

3.

What would a comparison of the First and Second Industrial Revolution show?

a)

The first depended on new inventions but the second did not

b)

Both the first and second relied almost entirely on steam power

c)

Both used natural resources and relied on telecommunications to send messages over long distances

d)

Both saw improvements in transportation but a truly national market only emerged in the second

4.

Which invention was patented in 1885 by Sarah Goode, the first African-American woman to ever receive a U.S. patent?

a)

A curved ironing board for short sleeves

b)

A lubricator oil cup for steam engines

c)

A unique shampoo to fight hair loss

d)

A fold-away bed

5.

Which identifies an accomplishment of Thomas Edison and his team of researchers at Menlo Park, New Jersey?

a)

The first telephone

b)

The first steam engine

c)

The first practical light bulb

d)

The first internal combustion engine

6.

The cartoon below was published in Puck magazine in 1883.

Which issue is addressed in the cartoon?

a)

The influence of labor unions

b)

The excessive power of Big Business

c)

The dangerous conditions of factory labor

d)

The corruption of political machines in American cities

7.

Who invented a quicker and cheaper way to make steel?

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

Henry Bessemer

c)

George Pullman

d)

Nikolaus Otto

8.

Who designed railroad passenger and sleeping cars to make travel more comfortable?

a)

George Pullman

b)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

c)

Nikolaus Otto

d)

Wilbur Wright

9.

Who patented the telephone?

a)

Henry Bessemer

b)

George Pullman

c)

Thomas Alva Edison

d)

Alexander Graham Bell

10.

Which below is an example/definition of Nativism

a)

the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants:

b)

made American in character or nationality:

c)

the absorption and integration of people, ideas, or culture into a wider society or culture

11.

What was the major PULL factor for immigrants

a)

Tyrannical government

b)

no social movement

c)

Job opportunities

12.
A major cause of antagonism toward the “new immigrants” who came to the United States after 1880 was the belief that they...
a)
were better educated than native-born Americans
b)
had a higher standard of living than most Americans
c)
adapted easily to American culture
d)
competed with Americans for jobs as unskilled laborers
13.
War, poverty, and discrimination are all examples of.......
a)
Pull Factors
b)
Push Factors
c)
Jump Factors
d)
Falling Factors
14.
Passed in 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act did what?
a)
closed America to Chinese immigrants for the next ten years
b)
welcomed more Chinese immigrants to America to perform hard work
c)
allowed Chinese immigrants, but only under a very strict set of rules
d)
closed America to Chinese immigrants for three years then allowed a few at a time
15.

Which of the following WOULD be called NEW immigrants [2 correct]

a)

Chinese

b)

Irish

c)

Eastern Europe

d)

England