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USHIST Unit 6

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The growing number of factories, machines, and urban areas in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s relates mostly to

a)

The Civil War

b)

Industrialization

c)

Reconstruction

2.

John Rockefeller founded

a)

The Standard Oil Company

b)

The Labor Laws Movement

c)

Carnegie Steel Company

3.

Steel and oil companies grew because of the expansion of

a)

Airplane Travel

b)

Mail Carriers

c)

Railroads

4.

When a single company controls all of the production and distribution of a product it’s called a

a)

Bank

b)

Monopoly

c)

Trust

5.

Who owned the first billion dollar corporation in the United States?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

John Rockefeller

c)

Upton Sinclair

6.

Which invention received coded messages across electric wires connecting long distances?

a)

Telegraph

b)

Telephone

c)

Electric Light Bulb

7.

Most of the new immigrants in the United States took jobs in

a)

Retail Stores

b)

Healthcare

c)

Manufacturing

8.

This invention allowed for voice to voice instant communication.

a)

Telegraph

b)

Telephone

c)

Electric Light Bulb

9.

Low wages, long workdays, and bad working conditions led to the formation of

a)

Labor Unions

b)

Corporations

c)

Inventions

10.

A transcontinental railroad made life out west possible by allowing farmers, ranchers, and other settlers’ access to __________________ markets and resources.

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

c)

Eastern

11.

This invention allowed factories to be lit and operate twenty-four hours a day.

a)

Telegraph

b)

Telephone

c)

Electric Light Bulb

12.

The steel plow, barbed wire, and mechanical reaper were inventions that made ___________ possible in the West.

a)

Farming

b)

Construction

c)

Immigration

13.

The conflict and massacre that occurred between Plains indians and United States Army is known as

a)

Wounded Knee

b)

Appomattox

c)

Sioux Conflict

14.

Progress towards better conditions in government and society is known as

a)

Industrialization

b)

Innovation

c)

Progressivism

15.

Journalists that investigated and exposed political corruption, child labor, slum conditions, and other social issues were called

a)

Monopolies

b)

Muckrakers

c)

Corporations

16.

The Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act were created because of the book “The Jungle” written by

a)

John Rockefeller

b)

Upton Sinclair

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

17.

Ida Tarbell wrote a book exposing the

a)

Carnegie Steel Company

b)

Railroad Workers

c)

Standard Oil Company

18.

 set of laws established in the South and resulted in inferior education, health care, and transportation systems for African Americans.

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

NAACP Laws

c)

Progressive Laws

19.

 W.E.B. DuBois founded the

a)

Standard Oil Company

b)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

c)

Hull House

20.

The _________ movement helped save millions of acres of wilderness land and created the national park system.

a)

Industrial

b)

Roosevelt

c)

Conservation