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WorksheetsIndustrial Revolution Test
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The period of rapid growth in U.S. manufacturing in the late 1800s is known as:
a)
The First Industrial Revolution
b)
The Second Industrial Revolution
c)
The Assembly Line
d)
Social Darwinism
2.
Ownership of businesses involved in each step of the manufacturing process is known as __________ integration.
a)
Upward
b)
Horizontal
c)
Vertical
d)
Forward
3.
__________ integration involves owning all businesses in a certain field
a)
Vertical
b)
Horizontal
c)
Lateral
d)
Downward
4.
The passage of this law made it illegal to create monopolies or trusts that restrained trade.
a)
Sherman Antitrust Law
b)
Pro-Labor Law
c)
Free Market Act
d)
Open Trade Law
5.
This group pushed for an eight-hour workday, equal pay for equal work, and an end to child labor.
a)
Civil Liberties Union
b)
Knights of Labor
c)
American Federation of Labor
d)
American Workers Union
6.
This group, led by Samuel Gompers, organized individual labor unions, such as the mineworkers’ and steelworkers’ unions.
a)
Knights of Labor
b)
Civil Liberties Union
c)
American Federation of Labor
d)
Workers United
7.
This man and his team of inventors created the electric lightbulb by the end of 1879.
a)
Andrew Carnegie
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
Leland Stanford
d)
Thomas Edison
8.
Alexander Graham Bell patented the __________ in March 1876.
a)
Telephone
b)
Lightbulb
c)
Telegraph
d)
Airplane
9.
Inventing the Model T in 1908, this man was the first to implement the moving assembly line.
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Henry Ford
c)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
d)
Frederick W. Taylor
10.
A lightweight airplane that used a small, gas-powered engine was developed by the ____________ in 1903.
a)
Flyboys
b)
Marx Brothers
c)
Wright Brothers
d)
Aviation Association
11.
Closely associated with the development of steel, __________ was one of the most admired businesspeople of his time.
a)
Leland Stanford
b)
Henry Ford
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Andrew Carnegie
12.
Successful at consolidating, or combining, businesses, __________ eventually created Standard Oil Company.
a)
Leland Stanford
b)
Orville and Wilbur Wright
c)
John D. Rockefeller
d)
Andrew Carnegie
13.
A business that sells portions of ownership called stock shares
a)
Corporations
b)
Patents
c)
Federation
d)
Union
14.
A number of companies legally grouped under a single board of directors
a)
Monopolies
b)
Corporations
c)
Trusts
d)
Federations
15.
Developed in the 1850s, this led to faster, cheaper steel production
a)
Bessemer Process
b)
Carnegie Production
c)
Assembly Line
d)
Social Darwinism
16.
An organization that united skilled workers into national unions for specific industries
a)
Knights of Labor
b)
American Civil Union
c)
American Federation of Labor
d)
Civil Liberties Union
17.
A view of society based on natural selection
a)
Racism
b)
Socialism
c)
Social Darwinism
d)
Separatist
18.
Exclusive right to make or sell an invention
a)
Executive Function
b)
Total Monopoly
c)
Patent
d)
Trust
19.
Complete control over the entire supply of goods or a service in a particular market
a)
Monopoly
b)
Horizontal Integration
c)
Total Patent
d)
Vertical Integration
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