WorksheetsAcceleration 8th Leap Review Part 1
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Where was gold found in 1849?
In the south.
In California.
In New York.
Why was the transcontinental telegraph so important?
It made it easier to travel across the country.
It made so that people could watch T.V.
It made communication much faster than before.
What does transcontinental mean?
Inside of a state.
Across the continent.
Around the world.
How does a telegraph work?
It sends a code electrically through wires.
It lets people talk and listen to each other.
It sends messages through email.
What was the purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862?
To build a transcontinental railroad.
To limit immigration to the United States.
To encourage people to move to the west.
Where did the Black Hills Gold Rush of 1874 take place?
In the middle of Native American lands.
In Florida.
In Texas.
After gold was found in the Black Hills, what did the United States government try to do?
Give all of the gold to the Native Americans.
Take the land away from the Native Americans.
Stop miners from going into Native American lands.
Which of the following DID NOT benefit from the invention of barbed wire?
Ranchers who had large herds of cattle.
Native Americans who hunted Buffalo for survival
Meat processing factories in big cities.
What began to happen to Native Americans living in the west after the Civil War?
The United States government began to move them off of their lands using the military.
The United States government left them alone to live in peace.
They moved back to the east to take back their ancestral lands.
What happened at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876?
United States military forces defeated warriors from the Sioux tribe.
The Sioux tribe crushed the United States military after a treaty was broken.
The United States military fought against Mexico.
Which answer best explains what happened in the American West after the Civil War?
Things didn't change at all.
There was very little change.
There were dramatic changes in communication, transportation, and the way of life of the people who lived and moved there.
A period of time when products go from home-made to machine made in factories.
agricutlure
industrialization
mathamatics
environmentalism
What is the rapid growth of cities called?
What was Ellis Island?
An amusement park
A vacation spot
An immigration center in New York
The first capital of the United States
closed America to Chinese immigrants
How was the mass production and use of the assembly line for products a good thing?
Made it easier to own companies & build corporations
It organized labor in the factories
Made products cheaper & more available
Made communication easier
Inventions helped fuel industrialization because...
More jobs were available for inventors and also for processing patents
Innovations led to better technology in order to produce goods faster and cheaper
Factories were able reduce the emissions from pollution
Inventors served as advisors to the industrial capitalists
Who was famous for founding Standard Oil Company?
Andrew Carnegie
John D Rockefeller
Harvey S Firestone
J. P. Morgan
Who made his fortune in the steel industry?
J. P. Morgan
Harvey S Firestone
John D Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
What was a key factor in the Industrial Revolution taking hold in America?
The discovery of gold
The availability of natural resources
The invention of the internet
The signing of the Declaration of Independence
How did the Industrial Revolution contribute to the increase in slavery in America?
It decreased the need for slave labor
It increased the demand for cotton, which was a labor-intensive crop
It made slavery illegal
It had no effect on slavery
