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Industrial America

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

America grew during the Industrial Revolution in all the following areas EXCEPT?

a)

Communications

b)

Business

c)

Military

d)

Population

2.

This man created his fortune in the railroad industry?

a)

JP Morgan

b)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

c)

John Rockefeller

d)

Andrew Carnegie

3.

A special way to convert 3 to 5 tons of iron into steel within minutes is called?

a)

Magma Melting

b)

Carnegie Process

c)

Bessemer Process

d)

Superman Process

4.

He made his fortune in the Steel Industry?

a)

JP Morgan

b)

John Rockefeller

c)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

d)

Andrew Carnegie

5.

He invented the Telegraph?

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Samuel Morse

d)

Morse Jones

6.

Who invented the Telephone?

a)

Samuel Morse

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Cyrus Field

7.

Founded Standard Oil?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

JP Morgan

c)

John Rockefeller

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

8.

When a company or a small number of companies dominate a field of business?

a)

Conglomeration

b)

Monopoly

c)

Business Proxy

d)

Non-Fungible Token

9.

By passing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890, Government was trying to....

a)

Stop business

b)

Stop Monopolies

c)

Stop Profits

d)

Stop Business Advancements

10.

The rise of Industry in America during this time promoted the growth of.....

a)

Vacation Time

b)

Worker Benefits

c)

Worker Salaries

d)

Immigration

11.

This man invented the Lightbulb?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Alexander Bell

c)

Cyrus Field

d)

Sam Morse

12.

He founded the American Federation of Labor

a)

Samuel Gompers

b)

Eugene Debs

c)

William Jennings Bryan

d)

JP Morgan

13.

Industrialist who were perceived as ruthless and aggressive.

a)

Captain of Industry

b)

Robber Baron

c)

Trust Busters

d)

immigrants

14.

a philosophy that calls for very little or no government involvement in the economy.

a)

laissez-faire

b)

investor

c)

regulate

d)

social democracy

15.

What were some of the hardships faced by factory workers in the late 1800s?

a)

Long working hours, low wages, and unsafe working conditions

b)

High wages, short working hours, and safe working conditions

c)

Flexible working hours, high wages, and comfortable working conditions

d)

No working hours, no wages, and no working conditions

16.

Which group of workers often faced ridicule and discrimination in the workplace?

a)

Immigrants, women, and minorities

b)

Business owners and managers

c)

Skilled workers and craftsmen

d)

Government officials and politicians

17.

What role did Chinese laborers play in the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

Chinese laborers made up the majority of the workforce and performed difficult tasks in the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad.

b)

Chinese laborers only performed administrative tasks in the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad.

c)

Chinese laborers played a minor role in the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad.

d)

Chinese laborers were not involved in the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad.

18.

Which population shift occurred in the late 1800s as a result of industrialization?

a)

northerners moved to the Sun Belt

b)

rural residents moved to urban areas

c)

working class people moved from the cities to the suburbs

d)

African Americans moved from the North to the cities in the South

19.
How did an expansion in railroads contribute to the growth of America?
a)
new cities sprung up along the roads, and people moved West
b)
it made cities more crowded because railroads were constructed over people's farms
c)
the agriculture industry became more powerful
d)
it made the environment cleaner thus the country was more attractive to immigrants
20.
Andrew Carnegie's steel business succeeded in part to a practice called _____________________, in which a business owner becomes involved in ALL steps of the manufacturing process. He not only owned steel mills, he bought the iron ore mines, coalfields and railroads needed to supply the steel.
a)
horizontal integration
b)
vertical integration
c)
trust
21.
Rockefeller, the owner of Standard Oil, succeeded due to ____________________, in which he took over all businesses in his field, eventually owning 90 percent of the oil refineries in the U.S. Disney does this in present time w/ entertainment.
a)
vertical integration
b)
horizontal integration
c)
trust
22.

Ikea has recently begun to buy out forests in order to produce lumber and then build their furniture to sell in their stores across the world. This is an example of....

a)

A monopoly

b)

Vertical Integration

c)

Horizontal Integration

d)

Free Enterprise

23.

Which word best describes the method of mass production in which a worker is responsible for one small task to be repeated over and over.

a)

Dis-assembly line

b)

assembly line

c)

labor union

d)

monopoly

24.

Which of the following words best describes a separation of races (black and white)?

a)

Selection

b)

Segregation

c)

Federation

d)

Labor Union

25.

These laws segregated blacks and whites.

a)

Black Codes

b)

Amendments

c)

Civil laws

d)

Jim Crow Laws

26.

Choose 3 ways that African Americans were discriminated against when voting.

a)

Grandfather Clause

b)

Balance Test

c)

Literacy Test

d)

Poll Tax

27.

Which word is used to describe the rapid growth of cities during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Decriminalization

b)

Capitalism

c)

Gentrification

d)

Urbanization

28.

What is one reason why employers would hire women instead of men?

a)

Women work harder

b)

Employers could pay women less money

c)

Women have more experience than men

d)

Women can do more difficult tasks

29.

American Federation Labor and Knights of Labor pertain to...

a)

Indian Rights

b)

Chinese Exclusion Act

c)

Industrialization

d)

Unions

30.

What phrase best explains government interaction with business during the Gilded Age?

a)

c'est la vie

b)

laissez-faire

c)

e plurbius unum

31.

What is the best definition of a strike?

a)

When a union files a court order to block a policy

b)

When employees refuse to work until conditions change

c)

When a business hires replacement workers

d)

When workers are laid off due to an economic downturn

32.

Who founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?

a)

Eugene Debs

b)

Terence Powderly

c)

John D. Rockefeller

d)

Samuel Gompers

33.

All of the following were true about child labor except...

a)

long hours

b)

advanced education

c)

less pay

d)

many injuries

34.

What was the purpose of the Emergency Quotas Act in 1921?

a)

To end the recession

b)

To limit immigration

c)

To increase unemployment

d)

To regulate factories

35.

The main goal of the Americanization movement was to

a)

limit the number of immigrants entering the country

b)

assimilate immigrants of various cultures into the dominant culture

c)

improve the living conditions in Americas largest cities

d)

encouraged people to move from the country to the city

36.

Nativism in the late 19th century was motivated primarily by

a)

hostility toward immigrant workers taking american jobs

b)

the need to reduce over-crowding in western states

c)

cultural conflicts with Native Americans Indians

d)

the migration of the African American to northern cities

37.

After 1872, the processing center for the vast majority of immigrants arriving on the West was at

a)

Angel Island

b)

Staten Island

c)

Long island

d)

Ellis Island

38.

Nativists reacted to immigration in the late 1800's by

a)

grouping immigrants into their own sections of cites

b)

urging immigrants to assimilate into American Society

c)

pressuring the government to limit or cut off immigration

d)

seeking to convert Catholic immigrants to Protestantism

39.

A variety of "push" and "pull" factors brought more ____________ to the United States seeking a better life.

a)

Immigrants

b)

Migrants

c)

Political Bosses

d)

Native Americans

40.

___________, or those "born" or "native" to the United States, wanted to restrict immigration. Believed that people of other races, religions, and nationalities were inferior and that the "New Immigrants" were especially inferior to white, Anglo Saxon, Protestant Americans.

a)

Americans

b)

Italians

c)

Nativists

d)

Anarchists

41.

Passed in 1882, was the first federal law to restrict immigration in the United States.

a)

Homestead Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Chinese Exclusion Act

d)

Dawes Act

42.

Negatives of Urbanization in 1800s

a)

Poor living conditions, no sanitation, no clean water, poverty, political corruption

b)

Traffic on LA freeways

c)

The Transcontinental Railroad

d)

Immigration ban

43.

Plessy v. Ferguson created a legal justification for

a)

Integration of Schools

b)

Child Labor Laws

c)

Jim Crow Laws

44.

He believed that blacks would advance through vocational work

a)

WEB Dubois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

George Washington Carver

d)

Homer Plessy

45.

Organization founded by WEB Dubois

a)

NAACP

b)

NCAPP

c)

AANP

d)

CAPP

46.

Tenements were built quickly and poorly because . . .

a)

the robber barons donated money to built the houses.

b)

the labor unions wanted the houses closer to the factories.

c)

so many immigrants came to New York and they needed cheap housing.

47.

Who constructed the first railroad to span from the top to the bottom of Florida?

a)

Jeb Bush

b)

Franklin D Roosevelt

c)

Henry Morrison Flagler

48.

a belief that the rich are wealthy because they are strong and the poor are weak

a)

Social Darwinism

b)

Gospel of Wealth

c)

laissez faire

d)

monopoly

49.

Which of the following was a philanthropic action taken by Andrew Carnegie?

a)

He donated money to create the Carnegie Steel Company.

b)

He funded thousands of libraries throughout the U.S. and United Kingdom.

c)

He monopolized the steel industry to increase prices.

d)

He vertically integrated all steps of the steel industry for personal gain.

50.
Photographer and journalist who took shocking pictures of the lives of poverty-stricken immigrants, sweatshop workers, and tenement dwellers. These photos were published in his book, How the Other Half Lives.
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Frederick Law Olmsted
c)
department stores
d)
William Randolph Hearst

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