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Industrialization & Progressive Era Quizziz Review

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which city produces steel? (Hint: football team is Steelers)

a)

Chicago

b)

Pittsburgh

c)

Detroit

2.

Which region produces textiles (cloth)?

a)

Southwest

b)

Pacific

c)

New England

3.

Which city produces a lot of automobiles (cars)?

a)

Detroit

b)

Pittsburgh

c)

New York

4.

Which city was known for meatpacking?

a)

San Francisco

b)

Chicago

c)

New York

5.

Which raw material is used to make steel?

a)

Iron ore

b)

Copper

c)

Lead

6.

Late 19th Century competition in the transportation industry led to which of the following effects?

a)

Access to affordable goods

b)

Expansion of Railroads

c)

none of these

d)

Competitive shipping rates

7.

Which production method, involving each worker makes part of a product AND many items are produced at the same time, helped to decrease the amount of time it takes to make goods and makes it cheaper to produce them?

a)

Shipbuilding

b)

Railroad line

c)

Assembly line

8.

Which invention makes it easier to see in the dark?

a)

Telephone

b)

Automobile

c)

Light bulb

9.

Reasons for the rise of big business and industry were all of these EXCEPT....

a)

Immigration provides a larger labor force & markets

b)

New Inventions & investors

c)

Free Land

d)

Abundant raw materials and energy sources

10.

Machines and assembly lines meant that it took ________ time to produce goods.

a)

More

b)

Less

c)

the same amount of

11.

More machines and assembly lines meant that it was___________ to produce goods.

a)

Cheaper

b)

More expensive

c)

the same cost

12.

Which man used the assembly line to mass produce the Model T car?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

c)

Henry Ford

13.

Which invention helped more with communication?

a)

Light bulb

b)

Telephone

c)

Mechanical reaper

14.

Which captain of industry led the steel industry near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania?

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

JP Morgan

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

15.

Which captain of industry led the oil industry?

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

JP Morgan

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

16.

Which captain of industry led the railroad and shipping industry?

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

JP Morgan

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

17.

Which captain of industry led banking?

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

JP Morgan

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

18.

Who is credited with inventing the telephone?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Alexander Graham Bell

19.

Which man is credited with inventing the incandescent light bulb?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

John D. Rockefeller

d)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

20.

During the late 1800s, the U.S. was transformed from an agricultural to a(n)_______________ nation.

a)

Communist

b)

Socialist

c)

Industrial

21.

Imagine you're in the Industrial Era, where factories are popping up everywhere. How do you think we will find the distribution of WEALTH changing during this period of industrialization?

a)

factory workers grow rich and industrialists grow poor

b)

farmers and women

get equal pay

c)

industrialists create profit sharing plans

d)

Industrialists grow rich while factory workers remain poor

22.

Do you know which Industrial Era invention by Alexander Graham Bell revolutionized communication across America?

a)

Airplane

b)

Interchangeable Parts

c)

Telephone

d)

Electric Lightbulb

23.

Can you guess which Industrial Era invention by Henry Ford made cars affordable for everyone by slashing production costs?

a)

Assembly Line

b)

Telephone

c)

Interchangeable Parts

24.

If you went back to the early days of the Industrial Revolution, what kind of working conditions do you think you would encounter?

a)

Short working hours

b)

High wages

c)

Safe working environments

d)

Long working hours and unsafe conditions

25.

Did you know that during the Progressive Era, two powerful movements led to the 18th Amendment (banning sale & distribution of alcohol) & the 19th Amendment (granting women suffrage a.k.a the right to vote)?

Can you guess which two movements these were?

a)

Civil Rights Movement

b)

Temperance Movement

c)

Great Migration

d)

Women's Suffrage

26.

Imagine some of your friends are part of the AFL union, and they're singing a song with the lyrics,

"8 hours for work, 8 hours for rest, 8 hours for what we will." What are they singing about?

a)

Longer Workdays

b)

Shorter Workdays

c)

Lower Wages

d)

Unsafe Conditions

27.

If you went on a journey through the Industrial Revolution, what negative effects would you encounter?

a)

Low Pay, Long Hours, Unsafe Conditions, Child Labor

b)

Short workdays, Higher Pay,

Safe workplaces,

limits on child labor

28.

Imagine some classmates are part of a LABOR UNION planning their next big move. What are their GOALS as they prepare to strike for improving workers' conditions in factories?

a)

Longer workdays,

Lower Pay,

Dangerous workplaces,

Unlimited child labor

b)

Shorter workdays,

Higher Pay,

Safer workplaces,

limits on child labor

29.

Imagine your teacher's surprise when she learned about a fierce woman who supported the Temperance Movement by raiding saloons and smashing barrels of beer with a hatchet! Her famous quote was "Faithful to the cause of Prohibition, she hath done what she could." Who was this legendary figure?

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Martha Washington

c)

Carrie Nation

d)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

30.

Can you guess which tragic event in March 1911 involved a fire in a New York factory, trapping young women workers inside locked exit doors? Nearly 50 ended up jumping to their deaths, while 100 died inside the factory. This disaster led to many important factory reforms, including increased safety precautions for workers.

a)

Great Chicago Fire

b)

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

c)

Hershey Factory

d)

Homestead Strike

31.

Some people went on a mission to uncover the truth! They dove into the world of writers whose publications exposed negative issues in America, leading to important legal reforms. For instance, "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair revealed the shocking conditions in the meat industry. Who were these fearless truth-tellers?

a)

farmers

b)

suffragists

c)

union leaders

d)

muckrakers

32.

The Progressive Movement had goals to improve the workplace for factory workers, women, and children by making what changes?

a)

placing legal restrictions on child labor

b)

creating a minimum wage

c)

paying for daycare

d)

taking custody of children

33.

Imagine having the ultimate power to control an entire product or business, just like a superhero! But wait, John D. Rockefeller was found guilty of doing this in the oil industry. What is this called?

a)

Industry

b)

National Market

c)

Monopoly

d)

Investment

34.

Any growth of FARMS was due to which 2 factors?

a)

Free land out west

b)

Tractors and improved farm equipment (better machines & mechanization decreased the need for workers)

c)

Large labor pool of available workers

d)

The assembly line

35.

Any growth of FACTORIES was due to which 2 factors?

a)

Free land out west

b)

Tractors and improved farm equipment (better machines took the place of workers)

c)

Large labor pool of available workers

d)

The assembly line

36.

What does this image say about the need for labor unions?

a)

labor unions were desirable because the workers were being crushed by difficult living conditions and poor pay.

b)

Labor unions decreased nativism

c)

Labor unions helped big business keep control of the workers

d)

Labor unions helped reduce the length of the work day

37.

When workers unite and join together to negotiate with their boss for higher wages and better conditions, they have formed a ...

a)

union.

b)

trade deal.

c)

strike.

d)

communist organization.