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WorksheetsIndustrialization & Progressive Era Quizziz Review
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 17mins
Which city produces steel? (Hint: football team is Steelers)
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Which region produces textiles (cloth)?
Southwest
Pacific
New England
Which city produces a lot of automobiles (cars)?
Detroit
Pittsburgh
New York
Which city was known for meatpacking?
San Francisco
Chicago
New York
Which raw material is used to make steel?
Iron ore
Copper
Lead
Late 19th Century competition in the transportation industry led to which of the following effects?
Access to affordable goods
Expansion of Railroads
none of these
Competitive shipping rates
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?
Shipbuilding
Railroad line
Assembly line
Which invention makes it easier to see in the dark?
Telephone
Automobile
Light bulb
Reasons for the rise of big business and industry were all of these EXCEPT....
Immigration provides a larger labor force & markets
New Inventions & investors
Free Land
Abundant raw materials and energy sources
Machines and assembly lines meant that it took ________ time to produce goods.
More
Less
the same amount of
More machines and assembly lines meant that it was___________ to produce goods.
Cheaper
More expensive
the same cost
Which man used the assembly line to mass produce the Model T car?
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Henry Ford
Which invention helped more with communication?
Light bulb
Telephone
Mechanical reaper
Which captain of industry led the steel industry near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania?
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
JP Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Which captain of industry led the oil industry?
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
JP Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Which captain of industry led the railroad and shipping industry?
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
JP Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Which captain of industry led banking?
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
JP Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Who is credited with inventing the telephone?
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Which man is credited with inventing the incandescent light bulb?
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
John D. Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
During the late 1800s, the U.S. was transformed from an agricultural to a(n)_______________ nation.
Communist
Socialist
Industrial
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?
factory workers grow rich and industrialists grow poor
farmers and women
get equal pay
industrialists create profit sharing plans
Industrialists grow rich while factory workers remain poor
Do you know which Industrial Era invention by Alexander Graham Bell revolutionized communication across America?
Airplane
Interchangeable Parts
Telephone
Electric Lightbulb
Can you guess which Industrial Era invention by Henry Ford made cars affordable for everyone by slashing production costs?
Assembly Line
Telephone
Interchangeable Parts
If you went back to the early days of the Industrial Revolution, what kind of working conditions do you think you would encounter?
Short working hours
High wages
Safe working environments
Long working hours and unsafe conditions
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?
Civil Rights Movement
Temperance Movement
Great Migration
Women's Suffrage
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?
Longer Workdays
Shorter Workdays
Lower Wages
Unsafe Conditions
If you went on a journey through the Industrial Revolution, what negative effects would you encounter?
Low Pay, Long Hours, Unsafe Conditions, Child Labor
Short workdays, Higher Pay,
Safe workplaces,
limits on child labor
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?
Longer workdays,
Lower Pay,
Dangerous workplaces,
Unlimited child labor
Shorter workdays,
Higher Pay,
Safer workplaces,
limits on child labor
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?
Susan B. Anthony
Martha Washington
Carrie Nation
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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.
Great Chicago Fire
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
Hershey Factory
Homestead Strike
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?
farmers
suffragists
union leaders
muckrakers
The Progressive Movement had goals to improve the workplace for factory workers, women, and children by making what changes?
placing legal restrictions on child labor
creating a minimum wage
paying for daycare
taking custody of children
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?
Industry
National Market
Monopoly
Investment
Any growth of FARMS was due to which 2 factors?
Free land out west
Tractors and improved farm equipment (better machines & mechanization decreased the need for workers)
Large labor pool of available workers
The assembly line
Any growth of FACTORIES was due to which 2 factors?
Free land out west
Tractors and improved farm equipment (better machines took the place of workers)
Large labor pool of available workers
The assembly line
What does this image say about the need for labor unions?
labor unions were desirable because the workers were being crushed by difficult living conditions and poor pay.
Labor unions decreased nativism
Labor unions helped big business keep control of the workers
Labor unions helped reduce the length of the work day
When workers unite and join together to negotiate with their boss for higher wages and better conditions, they have formed a ...
union.
trade deal.
strike.
communist organization.
