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WorksheetsIndustrial Age
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The ___?___ were various measures enacted by Congress to regulate the railroads.
a)
Dawes' Act
b)
Homestead Act
c)
Morrill Act
d)
Granger Laws
2.
Introduced an efficient means of retrieving oil from beneath the earth's surface
a)
Edwin L. Drake
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
Henry Bessemer
d)
Thomas Edison
3.
Recognizing how important railroads were for settling the West, the government made large land grants to ___?___.
a)
Railroad Companies
b)
Native Americans
c)
The Chinese
d)
Farmers
4.
Perfected the incandescent light bulb at his research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey
a)
Edwin L. Drake
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
Henry Bessemer
d)
Thomas Edison
5.
Developed an entire system for producing and distributing electrical power and organized power plants around the nation.
a)
Edwin L. Drake
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
Henry Bessemer
d)
Thomas Edison
6.
Who developed an efficient technique for transforming iron into steel?
a)
Edwin L. Drake
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
Henry Bessemer
d)
Thomas Edison
7.
The violent incident that turned much of the public against the labor movement was known as the
a)
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
b)
Pullman Company Strike
c)
Homestead Strike
d)
Haymarket Affair
8.
The Central Pacific Railroad employed thousands of ___?___ immigrants.
a)
Irish
b)
German
c)
Chinese
d)
Japanese
9.
Under railroad time, the United States was divided into ___?___
a)
Four
b)
Five
c)
Six
d)
Twelve
10.
By the end of the 19th century, a quarter of the nation�s railroads had been taken over by __?__
a)
Standard Oil
b)
Carnegie Steel
c)
The US Government
d)
Financial Companies
11.
The Union Pacific Railroad employed thousands of ___?___ immigrants.
a)
Irish
b)
German
c)
Chinese
d)
Japanese
12.
A corporation that did nothing but buy out the stock of others companies was known as a
a)
Trust
b)
Holding company
c)
Monopoly
d)
Grange
13.
John D. Rockefeller became a magnate of the __?__
a)
Oil industry
b)
Railroad industry
c)
Cotton industry
d)
Steel industry
14.
To improve their labor conditions, many industrial workers formed
a)
Trust
b)
Holding company
c)
Monopoly
d)
Unions
15.
The Great Strike of 1877 involved workers for some of the nation�s
a)
Railroads
b)
Steel plants
c)
Oil plants
d)
Textile mills
16.
By World War I, membership in the American Federation of Labor was around
a)
500,000
b)
1 Mil
c)
2 Mil
d)
3 Mil
17.
___?___ ran the American Railway Union and later ran for president several times as a socialist.
a)
Eugene V. Debs
b)
George Pullman
c)
Edwin L. Drake
d)
D.B. Sweeney
18.
Which of the following people invented the typewriter?
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Henry Bessemer
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Christopher Sholes
19.
What is the issue in all political cartoons?
a)
The amount of great control the government has on big business.
b)
The wealthy are providing a valuable service to America.
c)
The wealthy control US legislation
d)
The wealthy are profiting at the expense of the working man.
20.
In the political cartoons, the respective authors view on big business is
a)
Big business looks out for the common man.
b)
Big business controls the economy and are unaffected by politics.
c)
The US government is unafraid of big business
d)
The US limits and controls big business keeping them in check.
21.
How does the author demonstrate his opinion that big businesses are unaffected by politics?
a)
Over-exaggerated depiction of symbolism
b)
The facial expression of his caricatures, or people
c)
The symbolism used in the drawing.
d)
All these answers are correct
22.
In which cartoon do we see the government actually trying to control or limit the big businesses.
a)
Left
b)
Right
c)
Both
23.
What does the depictions of the wealthy as being fat represent?
a)
Over indulgent
b)
Well fed
c)
Consuming the economy
d)
All are reasons
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