WorksheetsUnit 5 Chapter 1
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 14mins
What statue is seen as a symbol of freedom and opportunity?
Which picture shows the completion of the transcontinental railroad?
One (a) effect of building the railroad system was that it connect the East and West coasts of America.
One (a) effect of building the railroad system was that it caused damage to the environment.
The Rocky Mountains most likely created a challenge for builders of the ______.
gold rush
Yellowstone National Park
railroad system
steamboat
Thomas Edison was known for creating what invention?
Why were factories like this one important during the Second Industrial Revolution?
They produced textiles used for clothing.
They produced oil used for heating homes.
They made steel used for buildings and railroads.
They made lumber used for making ships and schools.
What hope did Emma Lazarus’s poem ”The New Colossus” express for new arrivals to the United States?
that immigrants would be welcomed and make a positive impact
that immigrants would encourage people to stay in Europe
that immigrants would help the United States industrialize
that immigrants would be able to find work in the countryside
Workers formed workers' _____ to improve their pay and insure factories would become safer work environments.
trade
compensation
rights
unions
Monopolies hurt consumers by _____.
offering few services
setting prices too high
holding strikes and boycotts
replacing small workshops
(a) was used to to process the large numbers of immigrants arriving in America.
The term urbanization refers to the growth of what?
farms
factories
railroads
cities
