WorksheetsTopic 12: New Industry and a Changing Society
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 17mins
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1.
How did railroads provide for economic growth?
a)
Railroads provided thousands of people with a safe way to earn a good income.
b)
Railroads provided a source of employment for many people and supported multiple industries.
c)
Railroads provided an inexpensive means of transportation for small farmers.
d)
Railroads provided an easy way to move and resettle to a different location.
2.
Which industries most benefited from the growth and expansion of the railroad system?
a)
steel, cotton, agriculture, and lumber
b)
coal, natural gas, iron, and cotton
c)
iron, steel, lumber, and coal
d)
coal, oil, agriculture, and steel
3.
More people began moving farther west and into cities because railroads:
a)
became more efficient in transporting people and goods to more places.
b)
became more comfortable for people to travel to be with family.
c)
consolidated so people could travel on one rail line.
d)
made it easier for farmers to buy equipment, so many people moved west to farm.
4.
How did larger railroad companies push smaller railroad companies out of business?
a)
Larger railroad companies consolidated before there were laws to stop them.
b)
Smaller railroad companies did not offer reduced rates to their biggest customers.
c)
Larger railroad companies offered reduced rates that caused smaller railroad companies to fail.
d)
Smaller railroad companies encouraged small businesses to ship with them.
5.
What innovations in the late 1800s most helped the transportation of goods on railways?
a)
refrigerated railway cars and heated areas for passengers
b)
Janney car couplers and the Pullman sleeping cars
c)
standard gauge railroad tracks and steel instead of iron rails
d)
refrigerated railway cars and Janney car couplers
6.
Which technologies or innovations made it safer and more comfortable for people to travel on railways?
a)
steel rails and the time zone system C.
b)
air brakes and Pullman cars
c)
Janney car couplers and steel rails
d)
standard gauge tracks and passenger cars
7.
How did innovations in communication change society in the late 1800s?
a)
The telegraph and the telephone made communication across the country almost instant.
b)
The telephone made quick communication possible for nearly everyone by 1870.
c)
The telegraph made verbal communication possible for nearly everyone.
d)
Railroads made it possible for a letter to cross the country in one day.
8.
Which invention in the late 1800s improved everyday life for people in their homes?
a)
the movie projector
b)
the assembly line
c)
the vacuum cleaner
d)
the typewriter
9.
The Ford Model T changed travel in America because it was:
a)
easy for anyone to build, repair, and drive.
b)
affordable due to production assembly lines.
c)
made available to a select group of people.
d)
available in only one model and color.
10.
How did mass production change industry in the early 1900s?
a)
It made working long hours in factories easier and more enjoyable.
b)
It made getting products to people faster and more efficient.
c)
It made it possible to make products quicker for more people.
d)
It made it possible for men and women to work shorter hours.
11.
Which inventions and innovations most helped businesses to operate more efficiently in the late 1800s?
a)
the adding machine, the vacuum cleaner, and mass production
b)
the typewriter, the adding machine, and the telegraph
c)
travel by car, the typewriter, and the assembly line
d)
travel by car, the telephone, and the airplane
12.
Which innovations of the late 1800s and early 1900s continue to significantly impact today’s society?
a)
the assembly line, the light bulb, and the telephone
b)
the movie projector, the light bulb, and the telegraph
c)
the telephone, the telegraph, and the first computer
d)
the light bulb, the telegraph, and the movie projector
13.
What advantage did Andrew Carnegie have over other steel manufacturers by using vertical integration?
a)
Making steel cost him less, and he was able to charge less than the competition.
b)
He owned all the iron and coal mines and drove his competitors out of business.
c)
He owned all the ships that transported ore so he charged his competitors high rates for transport.
d)
He patented the process so no other steel manufacturer could use it.
14.
Which factor of production did working people provide in the American economy of the late 1800s?
a)
resources
b)
land
c)
labor
d)
capital
15.
John Rockefeller built a fortune in the oil industry by doing which of the following?
a)
hiring the best people away from competing companies
b)
using horizontal integration by creating trusts of many oil companies
c)
using vertical integration to control the entire oil supply chain
d)
investing the money he had inherited from his grandfather
16.
One difference between the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Knights of Labor was that the AFL:
a)
allowed both men and women to join.
b)
discouraged members from going on strike.
c)
forbade immigrants to join.
d)
permitted only skilled laborers to join.
17.
Which was a pull factor that caused many people to come to the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
a)
Some European nations persecuted religious minorities.
b)
Immigrants wanted to be with people of their own culture.
c)
Immigrants saw the United States as a land of opportunity.
d)
Many European nations suffered major crop failures.
18.
Why did so many Jewish people leave Russia and Poland in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
a)
They were being persecuted simply because of their ethnic group.
b)
They were educated people looking for better work opportunities.
c)
There was a famine in Russia and Poland, and Jewish people were most affected.
d)
There were no educational opportunities for Jewish people in these countries.
19.
Because of nativist sentiment, the United States passed laws in the late 1800s and early 1900s that greatly limited entry into the United States of people from:
a)
Asia
b)
Latin America
c)
Western Europe
d)
Africa
20.
How did non-English speaking immigrants adjust to life in the United States?
a)
They quickly learned English to assimilate as soon as possible.
b)
They gathered together in neighborhoods with others of their same background.
c)
They moved into apartments with family or friends who had learned English.
d)
They bought farms that were at a distance from native-born Americans.
21.
Which improved working conditions did women and children begin to see in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
a)
limited working hours
b)
cleaner factories
c)
safer equipment
d)
no improved conditions
22.
Which groups of immigrants declined in numbers between the mid-1880s and 1910?
a)
Greeks, Hungarians, and Russians
b)
the English, Germans, and the French
c)
Native Americans, Japanese, and Koreans
d)
Poles, Italians, and Turks
23.
Why did many farmers move into cities in the early 1900s?
a)
New farm machinery put many small farmers out of work.
b)
Factory work was easier and safer than farming.
c)
Many sought more leisure time and the entertainment in cities.
d)
Railroad construction across the Great Plains destroyed the best farmland.
24.
The growth of education and more free time led to an increased interest in:
a)
public parks
b)
reading
c)
spectator sports
d)
vaudeville
25.
Why did disease spread quickly in cities during the early 1900s?
a)
Children spread disease in overcrowded schools.
b)
Few doctors knew how to combat infectious diseases.
c)
Poor sewage systems were breeding grounds for disease.
d)
New immigrants were afraid of life-saving vaccinations.
26.
How did the invention of electric trolleys, subways, and other forms of transport contribute to the growth of cities?
a)
People could live outside of the central city but still work in the city.
b)
People could get to work more quickly and so could take on second jobs.
c)
Transportation systems employed thousands of new workers as they expanded.
d)
Transportation systems reached rural areas and connected them to cities.
27.
Why was this time known as the “Gilded Age”?
a)
Gold was used to decorate the new skyscrapers.
b)
Below the vast wealth of a few people were the very poor.
c)
The U.S. government instituted the gold standard.
d)
More people were becoming wealthy.
28.
What were three new ways Americans began to enjoy their free time in the early 1900s?
a)
watching television, bicycling, and listening to folk music
b)
playing board games, listening to country music, and visiting art museums
c)
watching football, listening to classical music, and going shopping
d)
watching baseball, listening to jazz music, and reading magazines
29.
How did progressives challenge political bosses?
a)
They made government more honest by eliminating the spoils system.
b)
They eliminated the Civil Service System that hired federal employees.
c)
They supported new regulations that allowed monopolies and trusts.
d)
They pushed for the government to own and operate the major industries.
30.
Which of the following is the process by which citizens can remove elected officials from office?
a)
referendum
b)
recall
c)
initiative
d)
primary
31.
How did progressives address the problem of monopolies and oligopolies?
a)
They pushed for passage of the Seventeenth Amendment, which outlawed monopolies and oligopolies.
b)
They campaigned directly by letter and with protests to the wealthiest businesspeople.
c)
They convinced Congress to pass the Pendleton Act in 1883, which set up the Civil Service Commission.
d)
They lobbied Congress to pass the Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act.
32.
Which new career options became available to educated middle-class women in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
a)
running childcare centers and nursing homes
b)
writing educational and scientific texts at the college level
c)
teaching, nursing, and some other career fields
d)
local and state politics
33.
Which president supported environmental conservation?
a)
Chester A. Arthur
b)
James Garfield
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
William Howard Taft
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