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History
7th -
12thgrade
AM History: Industrial Revolution, Immigration, and Cities
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- 1. Multiple Choice
Most factory workers lived in ______, which were low-cost multifamily housing units.
tenements
hoovervilles
ghettos
skyscrapers
- 2. Multiple Choice
The regulation of ______ caused nations from around the globe to adopt the concept of time zones.
railroads
daylight
air travel
telegraphs
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which innovation extended the number of hours in a day that Americans could work and play?
Electricity
Refrigeration
Bessemer process
Telegraph technology
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why couldn't women enter the U.S. alone?
U.S. officials believed women would be unable to support themselves
European women had gained equality in the workplace, which made them unpopular in the U.S.
European women had more socialistic viewpoints, which threatened American business
The U.S. allowed all women to enter without issue
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which individual was instrumental in the development of mass production of clothing?
Elias Howe
Thomas Edison
Elisha Otis
Nicola Tesla
- 6. Multiple Choice
Who built the first power station in New York City?
Thomas Edison
George Westinghouse
Nicola Tesla
Elisha Otis
- 7. Multiple Choice
A cartel differs from a monopoly in that
One corporation has complete control of a product or service
Businesses making the same product agree to limit production
One firm sets the prices for all goods in an industry
All the firms involved in the same business merge into one entity
- 8. Multiple Choice
Who was the first to bring the Bessemer process to the U.S. and create the nation's first major steel manufacturing plant?
Elisha Otis
Andrew Carnegie
Gustavus Swift
John D. Rockefeller
- 9. Multiple Choice
The process of buying up all businesses that sell the same product to limit competition is called ______.
vertical integration
horizontal integration
cartel
trust
- 10. Multiple Choice
What was used to return the red color to rotten meat in New York City butcher shops?
red food coloring
blood
sharpie
clothing dye
- 11. Multiple Choice
Travel accommodations for most immigrants to the U.S.
Were dirty, crowded, and unhealthy
Allowed them to bring many belongings
Were spacious and inexpensive
Were in first class steamship cabins
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is steerage?
The main waiting room at Ellis Island
First class accommodations of the voyage to America
The part of a ship where livestock were storage during the voyage to America
The lower level of a ship where third class passengers were housed
- 13. Multiple Choice
Steel changed people's lives by making possible the _______.
construction of skyscrapers
development of electricity
establishment of time zones
invention of radio
- 14. Multiple Choice
What is a ship's manifest?
list of all the names and descriptions of passengers
list of all cargo brought on board
list of up to date ship maintenance
list of all planned stops on the ship's voyage
- 15. Multiple Choice
Most new immigrants lived in cities ________.
to be close to industrial jobs
to abandon their traditions
to meet many Americans
because cities were welcoming
- 16. Multiple Choice
Factors that attract immigrants to the U.S. are called _______.
pull factors
push factors
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which passengers were required to pass through Ellis Island?
third class
first class
second class
all immigrants
- 18. Multiple Choice
The process of buying up all businesses that make up all phases of a product's development is called ________.
monopoly
corporation
horizontal integration
vertical integration
- 19. Multiple Choice
Cartels, monopolies, trusts, and horizontal and vertical integration all share the goal of
increasing profits
raising wages
combining resources
driving up costs
- 20. Multiple Choice
Who created the first major oil company in the U.S.
Charles Darwin
John D. Rockefeller
Edwin Drake
Andrew Carnegie
- 21. Multiple Choice
Corporations had the important advantage of _______.
developing into monopolies
being run by an individual or a family
reducing the financial risk for individual investors
keeping prices high
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which of these factors pulled immigrants to the U.S?
Lack of food
Religious persecution
Poor economic conditions
Potential employment
- 23. Multiple Choice
Capitalism fueled industrialization by ________.
giving the country many natural resources
requiring inventors to file patents
encouraging entrepreneurs to establish business
ensuring that all workers received high wages
- 24. Multiple Choice
Factors that cause people to immigrate away from their homelands are called ________.
push factors
pull factors
- 25. Multiple Choice
Those who lived in cities along the East coast could thank ______ for the ability to receive fresh beef at low prices.
Gustavus Swift
Samuel Morse
Elisha Otis
The Wright Brothers
- 26. Multiple Choice
______ was the first person to send wireless telegraphs across the Atlantic Ocean
Guglielmo Marconi
Henry Bessemer
George Westinghouse
Samuel Morse
- 27. Multiple Choice
_______ used the new technologies of the camera and the flash to take pictures of slum life in New York.
Jacob Riis
Thomas Edison
Matt Harvey
Nicola Tesla
- 28. Multiple Choice
Which law in 1862 encouraged many Europeans to immigrate to America in hopes of one day owning their own land?
Oklahoma Land Race
Homestead Act
Confederate Land Reallocation Act
Lend-Lease Act
- 29. Multiple Choice
_______ first discovered oil underground in Pennsylvania in 1859.
Edwin Drake
George Westinghouse
Elisha Otis
Guglielmo Marconi
- 30. Multiple Choice
Grants given by the federal government giving an inventor exclusive rights over a product
patents
protective tariffs
laissez faire
mass production
- 31. Multiple Choice
Making goods on a large scale
mass production
capitalism
laissez faire
entrepreneurs
- 32. Multiple Choice
Free enterprise, allowed individuals to spend and invest their money as they pleased
capitalism
laissez faire
protective tariffs
mass production
- 33. Multiple Choice
Taxes that made imported good more expensive, influencing people to buy American made goods
protective tariffs
patents
laissez faire
capitalism
- 34. Multiple Choice
Economics with little government regulation
laissez faire
patents
capitalism
mass production
- 35. Multiple Choice
People who invest in a business/product in hopes for larger profit
entrepreneurs
patents
protective tariffs
laissez faire
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