The Industrial Revolution Quiz
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- Q1
All of the following were factors that allowed America to industrialize quickly EXCEPT:
New Technologies
Large Workforce
Horizontal Integration
Natural Resources
30s - Q2
A modern-day example of a “Robber Baron” would be
Dolly Parton, country music star and founder of the Dollywood Foundation (which is a charity)
Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (which is a charity)
Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon
Lebron James, NBA star and founder of IPromise School (a school for at-risk youth)
30s - Q3
A “Captain of Industry” was someone who
Who used shady business practices to undercut their competition
Who used their wealth to give back to communities
Whose business or industry made some kind of significant contribution to society
Both B and C
30s - Q4
A “Robber Baron” was someone who
Who used shady business practices to undercut their competitionWho used their wealth to give back to communities
Whose business or industry made some kind of significant contribution to society
Both B and C
30s - Q5
In the late 1800s what was the main reason many immigrants from Southern Europe settled in the United States?
To Secure Political Rights
To Join Labor Unions
To Gain Government Benefits
To Seek Economic Opportunity
30s - Q6
European Immigrants arriving in the United States were processed through what center?
Angel Island
Ellis Island
Long Island
Pearl Harbor
30s - Q7
What was the goal of the people who called themselves “Progressives”?
To reform (fix) the major issues in society caused by industrialization
To encourage immigrants to enter into the United States
To protect the interests of factory owners and business leaders
To push for the growth of cities and urban places across the country
30s - Q8
Which law was enacted in response to the large number of immigrants being employed to help with the building of the Transcontinental Railroad?
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1888
National Origins Act of 1924
Immigration Act of 1965
30s - Q9
Which of the following companies is NOT an example of a corporation?
Amazon
McDonald’s
A family-owned business
Wal-Mart
30s - Q10
Which of the following were issues that developed as a result of urbanization?
An increase in the level of alcoholism, crime, corruption, and pollutionThe huge wave of immigrants to the US made cities extremely crowded
Sanitation (cleanliness) in cities was horrific and people suffered from diseases
All of the above
30s - Q11
Muckrakers were
Social workers who removed children from unsafe conditions
Street sweepers who cleaned the muck off of the roads
Journalists who wrote fake news articles about Robber Barons and Captains of Industry
Journalists who published stories about the wrongs of the Industrial Revolution
30s - Q12
Tenements were
Factories and mines that children used to work in
Large houses that housed one family
Apartment buildings that housed immigrant families in small, dark apartments
Schools where immigrants would go to learn how to speak, read, and write English
30s - Q13
Why were children being employed during the Industrial Revolution?
Due to their size, they could do tasks that adults could not do
Both A and C are correct
There was no child labor during the Industrial Revolution
Families needed the extra money that the children brought in
30s - Q14
What Muckraker’s photos caused public opinion regarding child labor to change?
Ida B. Wells
Jacob Riis
Lewis Hine
Lincoln Steffens
30s - Q15
The Jungle, a book written by Upton Sinclair, led to
The passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act
President Roosevelt nationalizing the meat packing industry
A rise in the Communist Party
Better working conditions in the meatpacking plants
30s