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1) How did new methods of mass production contribute to the Industrial Revolution?
A
Cities became ghost towns because machines replaced manual labor.
B
New products were all made by hand.
C
Businesses used sharecropping to increase the production of goods.
D
New products were made quickly and cheaply.
2) Which invention, improved by Thomas Edison, most changed the way factories operated in the late 19th century?
A
Ford Motor vehicles
B
The light bulb
C
John Deere farm equipment
D
The refrigerator
3) How did Orville and Wilbur Wright contribute to the rise of the United States as a world power?
A
They started the aircraft industry with their experiments in manned flight.
B
They allowed women to do work usually done by men
C
They improved the new Model-T vehicle.
D
They explored new lands acquired by the US.
4) What happened as America shifted from an agrarian (farming) nation to an industrial nation?
A
D. All of the above
B
B. It led to higher crop output.
C
A. New technologies helped farm work get done quicker and quicker.
D
C. Many people moved to the cities to make more money.
5) The case, Plessy vs. Ferguson 1896, went to trial because of the denial of which amendment?
A
D. The 21st Amendment which ended nationwide prohibition of alcohol.
B
B. The 14th Amendment which granted equal citizenship to all Americans.
C
C. The 15th Amendment which granted the right to vote to men of all races.
D
A. The 18th Amendment which banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol.
6) How did the US economy change after Reconstruction?
A
Farmers produced more crops.
B
More people moved to the country because of overcrowding.
C
Trade was even more important to the US.
D
The US became a manufacturing and production country.
7) The telephone, invented by Alexander Graham Bell, improved communication and replaced which of the following?
A
C. The telegraph
B
A. The skyscraper
C
D. The cell phone
D
B. The plow
8) What impact did availability of electricity have upon the homes in the late 1800s
A
A. It led to the invention of such things as washing machines and vacuum cleaners.
B
C. Fewer homes needed electricity.
C
D. None of the above.
D
B. The telegraph became an even more popular device used in more homes.
9) Who developed the Bessemer process which converted iron into steel?
A
Lewis Latimer
B
John D. Rockefeller
C
Thomas Edison
D
Andrew Carnegie
10) Jim Crow Laws were created to
A
A. legalize racial segregation
B
D. protect the rights of individuals that were provided by the Constitution
C
C. provide educational opportunities for all races
D
B. enforce integration among ethnic groups
11) Plessy vs. Ferguson was a land mark case that ruled:
A
B. Blacks and whites should share the same facilities.
B
D. If facilities were equal, then it was legal to keep the races separate.
C
A. Blacks and whites were equal.
D
C. Blacks and whites should receive the same quality education.
12) How did electricity change business in the United States?
A
C. Homes needed more candles because the electricity was not always reliable.
B
D. Stores and factories could stay open longer, to make more products and money
C
B. Electricity was immediately available to all US citizens.
D
A. Every American could afford electricity for their home.
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