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Industrial Revolution Review
Test Description: #5th grade SC social studies
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1) The immigrants overcame many prejudices by doing all of the following EXCEPT:
A
Becoming educated.
B
obtaining productive jobs
C
Giving up all their old customs and ways of life from their home countries.
D
providing customs and foods that became part of the American culture
2) Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller developed business practices that let them take total control of a specific industry. This practice was called
A
technology
B
labor unions
C
urbanization
D
monopoly
3) Why was Theodore Roosevelt convinced that he must break up trusts?
A
Trusts weren’t making enough money.
B
He felt leaders of trusts would eventually drive him out of office.
C
He was afraid of the Progressives.
D
Trusts were driving out competition and charging unfair prices
4) Which is one of the many challenges urban areas faced as a result of an increase in population?
A
There was a decrease in the amount of crime.
B
There was less pollution in the cities.
C
Cities became overcrowded and diseases spread rapidly.
D
The air became cleaner to breathe.
5) What condition DID NOT lead to the rise of labor unions?
A
Workers labored in unsafe and unhealthy conditions.
B
People worked only six hours a day
C
Many factories were nothing more than hot, cramped workshops.
D
Many workers earned low wages.
6) How did immigrants help America’s economy?
A
A. They donated money to help our economy.
B
They would save up all the money to send back to their native countries.
C
C. They brought a lot of money from their homeland that they spent on American products to help our economy.
D
B. Some immigrants became entrepreneurs who promoted economic growth.
7) What was one of the main reasons many people disliked immigrants coming to America?
A
They brought strange foods from their countries
B
C. They were needed to help develop the country.
C
B. They took any job for any pay.
D
A. They couldn’t speak English.
8) Why did many immigrants settle in cities on the east coast?
A
They didn't have the money to travel west or purchase land.
B
they were afraid of the Native Americans
C
They didn't know any people living in the West.
D
They were tired of traveling
9) Immigrants left their countries to come to the United States for all of these reasons EXCEPT:
A
Poverty and wars
B
to face discrimination
C
Economic opportunities
D
Religious freedom
10) Jim Crow Laws were created to:
A
Enforce integration among ethnic groups.
B
Legalize racial segregation.
C
Protect the rights of individuals that were provided by the Constitution
D
Provide educational opportunities for all races.
11) Plessy vs. Ferguson was a land mark case that ruled:
A
If facilities were equal, then it was legal to keep the races separate.
B
Blacks and whites were equal.
C
Blacks and whites should receive the same quality education.
D
Blacks and whites should share the same facilities.
12) How did electricity change business in the United States?
A
Stores and factories could stay open longer, to make more products and money.
B
Every American could afford electricity for their home.
C
Electricity was immediately available to all US citizens.
D
C. Homes need more candles because the electricity was not always reliable.
13) Why did immigrants often live in communities with others from their home country? (5-3.3)
A
They were forced to live in certain areas within the cities.
B
Signs were posted to enforce territorial boundaries.
C
Integration of communities were illegal at the time.
D
It helped to make adjusting to life in America easier.
14) Who developed the Bessemer process which converted iron into steel?
A
Andrew Carnegie
B
John D. Rockefeller
C
Thomas Edison
D
Lewis latimer
15) What impact did availability of electricity have upon the homes in the late 1800s?
A
none of these
B
Fewer homes needed electricity.
C
It led to the invention of such things as washing machines and vacuum cleaners.
D
The telegraph was a popular device used in more homes.
16) The telephone, invented by Alexander Graham Bell, improved communication and replaced which of the following?
A
the telegraph
B
the plow
C
the cell phone
D
The skyscraper
17) How did the US economy change after Reconstruction? (5-3.1)
A
The US became a manufacturing and production country.
B
More people moved to the country because of overcrowding
C
Farmers produced more crops.
D
Trade was important to the US.
18) The case, Plessy vs. Ferguson 1896, went to trial because of the denial of which amendment?
A
The 18th Amendment banned the manufacture, sale and manufacture of alcohol.
B
The 21st Amendment ended nationwide prohibition of alcohol
C
The 14th Amendment granted equal citizenship to all Americans.
D
The 15th Amendment granted the right to vote to men of all races.
19) How did new methods of mass production contribute to the Industrial Revolution?
A
New products were all made by hand
B
By creating products quickly and cheaply
C
Businesses used sharecropping to increase the production of goods
D
Cities became ghost towns because machines replaced manual labor
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