Industrial Revolution Review Question Preview (ID: 45072)

a) The 18th Amendment banned the manufacture, sale and manufacture of alcohol.

b) The 14th Amendment granted equal citizenship to all Americans.

c) The 15th Amendment granted the right to vote to men of all races.

d) The 21st Amendment ended nationwide prohibition of alcohol

a) New products were all made by hand

b) Businesses used sharecropping to increase the production of goods

c) By creating products quickly and cheaply

d) Cities became ghost towns because machines replaced manual labor

a) Farmers produced more crops.

b) Trade was important to the US.

c) The US became a manufacturing and production country.

d) More people moved to the country because of overcrowding

a) The skyscraper

b) the plow

c) the telegraph

d) the cell phone

a) It led to the invention of such things as washing machines and vacuum cleaners.

b) The telegraph was a popular device used in more homes.

c) Fewer homes needed electricity.

d) none of these

a) Lewis latimer

b) Thomas Edison

c) Andrew Carnegie

d) John D. Rockefeller

a) Every American could afford electricity for their home.

b) Electricity was immediately available to all US citizens.

c) C. Homes need more candles because the electricity was not always reliable.

d) Stores and factories could stay open longer, to make more products and money.

a) They were forced to live in certain areas within the cities.

b) Signs were posted to enforce territorial boundaries.

c) It helped to make adjusting to life in America easier.

d) Integration of communities were illegal at the time.

a) Blacks and whites were equal.

b) If facilities were equal, then it was legal to keep the races separate.

c) Blacks and whites should receive the same quality education.

d) Blacks and whites should share the same facilities.

a) Legalize racial segregation.

b) Enforce integration among ethnic groups.

c) Provide educational opportunities for all races.

d) Protect the rights of individuals that were provided by the Constitution

a) Poverty and wars

b) Religious freedom

c) to face discrimination

d) Economic opportunities

a) A. They couldn’t speak English.

b) B. They took any job for any pay.

c) C. They were needed to help develop the country.

d) They brought strange foods from their countries

a) They were tired of traveling

b) they were afraid of the Native Americans

c) They didn't know any people living in the West.

d) They didn't have the money to travel west or purchase land.

a) A. They donated money to help our economy.

b) B. Some immigrants became entrepreneurs who promoted economic growth.

c) C. They brought a lot of money from their homeland that they spent on American products to help our economy.

d) They would save up all the money to send back to their native countries.

a) Many workers earned low wages.

b) Workers labored in unsafe and unhealthy conditions.

c) Many factories were nothing more than hot, cramped workshops.

d) People worked only six hours a day

a) Cities became overcrowded and diseases spread rapidly.

b) The air became cleaner to breathe.

c) There was less pollution in the cities.

d) There was a decrease in the amount of crime.

a) monopoly

b) technology

c) labor unions

d) urbanization

a) Trusts weren’t making enough money.

b) He was afraid of the Progressives.

c) He felt leaders of trusts would eventually drive him out of office.

d) Trusts were driving out competition and charging unfair prices

a) Becoming educated.

b) obtaining productive jobs

c) providing customs and foods that became part of the American culture

d) Giving up all their old customs and ways of life from their home countries.