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A review quiz for 8th grade US History Industrialization Unit
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Used as a cheap source of labor
Strike
Children
Boycott
Railroad
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A person who gives away all of his money is called
Boss
Philanthropist
Entrepreneur
Robber baron
3
Who invented the light bulb?
Alexander Graham Bell
Elias Howe
Thomas Edison
Jessie Thurman
4
Complete control of a product or business by one person or group
Tenements
Trust
Monopoly
Boycotts
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a manufacturing method in which a product is put together as it moves along a belt
Reservations
Tenements
Dawes Act
Assembly Line
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This process produced a lighter, stronger, more flexible steel
Morse Code
The Elevator
The Light Bulb
Bessemer Process
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Which of the following inventions allowed the building of skyscrapers?
assembly line and barbed wire
Bessemer process and elevator
sewing machine and light bulb
railroads and printing press
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In the late 1800s, rapid urbanization was mainly the result of the
migration of formerly enslaved persons to the west
impact of industrialization
shortage of land for new farms
federally funded city redevelopment projects
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An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages, and benefits.
Railroad
Labor Union
Laissez Faire
Capitalism
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In the later 1800s, workers labored in crowded, unsafe and unhealthy factories known as
railroads
stock
sweatshops
corporation
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During the 1900s, most immigrants from Europe settled in large cities because
they came from mainly large cities in their home countries
factory jobs were available for unskilled workers
there was much less discrimination in those cities
farmland had become very scarce
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He used the Assembly Line to Mass produce automobiles
Horace Dodge
Henry Ford
Carlo Maserati
Enzo Ferrari
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What change was brought about by the Industrial Revolution
More machinery was used to make goods
More government regulation was placed on big business
More goods were made at home
More people left cities to live on farms
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An organized work stoppage intended to force an employer to address union demands.
Strike
Captain of Industry
Collective Bargaining
Boycott
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Which development was a result of the other three?
Unsafe working conditions
The growth of labor unions
A twelve-hour day
Young children working factories
16
Most people purchase shares of stock in a corporation in order to
influence corporate decision making
share in corporate profits
determine the products the corporations sells
improve working conditions for the corporation's employees
17
Which heading best completes the partial outline below
United States Becomes an Industrial Nation
Progressive Movement changes American Lives
American Citizens Get New Responsibilities
Government Ends Regulation of Business
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In 1892, the United States government opened Ellis Island primarily to
defend New York City from attack
check the safety of imported products
serve as the first federal prison in New York State
process immigrants arriving from overseas
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What type of business sells shares of its stock to investors?
Corporation
Monopoly
Trusts
Trusts
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A person who uses ruthless business tactics to get money from customers is called
Robber baron
Entrepreneur
Boss
Philanthropist
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A policy of favoring
native
-born (American) individuals over foreign-born ones
Nativism
Racism
ENTREPRENEURS
Populist Party
22
Corporations, stocks, monopolies and trusts are most closely associated with the:
rise of big businesses
development of the assembly line
development of new inventions
formation of labor unions
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Process where a union representing a group of workers negotiates with management for a contract
Alexander Graham Bell
Collective Bargaining
Gilded Age
Negative effects of Industrialization
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A document granting an inventor soles rights to an invention
Trust
Patent
Cartel
Union
25
Which of the following statements about the “Gilded Age” is true?
many people were wealthy due to the growth of big business
the middle class ran society
immigrants lived in luxury
there was a major difference between the rich and the poor