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US History World Industrial Test 8

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History World Industrial (High School) High School (USA History, 9-12, AP) USA USA History Standards & AP
What is this test? for High School History (9-12, AP US History), USA — High School (USA History, 9-12, AP) level, USA.
For High School students (9-12) including AP History in the USA
Section: History World Industrial (High School) · Education: High School · Part: History World Industrial (High School) · Country: USA

Knowledge of history is essential for understanding the vast accumulation from past to present and for establishing cause-and-effect relationships among historical events.

This test will help you develop chronological thinking and prepare for history questions on your exams.

By solving this test of 20 questions, you can both test your knowledge and identify the topics you need to improve.

Question 1
Who debated Hayne?
A) Daniel Webster
B) Calhoun
C) Clay
D) Benton
Question 2
What was the market revolution?
A) No change
B) Bought goods replace homemade
C) Farm return
D) Craft revival
Question 3
Name the person who sent first telegraph message.
A) Tesla
B) Bell
C) Samuel Morse
D) Edison
Question 4
Which 1886 event was for 8-hour workday?
A) Great Railroad Strike
B) Homestead Strike
C) Pullman Strike
D) Haymarket Affair
Question 5
What was a trust?
A) Monopoly controlling an industry
B) Small business
C) Government agency
D) Labor union
Question 6
Where did Industrial Revolution start?
A) USA
B) Britain
C) Germany
D) France
Question 7
What was the ten-hour push?
A) Longer days
B) No Sundays
C) Shorter day drive
D) Night shifts
Question 8
Which term means "Government hands off business"?
A) a trust
B) the Homestead Strike (1892)
C) the Bessemer Process
D) laissez-faire
Question 9
Who led the Bank?
A) Nicholas Biddle
B) Jackson
C) Taney
D) Duane
Question 10
Which of these did Ford pioneer?
A) phones
B) assembly line cars
C) radios
D) airplanes
Question 11
When was Industrial Revolution in US?
A) 1865 to 1900
B) 1700 to 1750
C) 1790 to 1860
D) 1900 to 1930
Question 12
Who pushed Erie Canal?
A) Van Buren
B) Seward
C) Marcy
D) DeWitt Clinton
Question 13
Who improved the plow?
A) John Deere
B) McCormick
C) Whitney
D) Slater
Question 14
Which of these did Webster defend?
A) Nullification
B) Union perpetual
C) Secession
D) Free trade
Question 15
Which person invented the steamboat?
A) Whitney
B) Slater
C) Robert Fulton
D) Evans
Question 16
Which term means "Goodyear's process"?
A) a trust
B) the Bessemer Process
C) the Homestead Strike (1892)
D) vulcanized rubber
Question 17
Which term means "State voiding federal law"?
A) nullification
B) a trust
C) the Bessemer Process
D) the Homestead Strike (1892)
Question 18
Provide the definition of the first telegraph line:
A) NY-Boston
B) 1844 Washington-Baltimore
C) Philly-Pittsburgh
D) Charleston-Savannah
Question 19
Which of the following best defines the Bank War?
A) Coin debate
B) Tax fight
C) Jackson versus Biddle
D) Tariff clash
Question 20
Provide the definition of Commonwealth v. Hunt:
A) Unions banned
B) Strikes jailed
C) Closed shops
D) 1842 unions legal

About This Test

For Elementary to University (USA) — U.S. History from Colonial to modern era and World History across ancient to contemporary, including state history and AP. Section: History, USA.

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