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US History Industrial Test 5

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History Us Industrial (Middle School) Middle School (USA History, 6-8) USA USA History Standards & AP
What is this test? for Middle School History (6-8), USA — Middle School (USA History, 6-8) level, USA.
For Middle School students (6-8) — Middle School History in the USA
Section: History Us Industrial (Middle School) · Education: Middle School · Part: History Us Industrial (Middle 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
What was Lowell Offering?
A) Mill women's magazine
B) Union paper
C) Bank ledger
D) Farm almanac
Question 2
Who was J.P. Morgan?
A) Steel magnate
B) Banker who financed industry
C) Labor leader
D) Oil tycoon
Question 3
Who was Charles Goodyear?
A) Tire seller
B) Oil baron
C) Rubber inventor
D) Rail king
Question 4
What was the sewing machine?
A) Whitney gin
B) Fulton boat
C) Morse code
D) Howe and Singer 1840s
Question 5
What was the National Road?
A) Cumberland federal highway
B) Erie Canal
C) Rail line
D) Telegraph
Question 6
What did Erie Canal join?
A) Ohio and Mississippi
B) Hudson and Great Lakes
C) Potomac and Chesapeake
D) Delaware and Susquehanna
Question 7
Which was the first national labor union?
A) CIO
B) IWW
C) Knights of Labor
D) AFL
Question 8
Where did mills start?
A) South
B) West
C) Mid-Atlantic
D) New England
Question 9
What were pet banks?
A) State deposit banks
B) National vaults
C) Foreign banks
D) Mint branches
Question 10
What was the ten-hour push?
A) Longer days
B) Shorter day drive
C) No Sundays
D) Night shifts
Question 11
What best defines Fulton's boat?
A) Savannah
B) Phoenix
C) Clermont 1807
D) Enterprise
Question 12
Which person improved the plow?
A) McCormick
B) Whitney
C) Slater
D) John Deere
Question 13
Which term means "Jackson versus Biddle"?
A) the Bank War
B) a trust
C) the Homestead Strike (1892)
D) the Bessemer Process
Question 14
Name the person who worked Lowell mills.
A) Men only
B) Young farm women
C) Slaves
D) Immigrants only
Question 15
Which term means "Lowell model mills"?
A) a trust
B) the Homestead Strike (1892)
C) the factory town
D) the Bessemer Process
Question 16
Which term means "1842 unions legal"?
A) a trust
B) the Homestead Strike (1892)
C) the Bessemer Process
D) Commonwealth v. Hunt
Question 17
Name the person who proposed American System.
A) Henry Clay
B) Jackson
C) Calhoun
D) Webster
Question 18
What best defines Deere's plow?
A) Wooden hoe
B) Steel prairie plow
C) Iron rake
D) Stone mill
Question 19
Provide the definition of Slater called:
A) Cotton king
B) Rail baron
C) Father of factories
D) Steel master
Question 20
Name the person who invented the steamboat.
A) Whitney
B) Slater
C) Evans
D) Robert Fulton

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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