US History Industrial Test 2

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History Industrial (Us History) K-12 to University (USA History) USA — Us History USA History Standards & AP

What is this test? for History practice (US/World/State), USA — K-12 to University (USA History) level, USA — Us History.
For all levels (Elementary to University) studying History in the USA
Section: History Industrial (Us History) · Education: K-12 to University · Part: History Industrial (Us History) · Country: USA · Region: USA — Us History

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 brought mill plans?

A) Samuel Slater

B) Whitney

C) Fulton

D) Cooper

Question 2

What was nullification?

A) Court review

B) State voiding federal law

C) Veto

D) Amendment

Question 3

When was National Road?

A) 1800

B) 1825

C) 1811 onward

D) 1840

Question 4

What was the Tariff of Abominations?

A) Low tariffs

B) No tariffs

C) Export bonus

D) 1828 high duties

Question 5

Which era was 1870-1900 with rapid industrial growth?

A) Gilded Age

B) Great Depression

C) Roaring Twenties

D) Progressive Era

Question 6

What was the factory town?

A) Slums

B) Lowell model mills

C) Camps

D) Forts

Question 7

Where did Industrial Revolution start?

A) France

B) Germany

C) Britain

D) USA

Question 8

What caused Panic 1837?

A) War debts

B) Crop failure

C) Gold flood

D) Speculation plus policies

Question 9

Who dominated oil?

A) John D. Rockefeller

B) Carnegie

C) Astor

D) Vanderbilt

Question 10

Who was J.P. Morgan?

A) Oil tycoon

B) Banker who financed industry

C) Labor leader

D) Steel magnate

Question 11

What best defines a trust?

A) Government agency

B) Small business

C) Monopoly controlling an industry

D) Labor union

Question 12

Which person sent first telegraph message?

A) Bell

B) Tesla

C) Edison

D) Samuel Morse

Question 13

What best defines Whitney's other idea?

A) Interchangeable parts

B) Assembly line

C) Steel alloy

D) Oil refining

Question 14

Which term means "Shorter day drive"?

A) a trust

B) the ten-hour push

C) the Homestead Strike (1892)

D) the Bessemer Process

Question 15

Which term means "Cumberland federal highway"?

A) a trust

B) the Homestead Strike (1892)

C) the National Road

D) the Bessemer Process

Question 16

Which term means "Clermont 1807"?

A) a trust

B) the Homestead Strike (1892)

C) the Bessemer Process

D) Fulton's boat

Question 17

Provide the definition of laissez-faire:

A) Government hands off business

B) Workers control business

C) No business

D) Government controls business

Question 18

Provide the definition of the American System:

A) Free trade

B) Clay's banks tariffs roads

C) No banks

D) State only

Question 19

What best defines the sewing machine?

A) Whitney gin

B) Fulton boat

C) Howe and Singer 1840s

D) Morse code

Question 20

Provide the definition of the Independent Treasury:

A) National bank

B) Pet banks

C) Mint only

D) 1840 federal vaults

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