US History Industrial Test 8

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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

What was Slater called?

A) Father of factories

B) Cotton king

C) Rail baron

D) Steel master

Question 2

Who built early railroads?

A) Union Pacific

B) B&O 1828 onward

C) Penn Central

D) Santa Fe

Question 3

What was the Erie Canal?

A) Rail line

B) Road

C) 1825 water link

D) Pipeline

Question 4

What was the Homestead Strike (1892)?

A) Textile strike

B) Coal strike

C) Railroad strike

D) Steelworkers vs. Carnegie

Question 5

Who invented the steamboat?

A) Robert Fulton

B) Whitney

C) Slater

D) Evans

Question 6

What connected coasts by 1869?

A) telegraph only

B) transcontinental railroad

C) canals

D) highways

Question 7

What did the reaper do?

A) Planted corn

B) Ground wheat

C) Cut grain fast

D) Baled hay

Question 8

Which 1886 event was for 8-hour workday?

A) Great Railroad Strike

B) Pullman Strike

C) Homestead Strike

D) Haymarket Affair

Question 9

Who improved the plow?

A) John Deere

B) McCormick

C) Whitney

D) Slater

Question 10

Which of the following best defines a trust?

A) Government agency

B) Monopoly controlling an industry

C) Small business

D) Labor union

Question 11

Provide the definition of the Bank War:

A) Coin debate

B) Tax fight

C) Jackson versus Biddle

D) Tariff clash

Question 12

Which term means "Interchangeable parts"?

A) a trust

B) the Homestead Strike (1892)

C) the Bessemer Process

D) Whitney's other idea

Question 13

Which term means "State voiding federal law"?

A) nullification

B) a trust

C) the Homestead Strike (1892)

D) the Bessemer Process

Question 14

Name the person who led the Bank.

A) Jackson

B) Nicholas Biddle

C) Taney

D) Duane

Question 15

Which person led the American Federation of Labor?

A) John Lewis

B) Eugene Debs

C) Samuel Gompers

D) Terence Powderly

Question 16

Which of the following best defines laissez-faire?

A) Workers control business

B) No business

C) Government controls business

D) Government hands off business

Question 17

Which of the following best defines the American System?

A) Clay's banks tariffs roads

B) Free trade

C) No banks

D) State only

Question 18

Which of the following best defines the sewing machine?

A) Whitney gin

B) Howe and Singer 1840s

C) Fulton boat

D) Morse code

Question 19

Which of the following best defines the Independent Treasury?

A) National bank

B) Pet banks

C) 1840 federal vaults

D) Mint only

Question 20

Name the person who worked Lowell mills.

A) Men only

B) Slaves

C) Immigrants only

D) Young farm women

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