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US History Industrial Revolution Test 6

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History Test 6 (Us Industrial Revolution) K-12 to University (USA History) USA — Us Industrial Revolution USA History Standards & AP
What is this test? for History practice (US/World/State), USA — K-12 to University (USA History) level, USA — Us Industrial Revolution.
For all levels (Elementary to University) studying History in the USA
Section: History Test 6 (Us Industrial Revolution) · Education: K-12 to University · Part: History Test 6 (Us Industrial Revolution) · Country: USA · Region: USA — Us Industrial Revolution

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 ended canal era?
A) Railroads
B) Trucks
C) Planes
D) Pipelines
Question 2
Who improved the plow?
A) McCormick
B) John Deere
C) Whitney
D) Slater
Question 3
Who was Cyrus McCormick?
A) Thresher man
B) Plow maker
C) Reaper inventor
D) Seed seller
Question 4
What did cotton gin do?
A) Wove cloth
B) Dyed fabric
C) Shipped bales
D) Seeded fiber fast
Question 5
What was Commonwealth v. Hunt?
A) 1842 unions legal
B) Unions banned
C) Strikes jailed
D) Closed shops
Question 6
Who sewed first?
A) Singer
B) Elias Howe
C) Wilson
D) Gibbs
Question 7
When did steam spread?
A) 1700s
B) 1900s
C) After 1840s
D) 1860s only
Question 8
Which term means "Lowell model mills"?
A) Slater called
B) the Lowell system
C) Whitney's other idea
D) the factory town
Question 9
Which of the following best defines the first telegraph line?
A) 1844 Washington-Baltimore
B) NY-Boston
C) Philly-Pittsburgh
D) Charleston-Savannah
Question 10
Provide the definition of the American System:
A) Free trade
B) Clay's banks tariffs roads
C) No banks
D) State only
Question 11
Which term means "Goodyear's process"?
A) Slater called
B) the Lowell system
C) vulcanized rubber
D) Whitney's other idea
Question 12
What best defines Whitney's other idea?
A) Assembly line
B) Steel alloy
C) Oil refining
D) Interchangeable parts
Question 13
Which of the following best defines nullification?
A) State voiding federal law
B) Court review
C) Veto
D) Amendment
Question 14
Which term means "1836 gold land rule"?
A) Slater called
B) Specie Circular
C) the Lowell system
D) Whitney's other idea
Question 15
What best defines the Lowell system?
A) Male foremen
B) Slave gangs
C) Mill girls boarding
D) Child only
Question 16
Which of the following best defines the Tariff of Abominations?
A) Low tariffs
B) No tariffs
C) Export bonus
D) 1828 high duties
Question 17
Which of the following best defines the market revolution?
A) Bought goods replace homemade
B) No change
C) Farm return
D) Craft revival
Question 18
Identify Charles Goodyear.
A) Tire seller
B) Rubber inventor
C) Oil baron
D) Rail king
Question 19
What best defines the sewing machine?
A) Whitney gin
B) Fulton boat
C) Howe and Singer 1840s
D) Morse code
Question 20
What best defines the Force Bill?
A) Tax cut
B) Road fund
C) Bank charter
D) 1833 enforcement power

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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