US History Industrial Test 8

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

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

A) Seeded fiber fast

B) Wove cloth

C) Dyed fabric

D) Shipped bales

Question 2

What was Specie Circular?

A) Paper money

B) 1836 gold land rule

C) Free coinage

D) Bank holiday

Question 3

Who invented the steamboat?

A) Whitney

B) Slater

C) Robert Fulton

D) Evans

Question 4

What was Lowell Offering?

A) Union paper

B) Bank ledger

C) Farm almanac

D) Mill women's magazine

Question 5

Who worked Lowell mills?

A) Young farm women

B) Men only

C) Slaves

D) Immigrants only

Question 6

Who was Cyrus McCormick?

A) Thresher man

B) Reaper inventor

C) Plow maker

D) Seed seller

Question 7

Which invention was by Alexander Graham Bell?

A) Light bulb

B) Telegraph

C) Telephone

D) Radio

Question 8

Who proposed American System?

A) Jackson

B) Calhoun

C) Webster

D) Henry Clay

Question 9

Who built early railroads?

A) B&O 1828 onward

B) Union Pacific

C) Penn Central

D) Santa Fe

Question 10

Which person sent first telegraph message?

A) Tesla

B) Samuel Morse

C) Edison

D) Bell

Question 11

Which person dominated oil?

A) Carnegie

B) Astor

C) John D. Rockefeller

D) Vanderbilt

Question 12

What best defines Deere's plow?

A) Wooden hoe

B) Iron rake

C) Stone mill

D) Steel prairie plow

Question 13

What best defines Whitney's other idea?

A) Interchangeable parts

B) Assembly line

C) Steel alloy

D) Oil refining

Question 14

Which of these did steamboats change?

A) Ocean travel

B) Upstream trade

C) Rail speed

D) Road building

Question 15

Which of the following best defines laissez-faire?

A) No business

B) Government controls business

C) Government hands off business

D) Workers control business

Question 16

Which of these did the reaper do?

A) Planted corn

B) Ground wheat

C) Baled hay

D) Cut grain fast

Question 17

Name Charles Goodyear.

A) Rubber inventor

B) Tire seller

C) Oil baron

D) Rail king

Question 18

Which term means "Steelworkers vs. Carnegie"?

A) a trust

B) the Homestead Strike (1892)

C) the Bessemer Process

D) laissez-faire

Question 19

Which term means "Bought goods replace homemade"?

A) a trust

B) the Homestead Strike (1892)

C) the market revolution

D) the Bessemer Process

Question 20

What best defines the ten-hour push?

A) Longer days

B) No Sundays

C) Night shifts

D) Shorter day drive

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