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Andrew Carnegie brought a new process to the US called the _________________, that could convert iron into steel to be more rapidly produced for less money.
A.) Homestead Process
B.) Bessemer Process
B.) Bessemer Process
Which of the following 19th century innovations made it easier to build taller buildings?
A.) The invention of steel
B.) The invention of concrete
A.) The invention of steel
What was Henry Ford’s method to mass produce cars?
A.) The Bessemer Process
B.) The Assembly Line
B.) The Assembly Line
DD
How did machinery and new methods of mass production contribute to the Industrial Revolution?
a. Businesses used sharecropping to increase production of goods.
b. By creating products more quickly and cheaply.
b. By creating products more quickly and cheaply.
Who flew the first plane in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina?
a. Orville and Wilbur Wright
b. J.P. Morgan
a. Orville and Wilbur Wright
During the Industrial Revolution, _____________________ build a new mode of transportation that would change how people traveled around the world.
a. Thomas Edison
b. The Wright Brothers
b. The Wright Brothers
How did Orville and Wilbur Wright contribute to the rise of the United States as a world power?
a. They started the aircraft industry with their experiments in manned flight.
b. The aircraft industry was hardly a success.
a. They started the aircraft industry with their experiments in manned flight.
Samuel Morse invented the ___________; a way of carrying messages along wires through a language of dots and dashes known as the Morse Code.
a. Telegraph
b. Telephone
a. Telegraph
DD
A change from an agricultural and hand craft (made by hand) economy to one dominated by machine manufacturing.
a. Consumer
b. Industrial
c. Mass production
d. Agricultural
c. Mass production
How did the telephone affect American life?
a. It made it easier to communicate.
b. It made it harder to communicate.
a. It made it easier to communicate.
Immigrants came to the United States for all of the following reasons except:
a. Poverty and wars
b. Religious freedom
c. Job opportunities
d. To face discrimination
d. To face discrimination
Which invention improved by Thomas Edison most changed the way that factories operated in the late 19th century?
a. The refrigerator
b. The gramophone
c. The lightbulb
d. None of the above
c. The lightbulb
DD
An unfair, negative opinion about a group of people is called _______________.
a. Discrimination
b. Prejudice
c. Immigration
d. Diversity
b. Prejudice
_____________________ changed the way people communicated by creating the telephone.
a. Alexander Graham Bell
b. Thomas Edison
c. Andrew Carnegie
d. Samuel Morse
a. Alexander Graham Bell
DD
The term “melting pot” has been used to describe the United States because…
a. Of all the different cultures living here.
b. It looks like a giant pot to cook in.
c. People in the U.S. love to cook.
d. Steel melted in some cities.
a. Of all the different cultures living here.
Andrew Carnegie created a monopoly on what industry?
a. Steel
b. Coal
c. Oil
d. Meat packing
a. Steel
DD
John D. Rockefeller was able to create a monopoly on what industry?
a. Steel
b. Coal
c. Oil
d. Meat packing
c. Oil
What were the two major ports that most immigrants came in to the United States?
a. Charleston and Angel Island
b. Ellis Island and San Francisco
c. Ellis Island and Angel Island
c. Ellis Island and Angel Island
Most immigrants from Europe entered the United States through which immigration station?
a. Sullivan’s Island in Charleston
b. Angel Island in San Francisco
c. Immigration Island in Los Angeles
d. Ellis Island in New York
d. Ellis Island in New York
Immigrants arriving from China had to pass through which immigration station?
a. Sullivans Island in Charleston
b. Angel Island in San Francisco
c. Immigration Island in Los Angeles
d. Ellis Island in New York
b. Angel Island in San Francisco
Why did many immigrants face discrimination and prejudice in the United States?
a. They spoke languages other than English
b. They practiced different religions
c. They did not look the same as everyone else
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
DD
What is a tenement?
a. Someone who comes to live permanently in a foreign country
b. A building divided into small apartments
c. Unjust treatment by the government
d. A steamship bringing immigrants to America
b. A building divided into small apartments
Which of the following events caused America to declare war against Spain?
a. The US intercepted the Zimmerman Telegram.
b. The Lusitania was sunk by German U-boats
c. The USS Maine exploded off the coast of Cuba, and America blamed Spain.
d. None of the Above
c. The USS Maine exploded off the coast of Cuba, and America blamed Spain.
Which of these territories did the US gain after the Spanish-American War?
a. Guam, Philippines, Costa Rica
b. Philippines, Puerto Rico, Panama
c. Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines
d. Puerto Rico, Guam, Panama
c. Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines
DD
An exaggerated form of news reporting that manipulates readers emotions is called:
a. Yellow journalism
b. Imperialism
c. Alliance
d. Isolationism
a. Yellow journalism
DD
A period of time when strong counties take over weak countries is called:
a. Yellow journalism
b. Imperialism
c. Alliance
d. Isolationism
b. Imperialism
DD
How did the Spanish-American War change the role of the US in the world?
a. The US elected another President
b. The US was viewed as a world power
c. The US became active in international trade
d. None of the above
b. The US was viewed as a world power
Joseph Pulitzer and Randolph Hearst were considered to be ___________ because of their newspapers.
a. Trustworthy
b. Blue journalists
c. Yellow journalists
d. Untrustworthy
c. Yellow journalists
President McKinley sent the _____________ to Cuba
a. USS Alabama
b. USS Anchorage
c. USS Mississippi
d. USS Maine
d. USS Maine
The ________________ was a nickname given to the 1st United States Volunteer Calvary, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish-American War and the only one to see action.
a. Rough Riders
b. Rough Raiders
c. Round Riders
d. None of the above
a. Rough Riders