Social Studies Chapter 6 Review

Inventions:A. caused everyone miseryB. saved time, money, and improved lifeC. hurt businessesD. did not really save time, money, and improve life

B. saved time, money, and improved life

Who invented the light bulb?A. Alexander G. BellB. Eli WhitneyC. Thomas EdisonD. Bill Gates

C. Thomas Edison

What is a monopoly?A. a board gameB. when companies sell their stock to investorsC. when companies have no competitionD. when companies go bankrupt

C. when companies have no competition

Which organization tried to help workers?A. NASAB. AFLC. NBAD. NFL

B. AFLThat is the American Federation of

Labor.

Who was the AFL’s famous leader?A. Samuel ClemensB. Madame WalkerC. Rutherford B. HayesD. Samuel Gompers

D. Samuel Gompers

Many factories in the 1800s were:A. using good safety practicesB. very unsafeC. paying high wagesD. working few hours

B. very unsafe

Which of these faced more prejudice in the 1800s?A. AsiansB. IrishC. ScottishD. Martian

A. Asians

Why did factories hire immigrants?A. Americans were too lazy to work.B. They demanded better pay.C. They demanded safer working conditions. D. They would work for less pay.

D. They would work for less pay.

Which is the most popular reason many Americans wanted to stop immigration?A. They thought immigrants spread many diseases.B. They thought immigrants weren’t very smart.C. They thought immigrants would take their jobs.D. They thought immigrants had scary customs.

C. They thought immigrants would take their jobs.

What is rapid transit system?A. an animal with a sicknessB. using a horseC. trains moving people around big citiesD. carriages going from town to town

C. trains moving people around big cities

Overcrowding caused:A. houses to be spread out in citiesB. areas of slumsC. people to be healthierD. more parks to be created

B. areas of slums

The Hull House:A. helped people new to the cityB. sold pancakes to the needyC. taught others how to plant cornD. helped get rid of immigrants

A. helped people new to the city

People who would point out ugly truths and injustices were known as:A. immigrantsB. leafrakersC. muckrakersD. soda crackers

C. muckraker

Anne Dallas Dudley was known for:A. fighting for women’s rightsB. her beauty productsC. naming Dallas, TexasD. housing immigrants new to her city

A. fighting for women’s rights

Why was the NAACP founded?A. help African American equalityB. help women’s suffrageC. to explore spaceD. to race fast cars

A. help African American equality

A corporation:A. has no competitionB. does not have shares for saleC. has shares for saleD. shares its profits with other organizations

C. has shares for sale

A strike is:A. when you hit the ball fairB. when you refuse to buy somethingC. when you charge the president with a crimeD. when you refuse to work

D. when you refuse to work

Progressives tried to:A. help the lives of citizens and workersB. keep things the way they had been for many yearsC. spread communismD. keep change from happening

A. help the lives of citizens and workers

Persecution is:A. giving handbags to those in need of themB. picking on groups of peopleC. pursuing someone escaping justiceD. taking someone’s life for a crime

B. picking on groups of people