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Grade 8 Industrialization
An early slogan of labor reformers was
  1. Work hard, work long, and our reward will be more of the good life.
  2. Eight hours for work, eight hours for sleep, and eight hours for God and the brethren.
  3. All for the factory, all for the boss, all for the success of American business.
  4. Right and proper, right and good, our betters know what is best for us.
Grade 8 Industrialization
In what way was Lowell, Massachusetts, a model factory town?
  1. Factories in Lowell were the first to appear in the United States.
  2. Factories in Lowell were the first to employ young children.
  3. Factory workers were provided with decent housing and other facilities.
  4. The factory owners shortened the employees' workday.
Grade 8 Industrialization

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The practice of giving large sums of money back to the community is called                .
  1. anthropology
  2. paybacks
  3. philosophy
  4. philanthropy
Grade 8 Industrialization
The workers at Lowell, Massachusetts, were mostly
  1. women
  2. inventors
  3. German immigrants
  4. enslaved African Americans
Grade 8 Industrialization
A skyscraper is:
  1. an electronic sawing device
  2. a very tall building of many stories
  3. an airplane that flys low
Grade 8 Industrialization

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How did the Industrial Revolution change the way of life in America?
  1. People grew more crops.
  2. Horses and mules became obsolete.
  3. Women stayed at home more.
  4. Most people moved from farms to urban areas to work.
Grade 8 Industrialization
Which of the following were all cotton-producing states?
  1. New York, New Jersey, Maine, Ohio
  2. Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana
  3. Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Connecticut
  4. Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Vermont
Grade 8 Industrialization
The Transportation Revolution of the 1800s...
  1. included the development of a web of turnpikes, canals, steamboats, and railroads.
  2. provided a great economic boost to the entire country.
  3. created an expansion of business opportunities throughout the nation.
  4. all of the above.
Grade 8 Industrialization
The term mass production is best defined as the
  1. rapid manufacture of a large number of identical objects.
  2. ability to carefully produce intricate objects one at a time.
  3. tendency to create poor quality goods because of high demand.
  4. practice of making only products that would have many buyers.
Grade 8 Industrialization
Who invented electric power?
  1. Samuel Morse
  2. Thomas Edison
  3. Alexander Graham Bell
  4. Andrew Carnegie
Grade 8 Industrialization
The Erie Canal was built to link
  1. Lake Erie to New York City.
  2. Lake Erie to New Jersey.
  3. Lake Erie to Lake Michigan.
  4. Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River.
Grade 8 Industrialization

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An early slogan of labor reformers was
  1. Work hard, work long, and our reward will be more of the good life.
  2. Eight hours for work, eight hours for sleep, and eight hours for God and the brethren.
  3. All for the factory, all for the boss, all for the success of American business.
  4. Right and proper, right and good, our betters know what is best for us.
Grade 8 Industrialization
Besides the cotton gin, which of the following items did Eli Whitney also invent?
  1. interchangeable parts
  2. telegraph
  3. steam engine
  4. musket
Grade 8 Industrialization
Wilson's battle cry during the Election of 1912 was
  1. "New Nationalism"
  2. "New Deal"
  3. "New Constitution"
  4. "New Freedom"
Grade 8 Industrialization

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The term                 is used to describe the progression of groups of people moving from farms to cities.
  1. urbanization
  2. missionary
  3. patriotism
Grade 8 Industrialization
Who might have complained about competition with the railroads?
  1. factory owners
  2. telegraph users
  3. canal investors
  4. western farmers
Grade 8 Industrialization
What was the system developed for transmitting communication by wire called.
  1. Morse Code
  2. Pony Express
  3. telegraph
Grade 8 Industrialization
Which invention improved travel by water in the early 1800s?
  1. steamboat
  2. turnpike
  3. spinning jenny
  4. water frame
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