8th grade · Social Studies · Unit 9 of 9
Industrial America
Big business, cities and workers
What your child practices
Industry, railroads and inventors after the Civil War, big business and monopolies, new immigrants and growing cities, child labor and unions, farmers' movements, and federal Indian policy on the Plains.
California Content Standards learning standard: 8.12.1; 8.12.2; 8.12.3; 8.12.4; 8.12.5; 8.12.6; 8.12.7; 8.12.8; 8.12.9 · the transformation of the economy after the Civil War: industry, federal Indian policy, business, immigration and cities, labor, farmers' movements and inventors
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Henry Ford's moving assembly line made cars…
- only for kings
- faster and cheaper to build
- more expensive
- by hand one at a time
faster and cheaper to build
Hint: The Model T sold millions.
Question 2
Tariffs helped American industry by…
- ending trade between states
- banning all factories
- making imported goods more expensive
- lowering prices on imports
making imported goods more expensive
Hint: Higher prices on imports helped US makers.
Question 3
Samuel Gompers led the…
- Red Cross
- Sierra Club
- Grange
- American Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Hint: It united skilled workers.
Question 4
Tenements were…
- large farms
- railroad cars
- factories
- crowded, unsafe apartment buildings
crowded, unsafe apartment buildings
Hint: Many immigrant families lived in them.
Question 5
The Wright brothers made the first powered airplane flight in…
- 1869
- 1776
- 1903
- 1849
1903
Hint: They flew at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Question 6
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 led to…
- lower wages
- the end of unions
- more child labor
- new workplace safety laws
new workplace safety laws
Hint: Locked doors trapped workers.