1. Social Studies Chapter 6 Review

2. Inventions: A. caused everyone misery B. saved time, money, and improved life C. hurt businesses D. did not really save time, money, and improve life

3. B. saved time, money, and improved life

4. Who invented the light bulb? A. Alexander G. Bell B. Eli Whitney C. Thomas Edison D. Bill Gates

5. C. Thomas Edison

6. What is a monopoly? A. a board game B. when companies sell their stock to investors C. when companies have no competition D. when companies go bankrupt

7. C. when companies have no competition

8. Which organization tried to help workers? A. NASA B. AFL C. NBA D. NFL

9. B. AFL That is the American Federation of Labor.

10. Who was the AFL’s famous leader? A. Samuel Clemens B. Madame Walker C. Rutherford B. Hayes D. Samuel Gompers

11. D. Samuel Gompers

12. Many factories in the 1800s were: A. using good safety practices B. very unsafe C. paying high wages D. working few hours

13. B. very unsafe

14. Which of these faced more prejudice in the 1800s? A. Asians B. Irish C. Scottish D. Martian

15. A. Asians

16. 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.

17. D. They would work for less pay.

18. 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.

19. C. They thought immigrants would take their jobs.

20. What is rapid transit system? A. an animal with a sickness B. using a horse C. trains moving people around big cities D. carriages going from town to town

21. C. trains moving people around big cities

22. Overcrowding caused: A. houses to be spread out in cities B. areas of slums C. people to be healthier D. more parks to be created

23. B. areas of slums

24. The Hull House: A. helped people new to the city B. sold pancakes to the needy C. taught others how to plant corn D. helped get rid of immigrants

25. A. helped people new to the city

26. People who would point out ugly truths and injustices were known as: A. immigrants B. leafrakers C. muckrakers D. soda crackers

27. C. muckraker

28. Anne Dallas Dudley was known for: A. fighting for women’s rights B. her beauty products C. naming Dallas, Texas D. housing immigrants new to her city

29. A. fighting for women’s rights

30. Why was the NAACP founded? A. help African American equality B. help women’s suffrage C. to explore space D. to race fast cars

31. A. help African American equality

32. A corporation: A. has no competition B. does not have shares for sale C. has shares for sale D. shares its profits with other organizations

33. C. has shares for sale

34. A strike is: A. when you hit the ball fair B. when you refuse to buy something C. when you charge the president with a crime D. when you refuse to work

35. D. when you refuse to work

36. Progressives tried to: A. help the lives of citizens and workers B. keep things the way they had been for many years C. spread communism D. keep change from happening

37. A. help the lives of citizens and workers

38. Persecution is: A. giving handbags to those in need of them B. picking on groups of people C. pursuing someone escaping justice D. taking someone’s life for a crime

39. B. picking on groups of people