Industrial Revolution in the US

Q. Who invented the telegraph?

1. Samuel Morse
2. Samuel Crompton
3. James Watt
4. John Kay

Q. When is the International Workers' Day celebrated?

1. April 1
2. June 1
3. May 1
4. July 1

Q. Clermont, a steamboat invented by Robert Fulton, sailed from New York to .

1. Albany
2. Buffalo
3. Ithaca
4. Yonkers

Q. Who is the father of the American Industrial Revolution?

1. Richard Arkwright
2. Thomas Alva Edison
3. Samuel Slater
4. Abraham Darby

Q. Write a short note on the impact of the Industrial Revolution.

Q. When was the first transcontinental railroad completed?

1. 1865
2. 1869
3. 1896
4. 1856

Q. The Haymarket massacre took place in ____ in the year____.

1. Chicago, 1868
2. Chicago, 1886
3. Boston, 1886
4. Boston, 1898

Q. In which year was the First Transcontinental Railroad, originally known as the 'Pacific Railroad', completed in the US?

1. 1863
2. 1865
3. 1867
4. 1869

Q. Which of these represented workers and fought for their rights and better living conditions during the Industrial Revolution in the US?

1. Cooperations
2. Non-governmental organisations
3. Labour unions
4. Political parties

Q. Who established the steamboat service on the Hudson River?

1. Robert Fulton
2. Samuel Morse
3. Elias Howe
4. Thomas Edison

Q. Robert Fulton established the steamboat service on which of these rivers?

1. Mississippi River
2. Hudson River
3. Missouri River
4. Ohio River

Q. What was the reason for the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?

1. Wage cut in railroad industry
2. Bad working conditions
3. No employment to women in railroad
4. Unfair laws against the workers

Q. Which of the following statements regarding the 'Great Railroad Strike' is/are right?

A - It was a major strike that took place in the USA in 1875.
B - It began in West Virginia and spread to three other states.

1. A only
2. B only
3. Neither A nor B
4. Both A & B

Q. Who established the first steel mills in the USA for mass production?

1. Samuel Slater
2. John Kay
3. John Rockefeller
4. Andrew Carnegie

Q. 'X' was an apprentice to Jedediah Strutt, a partner of Richard Arkwright, in England where he gained a thorough knowledge of cotton manufacturing. He immigrated to the United States in 1789, attracted by the bounties offered there for workers skilled in the manufacturing of cotton. With his detailed knowledge of textile machinery, financial backing from the Rhode Island firm of Almy and Brown, and the assistance of skilled artisans, he constructed versions of Arkwright’s spinning and carding machinery and established the first successful cotton mill in the United States. Identify 'X'.

1. Andrew Jackson
2. Moses Brown
3. Samuel Slater
4. Samuel F. B. Morse

Q. List some of the problems faced by workers during industrial revolution.

Q. Which century is considered as the age of innovation and inventions in the USA?

1. 17th century
2. 18th century
3. 19th century
4. 16th century

Q. Which invention by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 completely changed the world of communication?

1. The telephone
2. The teleprompter
3. The telegraph
4. The television

Q. Andrew Jackson is hailed as the 'Father of the American Industrial Revolution'.

1. True
2. False