8th Grade SS - Topic 12 Quiz

A manufacturing system in which each worker performs an assigned task again and again is known as an

• suburb

• tenement

• assembly line

• muckraker

A _________ is an apartment building in a slum.

• tenement

• suburb

• ghetto

• townhouse

A crowded and dangerous urban garment factory is known as a

• tenement

• sweatshop

• suburb

• conservation

_____________ was a social worker who co-founded Hull House.

• Samuel Gompers

• Jane Addams

• Andrew Carnegie

• Upton Sinclair

To become part of the larger culture means to

• monopoly

• assemble

• conserve

• assimilate

was the leader of the American Federation of Labor.

• Andrew Carnegie

• Henry Ford

• Samuel Gompers

• Jane Addams

An investigative reporter who exposed corruption in business is called a

• yellow journalist

• muckraker

• railroad baron

• news reporter

The author of The Jungle, _____________, described conditions in Chicago’s meatpacking plants.

• Upton Sinclair

• Samuel Gompers

• Henry Ford

• Thomas Edison

The protection and preservation of natural resources is known as

• monopoly

• standard gauge

• conservation

• liberal

A ________ is a residential area outside a city center.

• neighborhood

• ghetto

• trailer park

• suburb