Unit 7 (STAAR)

Front

Which sentence best completes this diagram?

• Cities grew rapidly
• Demand for artisans increased
• Farms experienced a shortage of labor
• Government regulation of factories increased

Back

Cities grew rapidly

Front

What impact did this innovation have on daily life?

Back

It became a major method of long-distance communication for many years.

Front

The economic growth demonstrated by this recruitment letter was primarily a result of-
Options:
- the passage of strict federal labor laws
- the abolition of the slave trade
- the expansion of the cottage industry system
- the new production methods of industrialization

Back

the new production methods of industrialization

Front

How did the growth of the railway system during the nineteenth century affect the U.S. economy?

Back

By helping expand the commercial markets of U.S. companies

Front

The statistics in this table illustrate population changes associated with-

Back

the rise of industrialism in the United States

Front

Which change occurred as a direct result of these developments?

Back

The expansion of slavery into newly acquired territories

Front

Irish and Chinese immigrants are best remembered for performing which type of labor during the late nineteenth century?

Back

building railroads in western territories

Front

The reform efforts of Dorothea Dix during the mid-nineteenth century led to-

Back

improved facilities for the mentally ill and disabled

Front

This leader inspired followers of the abolitionist movement by -

Back

publishing the anti-slavery newspaper The North Star

Front

The development of the factory system in the early 1800s caused-

Back

an increase in production levels