Industrialization STAAR Questions

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During the early 1800s many young women in New England were employed outside their homes as?

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cloth weavers in textile mills.

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These innovations below in agriculture and industry resulted in?

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more efficient production of goods.

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Which factor accounts for this trend below? Options: The Second Great Awakening motivated people to join reform movements., Manifest Destiny inspired many people to become homesteaders., Jacksonian Democracy allowed more people to vote in elections., The Industrial Revolution encouraged people to pursue jobs in cities.

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The Industrial Revolution encouraged people to pursue jobs in cities.

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How did the development of the factory system encourage urbanization?

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Workers moved closer to manufacturing centers.

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After the War of 1812, thousands of settlers and immigrants moved to the western frontiers of the United States in search of farming and business opportunities. In response, the government began building roads. This transportation network was intended to?

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promote the free-enterprise system.

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Which type of economy is best described by these characteristics below? Options: Subsistence farming, Free enterprise, Mercantilism, Socialism.

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Free enterprise.

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Which of these occurred during early U.S. industrialization?
- Manufacturers instituted a five-day workweek.
- Labor laws required factories to provide a safe working environment.
- Workers were required to attend schools to develop technical skills.
- Production of goods transitioned from homes to factories.

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Production of goods transitioned from homes to factories.

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These developments below occurred as a result of increased —

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industrialization

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Effect of the Industrial Revolution on U.S. women in the early nineteenth century?

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Women seeking work migrated from rural communities to cities.

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Which sentence best completes this diagram? Options: Cities grew rapidly., Demand for artisans increased., Farms experienced a shortage of labor., Government regulation of factories increased.

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Cities grew rapidly.