AIR TEST: Study Cards

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What change did the U.S. experience as it went from an agrarian to an industrialized nation?

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Increased production and efficiency, lower prices, more goods, improved wages, and migration from rural to urban areas

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Why were corporations important to the emergence of industrialization?

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Corporations invested in new technologies and produced more goods quickly

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Which heavy industries helped to bring about the nation's transformation as an industrial power?

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Petroleum refining, steel manufacturing, and electrical power

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Demands of workers that led to labor organizing.

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Better wages, reasonable hours, and safer working conditions

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Describe the attitude of the federal government and business to the labor movement during this time period.

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The government and business had a laissez-faire policy towards the labor movement.

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Laissez-faire

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A system that opposes government regulation or interference in economic affairs

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What impact did urbanization have on the nation?

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Increased poverty, air pollution, congestion, and crime rates

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How did immigrants before 1880 differ from immigrants after 1880?

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Immigrants before 1880 came from northwestern Europe, while immigrants after 1880 came from southeastern Europe.

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What impact did the flood of immigrants from 1880-1920 have on the nation?

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Formation of ghettos and slums, overcrowding, and inadequate infrastructure

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What was the Great Migration?

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The movement of African Americans from rural areas in the South to urban areas in the North