Reading 1 ITP

Reading 1 ITP

Multiple Choice

What aspect of the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries does the passage mainly discuss?

• Why young women chose to move from farms to cities

• The number and types of manufacturing jobs created in cities

• Changes in settlement patterns between farms and cities

• The effects of mechanization on western migration

Multiple Choice

The word “expansion” in line 1 is closest in meaning to

• change

• growth

• population

• labor

Multiple Choice

The word “abandoned” in line 3 is closest in meaning to

• left behind

• sold

• gave away

• gradually reduced the size of

Multiple Choice

Why does the author discuss “prosperity” in line 3 ?

• To indicate that more than one factor contributed to the movement from rural to urban settlement

• To support the idea that many families were able to stop farming and migrate to the cities

• To suggest that the migration would have happened despite the economic situation

• To argue against economics as the primary factor in migration

Multiple Choice

According to the first paragraph, in the late 1800s, farmland was most likely to be purchased by

• city businessmen seeking new investments

• successful landowners who had mechanized farms

• young farm men starting to work

• people who had few opportunities in cities

Multiple Choice

The word “inevitably” in line 10 is closest in meaning to

• unexpectedly

• usually

• unavoidably

• possibly

Multiple Choice

The phrase “this trend” in line 12 refers to

• industrial workers becoming farmers

• the economic development of the countryside

• the loss of rural population

• innovations in manufacturing

Multiple Choice

According to the first paragraph, which of the following is true about the population of the United States after the 1880s?

• Fewer people lived on farms

• The central part of the United States lost much of its population to rural areas in the West.

• Rural areas of the West became more populated than those in the central part of the country.

• Work opportunities in urban areas began to decline.

Multiple Choice

According to the second paragraph, how did migration among young women in the rural West differ from that of young men?

• Young women were more likely to leave rural areas to go to urban areas

• Young women were more likely to take jobs on farms.

• Young women who migrated generally had more education.

• Young women generally moved more frequently from one rural area to another.

Multiple Choice

The word “constricted” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to

• unappealing

• reduced

• low-paying

• disappearing