Industrial Revolution, Invention and Immigration

Methods of mass production contribute to the Industrial Revolution 

• by increasing products made by artisans
• by creating products more quickly and cheaply
• by making many products that were more expensive
• by allowing products to be made more slowly and carefully

Which term refers to new ideas about how to do something as well as the equipment needed to  do it?

• technology
• manufacturing
• industrial revolution
• capital

Which invention, improved by Thomas Edison, most changed the way that factories operated in  the late 19^th century? 

• airplane
• automobile 
• light bulb 
• telephone

How did Orville and Wilbur Wright contribute to the rise of the United States as a world power? 

• They developed a major corporation around the telephone.
• They created an electrical system to make light bulbs practical.
• .  They improved the assembly line and systems of mass production.
• They started the aircraft industry with their experiments in manned flight.

What allowed Henry Ford’s Model T to be sold for less than half the cost  of other cars? 

• the use of cheaper materials
• the use of an assembly line and mass production
• not following safety standards
• the fact that no two cars were exactly alike

Which of the following shows a hardship endured by immigrants after they arrived in America?

• riches were available to most immigrants                   
• many goods to choose from
• finding a suitable place to live
• religious freedom

Why did immigrants often live in communities with others from their home country? 

• It was illegal for them to live elsewhere.
• Housing was not available in other areas. 
• It helped to make adjusting to life in America easier. 
• There was no interest in building a new life in America.

How did the growth of Big Business affect immigration? 

• Big Business encouraged the government to continue an open immigration policy.
• Big Business built cleaner, safer factories in which immigrants could work.
• Big Business demanded that Congress limit the number of immigrants.
• Big Business offered higher wages to immigrant workers.  

How did the U.S. government significantly limit immigration from China?

• Chinese immigrants had to pass a test for US citizenship.
• Chinese immigrants had to work for several months on Angel Island.
• Chinese immigrants had to answer a series of difficult questions about US history.
• Chinese immigrants had to prove they had relatives already living in the United States.