Ch. 14.2 People of the North

One consequence of the factory system was that ____.

• the range of goods produced decreased
• many workers were injured by machines
• working hours became shorter
• conditions for children improved

What did workers with the same skills form?

• plantations
• factories
  
• strikes
• trade unions
  

Why did factories hire children during the early 1800s?

• Children were easily trained.
• Children could be paid less.
• Children did not attend school in the 1800s.
  
• Children were less prone to accidents.

By 1840, what was the average workday for factory workers?

• 6.7 hours
• 8.0 hours
• 11.4 hours
• 16.2 hours

What did industrial workers stage in order to put pressure on employers to change unsafe working conditions, long hours, and low pay?

• discrimination
• prejudice
• strikes
• trade unions

What caused the increase in Irish migration to the United States?

• famine
  
• free land
• labor unions
• prejudice

What problem did women face in the workplace?

• discrimination
• innovation
• literacy
  
• promotion

During the 1830s and 1840s, what were people called who were opposed to immigration?

• abolitionists
• nativists
• reservists
• yeomen

Some cities grew to be trade centers linking Midwest farmers with the Northeast because of ____.

• industrialization
• their location on waterways
• the start of trade unions
• the arrival of immigrants

From which country did the largest group of immigrants arrive into the United States between 1841 and 1860?

• Ireland

• Germany

• Great Britain

• Mexico