Westward Expansion / Industrialization

Many immigrants moved to the North because --

• There were more factories to get jobs in.

• There were more immigrants than there were native-born people.

• Northerners were nicer than Southerners.

• The South restricted immigration.

New York City became a center of business and trade after what was built?

• Suez Canal

• Erie Canal

• Brooklyn Bridge

• Empire State Building

As industry grew in the North, so did --

• cities

• farms

• families

• the federal government

What product was first made using machines in factories?

• Steel
• textiles
• locomotives
• flying shuttles

What are identical components that can be used in place of each other?

• Interchangeable parts
• Factories
• Dynamos
• Assembly Lines

Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?

• Low wages
• Safe working conditions
• Dangerous working conditions
• Widespread pollution

A place where people and machines join together to mass produce goods.

• Cartel
• Corporation
• Factory
• Urbanization

Mass production led to:

• Products being more superior in quality
• goods became less expensive
• laborers received higher wages
• industries moved to rural areas

Before the Industrial Revolution all products were created by

• Factories
• Hand
• Slaves
• Royalty

What is the movement from rural to urban areas called?

• Moving
• colonization
• inflation
• urbanization