Social Reform review

What was the main reason women worked in factories?

• it was their religious duty

• factories paid really well and would be an easy job

• they wanted economic freedom

• their husbands forced them into it

To make products, factories required all of the except....?

• close proximity to markets

• workers to run machines

• water to power machines

• a source of power

Steam power, more railroads, a free-market economy, and mass production led to a decrease in...

• the cost of goods

• the wages of workers

• more labor unions

• leisure time leisure time

The factory system changed working conditions for Americans in all of the following ways except

• Factory workers earned either daily or weekly wages.

• Workers and machinery were in one place to produce goods.

• Workers didn't have set health violations

• Workers didn't have set working hours

All of the following contributed to start of the Industrial Revolution in the US EXCEPT

• demand for manufactured good to meet a growing population.

• Samuel Slater emigrating from England and opening a mill.

• The need for American manufacturing during the War of 1812.

• A mass migration to the west on the Oregon Trail. A mass migration to the west on the Oregon Trail.

Which of the following was a result of the Second Great Awakening of the 1820s?

• Immigration limits were placed on foreigners. Immigration limits were placed on foreigners.

• The Temperance movement banned the sale of alcohol.

• Women were granted the right to vote by the 1830s.

• Mentally ill people were placed in prisons.

Why did Horace Mann feel that reforming the American educational system was important?

• It would help people in the fight for gender equality.

• It would help in the fight to end slavery.

• It would help people become better Christians.

• It would help people attain better jobs. It would help people attain better jobs.

The Second Great Awakening put an emphasis on the power of ...

• free will

• transcendentalism

• predestination

• nativism

Due to the efforts of the women’s movement, in which area did women make the most gains?

• education

• voting rights

• legal rights

• own property

Who brought the Industrial Revolution over from England?

• Eli Whitney

• Thomas Paine

• Samuel Slater

• John Deere