1st Semester Exam American History Review

Assembly lines helped in speeding up production 

• True
• False

The period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial one

• Westward Movement
• Industrialization
• The Civil War
• The Civil Rights Movement

According to the graph, the manufacturing of products in the United States

• greatly increased from 1800 to 1900
• greatly decreased from the onset of the Civil War to 1900
• slowly decreased in 1800 and again in 1900
• slowly increased after 1880

Which statement best summarizes what US manufacturing had accomplished by 1900?

• US manufacturing had surpassed industrialized Britain, and the United States had become the world’s largest producer.
• US manufacturing had surpassed industrialized China, and the United States had become the world’s largest producer.
• US manufacturing had surpassed industrialized Russia, and the United States had become the world’s largest producer.
• US manufacturing had surpassed industrialized Latin American countries, and the United States had become the world’s largest producer.

What was one major effect of industrialization on American society?

• More people received free higher education
• More people received health care and benefits
• More people took up family farming
• More people moved to urban areas

Industrialization resulted in what changes to American society?

• economic growth and increased urbanization
• immigration and an increase in workers' benefits
• the growth of public education and urbanization
• increased opportunities for skilled workers and women's equality

Most of the jobs that were created as a result of the Industrial Revolution were located in which region?

• Southeast
• Midwest
• Northwest
• Northeast

What factor led many farmers, families, and young women to move to cities during the nineteenth century?

• the growing availability of factory jobs
• the constant fear of an influenza outbreak
• the declining interest in westward expansion
• the educational opportunities at free universities

Why did increasing feelings of nativism accompany the growth of urbanization and industrialization in nineteenth century America?

• Immigrants were crowding U.S. cities in search of jobs.
• American Indians were moving to rural areas in for farm lands.
• Pioneers were traveling to U.S. territories in pursuit of cheap land.
• African Americans were moving to northern states for factory work.

Mass production led to:

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