YISD MS SS 8th Industrialization STAAR Released Part 1

Which factor encouraged more immigrants to settle in northern states that southern states during the mid-nineteenth century?

• Northern states had lower population densities.

• Citizenship requirements in southern states were not as strict.

• Southern states had smaller industrial sectors.

• Governments in northern states were less corrupt.

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*Blasting tunnels through mountains

*Building bridges across rivers

*Leveling hills and filling hollows

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The environmental modifications were made in order to construct-

• permanent housing

• canals that linked the Midwest to the Northeast

• a transcontinental railroad

• a harbor on the Mississippi River

This list describes the nineteenth-century experience of immigrants from-

• Italy

• China

• Germany

• Japan

Which of these best completes the diagram above?

• The demand for slaves increases in the South.

• More textile factories are established in the South.

• The number of European immigrants arriving at southern port cities increases.

• More tobacco and food crops are cultivated on southern plantations.

How did the plantation system influence the economic development of the United States?

• It prevented the development of industry in the Northeast.

• It turned the South into a major producer of the cotton used in northern mills.

• It restricted agricultural expansion in the western territories.

• It increased federal dependency on tariffs for revenue.

What was one result of these regional differences?

• Cities in the South emerged as centers for textile mills.

• Immigrants settled in the Midwest to establish small farms.

• Slavery increased in the Northeast as industrialization expanded.

• Plantation systems in the South were replaced by large businesses.

One trend shown in this table was the-

• expansion of available labor

• creation of specialized trade guilds

• decreased in educational opportunities for women

• increase in production costs for manufacturers

Which factor accounts for this trend?

• The Second Great Awakening motivated people to join reform movements.

• Manifest Destiny inspired many people to become homesteaders.

• Jacksonian Democracy allowed more people to vote in elections.

• The Industrial Revolution encouraged people to pursue jobs in the cities.

Which factor best completes this diagram?

• New transportation systems

• Increased government regulation

• A decline in agricultural production

• The growth of labor unions

How did the development of the factory system encourage urbanization?

• Manufacturers produced goods to export overseas.

• Labor unions were formed to protect mill workers.

• Workers moved closer to manufacturing centers.

• Industrialists invested in cotton plantations.