Unit 1 Practice

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Which two natural resources were most important for the industrialization in the US?

• steel (iron) and oil

• water and gold

• cars and telephones

What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the late 1800s?

• cheap electric power

• the invention of the elevator

• fire safety standards

• new methods of making steel

All of the following were new uses for steel EXCEPT

• telephones

• railroads

• skyscapers

• bridges

The Transcontinental Railroad

• was built by Russian and Japanese immigrants

• was the first railroad built in the United States.

• linked the United States from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean.

• was not important in the expansion of the United States.

Which of the following contributed to the rapid growth of cities between 1820 and the 1860s?

• the rise of unions.

• the rise of industrialization.

• the demand for foreign products.

• the inequality between rich and poor.

The “new” immigrants who arrived in the late 19th century

• tended to settle in ethnic enclaves.

• wanted to travel to California to mine gold.

• were primarily fleeing famines in their homelands.

• established large farming communities.

One effect of “rural to urban” migration is

• growth in farming jobs.

• more government regulation of industries.

• increased population in cities.

• increasing immigration from other countries.

What is one reason cities became divided according to ethnicity?

• Transportation between parts of the city was poor

• New Immigrants clustered in groups to preserve their culture.

• Immigrants avoided living in multifamily housing in the city.

• Many rural Americans moved to the cities to find jobs.