Industrialization and social Reform Test Review

a major characteristic of the early industrialism in the US prior to the Civil War was

• a population shifting to cities

• a decline in the cotton harvest

• a boom in oil and gas production

• a rapid system for manufacturing cars

One factor that contributed to the growth of slavery in the american South was -

• completion of the Transcontinental railroad

• demand for cotton in the Textile mills of the North

• development of cattle trials that linked Texas with railroads

• resistance to westward expansion by American Indian Groups

Fredrick Douglass contributed to the abolitionist reform movement by

• writing legislation that banned enslaving people

• informing others about his early life as a slave

• creating a secret rout for escaped enslaved people

• running for president as a member of the Abolitionparty

Which famous poet is described by the following:

I was part of the transition movement for transcendentalism

I wrote Leaves of Grass

I have been called the father of American Verse

• Emily Dickenson

• Walt Whitman

• Nathaniel Hawthorn

• Edgar Allen Poe

Susan B Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott were instrumental in working for women's rights by -

• Authoring a variety of publications

• leading working women on many strikes

• advocating for letter writing to political leaders

• directing several marches on Washington DC

A frequent subject of American art and transcendental literature in the 19th century America was -

• nature

• human flaws

• mythical heros

• technological progress

Many immigrants from Ireland tot he Urban centers of the northeastern US during the mid 19th century often found work in -

• farming and cattle ranching

• factories and municipal services

• retail sales at new department stores

• professional services such as medicine and law

One difference of economic development between North and South during the 19th c. was-

• the growth of the factory system in the North

• the support of international tariffs by the South

• the growth of ship-building industries in the South

• the decline of entrepreneurial innovations in the North

the development of a national market for goods and services within the United States was largely a result of -

• tariffs on manufactured goods

• government safety regulation

• improvements in transportation

• increased demand for cheap labor

Many women experienced economic opportunities during the 19th century because -

• many men left to fight in a foreign war for several years

• raw materials from farms were in high demand by industry

• factory jobs provided many women independence and wages

• a constitutional amendment recognized women's voting rights