CH. 12/13

Why were technical advances important to the growth of industrialization?

• Machines produced lower quality products.

• Machine operators purchased equipment to use at home.

• Machines sped up the production process.

• Machine mechanics earned enough wages to join the upper class.

Improved farm techniques and equipment most directly contributed to industrialization through ______.

• the diversity of products

• the growth of cities

• the increases in wages

• the waves of immigrants

The main type of factories in America in the 1800s were

• food processing factories

• textile factories

• automobile factories

• weapons factories

Which of the following statements best describes the United States at the end of the nineteenth century?

• The nation had shifted from an agricultural (farming), rural economy to an industrial urban one

• Americans did not want to expand to new lands anymore

• Development of railroads got many people to move to Canada

• Cities became much cleaner and safer to live in

Which statement best describes a result of industrialization in the United States during the

mid-nineteenth century?

• People moved to cities in search of economic opportunity.

• Farmers began to cultivate land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Native peoples were forcibly relocated to western territories.

• Government officials began to promote the idea of Manifest Destiny.

The Bessemer steel process affected westward expansion in the United States by enabling

• clipper ships to be built in order to transport passengers from the East Coast to the

  West Coast

• interstate canal systems to be built in order to transport agricultural goods from west

  to east

• Conestoga wagons to be built in order to carry people and goods to the West

• railroads to be built in order to carry people and goods to the West

What are standardized parts that can be used in place of each other?

• Interchangeable parts

• Factories

• Dynamos

• Assembly Lines

Before the Industrial Revolution, where were most goods manufactured in America?

• In homes

• In factories

• In Britain

• They weren't

The railroad, steamboat and canal system would be improvements in which area?

• communication

• transportation

• urbanization

• transformation

An assembly line was helpful in...

• boring workers in factories

• making more products for cheap

• organizing factories

• helping people find jobs