STAAR Questions: Industrialization and Urbanization.

These environmental modifications were made in order to construct? 

• permanent housing for immigrants in urban areas.
• canals that linked the Midwest to the Northeast.
• a transcontinental railroad.
•  harbor on the Mississippi River.

This list below describes the nineteenth-century experiences of immigrants from?

• Italy
• China
• Germany
• Japan 

How did Samuel Morse’s best-known innovation contribute to U.S. growth and development?

• It enabled instantaneous long-distance transmission of information. 
• It allowed manufactured goods to be produced at lower costs.
• It boosted the speed of cross-country mail delivery.
• It increased national unity by reducing sectional differences.

The growth of railroads during the nineteenth century affected U.S. businesses by? 

• discouraging Congress from instituting tariffs.
• increasing the cost of raw materials.
• decreasing the wages of unskilled workers.
• opening new markets for goods.

These innovations below in agriculture and industry resulted in?

• higher consumer costs.
• decreased profits for investors.
• less consumer choice.
• more efficient production of goods.

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.

Which factor accounts for this trend below?  

• 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 cities. 

Which factor best completes this diagram below?

• 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.

Which type of economy is best described by these characteristics below?

• Subsistence farming.
• Free enterprise.
• Mercantilism.
• Socialism.