8th Grade U.S. History STAAR Review: Industrialization

Which diagram correctly compares two regions of the United States during the mid-nineteenth century?

• 
• 
• 
• 

Which factor encouraged more immigrants to settle in northern states that southern states during the mid

• 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

The statistics in this table illustrate population changes associated with --

• the rise of industrialism in the United States

• the establishment of a federal income tax

• a prolonged food shortage in the United States

• a lengthy war over disputed territory

The completion fo the Erie Canal played a key role in which development?

• New York City becoming a vital commercial center with the country's busiest seaport

• New Orleans becoming a leader in manufacturing and overseas trade

• Washington, D.C., becoming the cultural and political center of the nation

• Boston becoming one of the country's largest transportation hubs.

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

• a harbor on the Mississippi River

Irish and Chinese immigrants are best remembered for performing which type of labor during the late nineteenth century?

• Building dams in the midwestern states

• Digging canals across northern states

• Building railroads in western territories

• Constructing bridges in southern states

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

• Italy

• China

• Germany

• Japan

Which change occurred as a direct result of these developments?

• A reduction in the number of skilled workers in northern states

• The expansion of manufacturing into the western territories

• A reduction in trade with European countries

• The expansion of slavery into newly acquired territories

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