Industrial Revolution

Movement of people from rural areas to cities

• Americanization

• Urbanization

• Immigration

• Populism

Which benefit resulted from the introduction of the Bessemer steel process?

• Mechanical reapers to replace horse-drawn reapers

• Stronger and cheaper material for railroads and bridges

• Transistors for radios

• Electric lightbulb

Rise of factory production in the late 1800s, Long hours, low wages, dangerous working conditions led to -

• Ratification of a suffrage amendment

• Expansion of labor unions

• Passage of prohibition legislation

• Building of the transcontinental railroad

What is the best title for this list? • Built sod houses • Used steel plows • Developed dry farming techniques

• How Sharecroppers Lived in the Deep South

• Ways Migrant Workers Lived in the Southwest

• How Miners Took Advantage of Gold Rush Opportunities

• Ways Settlers Adapted to Conditions on the Great Plains

Which factor prompted the Americanization movement of the early twentieth century?

• The increasing numbers of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe

• The strengthening of Jim Crow laws in the southern United States

• The rising tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union

• The growing concern about environmental issues in the western United States

How did the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad contribute to the settlement of the West?

• By providing people with access to essential goods

• By raising money to build factories along the routes

• By giving funds to local leaders to build schools

• By establishing military forts along the routes

Which application of a new technology can be attributed to an invention of Thomas Edison?

• Refrigerated railroad cars allowed food to be transported long distances.

• Light bulbs made it efficient for factory workers to work at night.

• Diesel engines were used in the production of airplanes.

• Sonar technology was used to track submarines.

The Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor developed in response to the —

• increased need to protect worker interests

• decreased power of political machines

• increased demand for skilled workers

• decreased profitability of the agricultural sector

What was the main reason given for the creation of this restriction? Absolute 10-year moratorium on Chinese labor immigration.

• Preventing the depletion of natural resources

• Discouraging anti-American activism

• Reducing competition for U.S. jobs

• Addressing a lack of urban housing

To present new concepts or ideas, To introduce new technology, To organize and manage an enterprise with some personal risk best describes what?

• Goals of the Federal Reserve

• Roles of Entrepreneurs

• Objectives of Trade Union Leaders

• Responsibilities of Business Professors