industrialization

What is the industrial revolution?

• disagreements between union and factory workers

• the violent takeover of factories by the workers

• method of producing goods by machine instead of by hand

• system of making goods in the home

A run down and overcrowded apartment house in a poor section of a city is called

• condominium

• garage

• slum

• tenement

Which invention extended the number of hours in a day the Americans could work and made cities safer?

• Bessemer process

• telegraph

• Refrigeration

• Electricity

Why did most immigrants come to the United States and settle in cities?

• Jobs were available in factories found in cities

• government aid programs required immigrants to settle in cities

• immigrants were not allowed to buy farmland

• They came from cities in Europe and wanted to live in cities in America

What situation was a direct result of the industrialization of the United States?

• Labor unions successfully used strikes

• Technology created more hand made goods

• An expanding job market created a need for immigrant labor

• The population shifted to the countryside

From 1865 to 1900 how did the growth of industry affect American society?

• The number of Americans living in urban areas increased

• Populations shifted from the Northeast to the South

• Immigration was restricted

• Farms disappeared

A significant contribution to the industrialization of the United States was Henry Ford’s development of

• The Assembly line

• The first holding company

• Electric-powered vehicles

• A new process for making steel

What was the most significant economic impact of the transcontinental railroads during the late 1800s?

• eliminating overseas trade with Europe

• expanding trade across the nation

• decreasing the influence of big business

• the rapid rebuilding of the South after the Civil War

An increase in the number of factories in the mid-1800s led to

• increased dependence on products made in homes

• an increase in urbanization

• a decrease in levels of water and air pollution

• a reduction in immigration from Europe

Mass production is a term that can best be defined as the

• number of hours employees are required to work

• manufacture of large quantities of a product quickly and cheaply

• profit made by a large business or corporation

• formation of a business monopoly