Immigration and Industrialization

One pull factor for ____ immigrants was the 1848 discovery of gold in California.

• Irish

• German

• Chinese

• Spanish

The invention of the _______ increased the profitability of slavery.

• Cotton Gin

• Power Loom

• Steam Engine

• Telegraph

Improved production methods and increased competition were both a result of

• a flood of immigration.

• expansion of the plantation system in the South

• religious revival.

• advancements in industrial technologies.

Of these laws, which one, passed in 1862, was most likely passed to promote settlement of the West?

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• The Pacific Railway Act

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Judiciary Act

What defined the Industrial Revolution in the U.S. was the fact that goods were being made in ___, and no longer in homes.

• plantations.

• factories.

• schools.

• churches.

One push factor for ___ immigrants to America in the 1840s-1850s was that the failure of a major crop caused a massive famine.

• Irish

• German

• Chinese

• Spanish

The cost of travelling and shipping goods decreased (dropped) because of the invention of the

• Cotton Gin

• Steamboat

• Telegraph

• Steel Plow

Efficient mass-production of goods was a result of the __ system.

• Lowell

• American

• Factory

• Plantation

One result of the factory system is an increase (rise) in

• production levels.

• slavery.

• the price to make goods.

• alcohol use.

Which of the following was NOT a result of industrialization?

• Price of consumer goods decreased.

• Agriculture became more mechanized.

• Job opportunities in cities increased.

• The use of slaves decreased.