Unit 7 (STAAR)

Which sentence best completes this diagram?

• Cities grew rapidly

• Demand for artisans increased

• Farms experienced a shortage of labor

• Government regulation of factories increased

What impact did this innovation have on daily life?

• It increased the regional differences among various groups of people across the country.

• It became a major method of long-distance communication for many years.

• It allowed people to sign legal documents from across the country.

• It was the government's only method to negotiate with foreign leaders.

The economic growth demonstrated by this recruitment letter was primarily a result of-

• the passage of strict federal labor laws

• the abolition of the slave trade

• the expansion of the cottage industry system

• the new production methods of industrialization

How did the growth of the railway system during the nineteenth century affect the U.S. economy?

• By helping expand the commercial markets of U.S. companies

• By making it easier for people in rural areas to work in urban factories

• By helping strengthen the economic ties between U.S. and British companies

• By permitting faster communication between corporate leaders and their employees

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

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

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

The reform efforts of Dorothea Dix during the mid-nineteenth century led to-

• improved education for immigrant children

• the creation of worker safety regulations

• the expansion of suffrage for women

• improved facilities for the mentally ill and disabled

This leader inspired followers of the abolitionist movement by -

• writing Uncle Tom's Cabin

• publishing the anti-slavery newspaper The North Star

• organizing the underground Railroad

• becoming the first African American senator

The development of the factory system in the early 1800s caused-

• a decreased in free trade between nations

• an increase in government regulation of businesses

• an increase in production levels

• a decrease in immigration