Industrial Revolution and Immigration

How did the economy change during the Industrial Revolution?

• Native Americans became farmers instead of hunters.
• Plantations changed to sharecropping because of the 13th amendment.
• More people stopped farming (agriculture) and worked in factories (manufacturing).
• People stopped working in factories and became farmers.

Immigrants encountered resistance as they came to our country. What was this based on? 

• The immigrants did not want to become citizens.
• Immigrants caused overcrowding in rural areas.
• They continued their cultural practices here and didn't try to become like Americans.
• They built skyscrapers that took over farms and small businesses. 

What was the major effect of the invention of the telephone?

• It improved transportation throughout the U.S.
• It made communication better, faster, and easier. 
• It made it easier to light factories once the sun went down.
• It let to economic improvement for our country. 

What are the two types of technology?

• Equipment and light bulbs
• Equipment and new ideas
• New ideas and transportation
• The railroad and the telegraph 

Why was the Bessemer Process so important to the development of our country?

• It made it cheaper to travel back and forth across the U.S
• It made it easier to convert iron into steel; steel was needed for skyscrapers and railroad tracks.
• It made the assembly line a faster and better way of producing cars.
• It made it possible to purchase one part of a cow or pig instead of the entire thing. 

What is a monopoly? 

• A business that converts iron ore into steel. 
• A company that has no competition. 
• When more than one business tries to sell the same goods or service. 
• A business in which many people own shares. 

Lydia and her family are living on the street in Italy. They have very little food and her mother makes about 3 cents a day as a seamstress. 

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Marcos had heard that citizens in America can cast a vote to show who they want to be their leaders. 

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Maria's family lives in Italy and is forced to practice the Catholic religion even though that is not what they believe. 

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Elspeth and Samuel read the American newspaper and see advertisements for "Free Land!" 

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