Industrial Revolution

Which of the following would be a correct description of what life was like in urban areas during the Industrial Revolution?

• majority of the people were wealthy

• most people in urban areas lived in nice houses

• most people lived in poverty, and cities were overcrowded & dirty

• city streets were well maintained, and the unemployment rate was low

Which of the options below would correctly describe the working conditions during the Industrial Revolution?

• long hours & low wages

• child labor

• often unsafe working conditions

• All of the above

Which of the following was a direct result of immigration during the Industrial Revolution?

• Overcrowded Rural areas

• Overcrowded Cities

• Decreased Nativism

• Improved working conditions

Before the Industrial Revolution all products were created by

• Factories

• Slaves

• Hand

• Royalty

What is the movement from rural to urban areas called?

• Moving

• Inflatioin

• colonization

• urbanization

Mass production means:

• Products being made with more superior in quality

• goods being made in large quantities

• laborers received higher wages

• industries moved to rural areas

What are the run-down "apartments" that many people in large cities lived in called?

• tenant farms

• apartments

• tenements

• public housing

Which word best describes the method of mass production in which a worker is responsible for one small task to be repeated over and over.

• Dis-assembly line

• labor union

• assembly line

• monopoly

Which thesis (big idea) statement is supported by the graph above?

• In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the population distribution shifted as the urban population began to increase more dramatically than the rural population.

• Most immigrants to the United States in the late 19th century settled in rural areas.

• By the early 20th century, the population of cities grew while the population in rural areas declined.

• The population center of the United States moved westward in the late 19th and early 20th

  centuries.

During the period from 1880 to 1920, the majority of immigrants to the United States settled in urban areas in the North. What was the primary reason for this trend?

• Most immigrants had lived in cities in their native countries.

• Labor unions gave financial help to immigrants willing to work in the factories.

• The Populist Party was successful in preventing immigrants from buying farmland.

• Rapid industrialization created many job opportunities.