Industrialization Unit Test Review

How did Thomas Edison’s improvement of the incandescent light bulb promote economic growth?

• Electricity provided a new way of powering manufacturing plants.

• Electric lines were strung in cities and towns allowing factories to be built anywhere.

• It made it possible to light factories and homes more safely.

• All of the above

What was a cause and effect of big businesses?

• population growth

• monopolies

• trusts

• farm growth

Which best describes the living conditions of most immigrants during the Industrial Revolution? 

• Most immigrants lived in rural areas with few other people around
• Most immigrants lived in cities in extremely crowded buildings
• Most immigrants lived in single-family homes
• Most immigrants lived in homeless shelters year-round

Which best describes the working conditions of most immigrants during the Industrial Revolution? 

• Most immigrants worked long hours in low-paying industrial jobs
• Most immigrants worked as farmers in rural areas
• Most immigrants worked as bookkeepers or other professional jobs
• Most immigrants worked as tailors or other skilled jobs

What is a push factor for immigration?

• land availability for farming

• new factories being built

• job availability in another country

• crop failures in their home country

What is a pull factor for immigration?

• lack of food in their own country

• their government offering free land available for farming

• new factories being built in their city

• job availability in another country

Which of the following best describes waves of immigration?

• Asian immigrants were the last to migrate to America.

• Immigrants from different countries came to America at different times.

• Immigrants from Europe all arrived in the United States during the same time.

• Eastern Europeans and Southern Europeans arrived in the United States before other immigrants from Europe.

Immigrants from Asia entered through which immigration center?

• Elis Island

• Angel Island

What continent were most immigrants from that came through Angel Island?

• Asia

• Europe

• Africa

• South America

Which immigration station processed immigrants within hours?

• Angel Island

• Ellis Island