Industrialization and reform era test review 2022 #2

What does Suffrage mean?

• The ability to endure pain.

• The right to have children.

• The right to own property.

• The right to vote.

What impact did the railroad have on the Native Americans?  

•  It made it easier for them to hunt by corralling the herds
• It gave them more useable land to settle and raise families.
•  It caused a war between the Native Americans and the Mexicans.
•  It severely depleted the herds that the Indians used for food, clothing, and tools.

What economic impact did the railroad construction ?  

•  It made it easier for them to hunt by corralling the herds
• It gave them more useable land to settle and raise families.
•  Price of agriculture good declined.

• tons of rock and debris was moved for construction through the mountain

Who invented the Cotton Gin?

• George Harrison

• Eli Whitney

• Thomas Singleton

• Matthew Pershing

What impact did the cotton gin have on slavery?

• it resulted in a decrease in the number of slaves

• it had little to no effect on slavery

• it made slave life easier

• it led to the exponential growth of slavery

Southerners liked the use of tariffs to raise money for roads and railroads.

• true

• false

How were women affected by the growth of textile industries?

• Women bought more textiles

• Young women moved to work in textile mills for economic opportunity

• Women gained the right to vote

• Women moved to the South to find jobs

How did technological advancements during the Industrial Revolution affect the North?

• Income distribution became more even.

• More workers moved to agricultural jobs from factory jobs.

• Population shifted from rural areas to cities.

• The level of wealth decreased.

How did the Transcontinental impact the natural environment?

• the trained ripped up the sod on the plains
• mining for coal, pollution, and blasting through mountains impacted the environment.
• mining for gold, building large trestles, and avalanches impacted the environment
• shipping crops East and fencing off farm land impacted the environment

Which immigrant group provided labor to build the transcontinental railroad and in the factories in the northeastern United States ?

• Irish

• Chinese

• French

• English