AH Ch. 14.2 People of the North

One consequence of the factory system was that ____.

• the range of goods produced decreased
• many workers were injured by machines
• working hours became shorter
• conditions for children improved

What did workers with the same skills form?

• plantations
• factories
  
• strikes
• trade unions
  

By 1840, what was the average workday for factory workers?

• 6.7 hours
• 8.0 hours
• 11.4 hours
• 16.2 hours

What caused the increase in Irish migration to the United States?

• famine
  
• free land
• labor unions
• prejudice

What problem did women face in the workplace?

• discrimination
• innovation
• literacy
  
• promotion

During the 1830s and 1840s, what were people called who were opposed to immigration?

• abolitionists
• nativists
• reservists
• yeomen

Some cities grew to be trade centers linking Midwest farmers with the Northeast because of ____.

• industrialization
• their location on waterways
• the start of trade unions
• the arrival of immigrants

From which country did the largest group of immigrants arrive into the United States between 1841 and 1860?

• Ireland

• Germany

• Great Britain

• Mexico

What changed the way workers divided tasks and how they worked together?

• industrialization

• strikes

• Manifest Destiny

• trade unions

The first African American newspaper was called

• Underground Railroad

• Morse Code

• Tom Thumb

• Freedom's Journal