industrialization quiz

A period of time when products go from home-made to machine made in factories.

• agricutlure

• industrialization

• mathamatics

• environmentalism

Why were railroads so important during this time?

• they moved goods more quickly and less expensively over greater distances
• they were fun to ride on to go visit family in other states
• people could ride on railroads to get to their jobs in another city

The economy of the north was based on ___________.

• manufacturing
• agriculture
• capitalism
• tourism

What phrase is used to describe America?

• blended
• melting pot
• adventurous
• lucky

Nativists believed ..

• Immigrants threatened the American way of Life and Democracy.

• White Protestants were superior to other immigrant groups.

• Immigrants stole jobs from natives.

• All of the above.

Immigrants have always faced hostility/aggression/attacks for all these reasons EXCEPT:

• They are viewed as genetically superior.

• Their religion is different.

• Their culture and values are different and foreign.

• Their language and style of dress is different and strange to locals.

Why do businesses often recruit immigrants?

• Immigrants are willing to work to do the hardest work for the lowest wages.

• Immigrants are easier to teach than native workers.

• Immigrants often college educated.

• Immigrants are often skilled labor.

Positive Outcomes: Created New Jobs, Improved Transportation and Produced new goods.

Negative Outcomes: Loss of Natural Habitat, Pollution, and _____________

Which BEST completes the list?

• child labor nations

• women in the workforce

• poor working conditions

• the creation of highways

What challenge of urbanization and industrialization is demonstrated in this photo?

• unfair labor practices

• inner-city overcrowding

• child labor exploitation

• racism and discrimination

What resulted from the advances in transportation and industry that occurred in America.

• Thousands of people migrated to the West to escape the segregated South.

• Thousands of African-Americans migrated to the South because Reconstruction had ended.

• Thousands of people migrated from rural areas to Northern cities like New York, Chicago, and Pittsburgh.

• The U.S. government spent millions of dollars to complete a canal system to link Northern cities to the Mississippi River.