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

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.

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.

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

• unfair labor practices

• inner-city overcrowding

• child labor exploitation

• racism and discrimination

Which of the following would be considered leaders of the women's rights movement

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Angelina Grimke

• Harriet Tubman

• Lucretia Mott

• Susan B. Anthony

Match the following movements with the correct goal

• Rehabilitate criminals, train caretakers of the mentally ill

• Education Reform

• Right to vote for women

• Abolition

• Limit alcohol

• Women's Suffrage

• to end slavery

• Prison and Care for the Disabled

• Train teachers, improve schools

• Temperance

Who led hundreds of slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad?

• Harriet Tubman
• William Lloyd Garrison
• Frederick Douglass
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

What term was used to describe a person who wanted to see slavery come to an end?

• a liberator

• a federalist

• a loyalist

• an abolitionist