Industrialization and Imperialism

In the late 19th century, how did the growth of industry affect American society?

• The percentage of Americans living in urban areas increased.

• Population centers shifted from the Northeast to the South.

• Restrictions on immigration created a more homogeneous culture.

• The United States experienced the disappearance of the traditional family farm.

Which thesis (big idea) statement is supported by the graph above?

• In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the population distribution shifted as the urban population began to increase more dramatically than the rural population.

• Most immigrants to the United States in the late 19th century settled in rural areas.

• By the early 20th century, the population of cities grew while the population in rural areas declined.

• The population center of the United States moved westward in the late 19th and early 20th

  centuries.

During the period from 1880 to 1920, the majority of immigrants to the United States settled in urban areas in the North. What was the primary reason for this trend?

• Most immigrants had lived in cities in their native countries.

• Labor unions gave financial help to immigrants willing to work in the factories.

• The Populist Party was successful in preventing immigrants from buying farmland.

• Rapid industrialization created many job opportunities.

As a result of increased immigration to the United States in the late 19th century, many immigrant families lived in tenements because

• there was a lack of affordable housing in overcrowded cities.

• there was inadequate housing on the Great Plains.

• they wanted to avoid living in ethnic neighborhoods.

• the federal government provided immigrants with free housing.

Decide which quote supports labor unions:

Quote 1

“The working people find that improvements in the methods of production and distribution are constantly being made, and unless they occasionally strike, or have the power to enter upon a strike, the improvements will all go to the employer and all the injuries to the employees.”

Quote 2

“The strike is apparently hopeless, and must be regarded as nothing more than a rash and spiteful demonstration of resentment by men too ignorant or too reckless to understand their own

interests.”

• Quote 1

• Quote 2

• Both

• Neither

A reason some businesses hired children was:

• To provide the children a bright future and opportunities

• So they could save money by paying the children less money

• So the children could take care of the heavy labor required for their business

• To improve their public image

A demand of labor unions, like the Knights of Labor, to long working hours was to ask for

• Improved Safety in factories

• Government ownership of railroads

• An 8 hour work day

• Equal pay for men and women

Powerful companies like Standard Oil that had control over the majority of the industry they were involved in and controlled many businesses related to their own can be called

• Labor Unions

• Monopolies

• Start-ups

• Urbanization

One effect of industrialization in the United States in the late 1800s was the organization of labor unions as a way for workers to gain bargaining power in the workplace. Why did this development often lead to violence?

• Union leaders would not negotiate with factory owners

• Union leaders required US workers to join worldwide strikes

• Government officials used force to bring about better working conditions

• Business owners used force to protect their workplaces from unionization

What word best describes tenement housing (use the picture to help)?

• Comfortable

• Spacious

• Crowded

• Fancy