Industrialization Review

These innovations below in agriculture and industry resulted in?

• higher consumer costs.
• decreased profits for investors.
• less consumer choice.
• more efficient production of goods.

Which factor accounts for this trend below?  

• The Second Great Awakening motivated people to join reform movements.
• Manifest Destiny inspired many people to become homesteaders.  
• Jacksonian Democracy allowed more people to vote in elections.  
• The Industrial Revolution encouraged people to pursue jobs in cities. 

How did the development of the factory system encourage urbanization?

• Manufacturers produced goods to export overseas.
• Labor unions were formed to protect mill workers.
• Workers moved closer to manufacturing centers.
• Industrialists invested in cotton plantations.

These developments below occurred as a result of increased —

• industrialization
• westward migration
• expansion of U.S. territory
• government regulation of business

Which sentence best completes this diagram?

• Cities grew rapidly.

• Demand for artisans increased.

• Farms experienced a shortage of labor.

• Government regulation of factories increased.

How did advancements in industrial technologies affect businesses during the late nineteenth century?

• By making handcrafted goods more affordable.

• By improving production methods and increasing competition.

• By forcing producers to manufacture multiple products.

• By causing an increase in wages for factory workers.

Which factor encouraged more immigrants to settle in northern states that southern states during the mid-nineteenth century?

• Northern states had lower population densities.

• Citizenship requirements in southern states were not as strict.

• Southern states had smaller industrial sectors.

• Governments in northern states were less corrupt.

Which of these best completes the diagram above?

• The demand for slaves increases in the South.

• More textile factories are established in the South.

• The number of European immigrants arriving at southern port cities increases.

• More tobacco and food crops are cultivated on southern plantations.

How did the plantation system influence the economic development of the United States?

• It prevented the development of industry in the Northeast.

• It turned the South into a major producer of the cotton used in northern mills.

• It restricted agricultural expansion in the western territories.

• It increased federal dependency on tariffs for revenue.

What was one major effect of the opening of the Erie Canal?

• The cost of shipping goods on eastern roads increased.
• The number of ships passing through northern ports decreased.
• The cost of shipping goods from the Midwest decreased.
• The volume of trade passing through southern ports increased.