Industrialization & Reform REVIEW

Irish and Chinese immigrants are best remembered for doing what type of work during the Industrial Revolution?

• Building railroads (for locomotives) in the western territories

• Building bridges in the southern territories

• Building dams in the northeastern territories

• Working in factories producing textiles

Determine which contribution explains each individual's significance to the political or social atmosphere of the United States. ​ ​ ​

• published the abolitionist newspaper, The North Star

• Frederick Douglass
• established women's convention at Seneca Falls

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• major spokesperson for women's suffrage

• Susan B. Anthony

Entrepreneurship, competition, private property, profits, and consumer choice are all included in what economic system?

• Free Enterprise

• Communism

• Socialism

• Mercantilism

Frederick Douglass, encouraged followers of the abolitionist movement by...

• publishing the newspaper, The North Star

• planning the Underground Railroad

• running for election in the senate

How did the rise of industrialism in the United States affect urban cities during the 19th century?

• the population of urban cities increased.

• Industrialism led to a decrease in the cost of living in urban cities.

• Industrialism caused an increase in the number of factories in rural cities.

What was a direct result of the invention of the cotton gin, available land along the Mississippi River, and growing demand for cheap labor?

• expansion of slavery in new territories

• expansion of manufacturing in the south

• increased economic growth in the South

• reduction of skilled workers

The development of the factory system in the early 1800s caused —

• an increase in production levels of manufactured goods

• a decrease in immigration

• A decrease in the cost of raw materials

• An increase in the number of skilled laborers employed

Where did most Chinese immigrants settle for the purpose of working on the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Western territories

• Southern territories

• Urban cities in northeastern America

• Eastern seaboard

Those who went to the Seneca Falls Convention were supporters of-

• abolishing slavery

• women's rights

• prison reform

• education reform

created a higher demand for cotton due to the efficiency of production

• factories

• interchangeable parts

• steamboats

• cotton gins