S2 Unit 2 Test Review US History

Which statement best completes the diagram?

• Farmers can more easily ship crops over long distances.

• Demand for iron and other metals sharply decreases.

• Workers begin to leave urban centers for farm communities.

• Consumers have access to fewer luxury products.

Which statement best completes the diagram?

• Workers begin to leave urban centers for farm communities.

• Demand for cotton and other cash crops decreases.

• Factories have easier access to raw materials.

• Skilled labor becomes more valuable to factory owners.

Which statement best completes the diagram?

• Skilled labor becomes more valuable to factory owners.

• Workers begin to leave urban centers for farm communities.

• Consumers have access to fewer luxury products.

• Farmers are able to harvest crops more efficiently.

The McCormick reaper was an important invention because it:

• reduced demand for enslaved people on southern plantations.

• used steam power to plow fields more easily.

• reduced the cost of shipping crops long distances.

• made harvesting wheat easier and more profitable.

The cotton gin was an important invention because it:

• helped farmers grow more cotton on less land.

• made it much easier to remove seeds from cotton.

• quickly turned raw cotton into clothing.

• reduced demand for enslaved people on cotton plantations.

Steamboats were an important invention because they:

• reduced the cost of shipping goods by water.

• reduced demand for enslaved people on cotton plantations.

• reduced the need for expensive railroads and trains.

• reduced the number of strikes among sailor unions.

Efforts to organize labor unions often failed in the early 1800s because:

• most workers were satisfied with their working conditions.

• skilled laborers generally refused to join labor unions.

• industrial machinery reduced the need for large workforces.

• courts typically sided with businesses in labor disputes.

Factory workers formed trade unions in the early 1800s in order to:

• ensure equal treatment for female workers.

• increase taxes on wealthy businesses.

• prevent workers from launching strikes.

• demand higher wages and shorter hours.

One reason trade unions had little success in the early 1800s was because:

• courts ruled that organizing strikes was illegal.

• most workers were happy with their working conditions.

• state governments deported workers who tried to unionize.

• unions refused to admit women or immigrants.

Many Irish people immigrated to the United States in the 19th century in order to:

• live in a majority-Catholic country.

• avoid fighting in wars against England.

• work on railroads in California.

• escape a famine in Ireland.