Unit 3 - Topic 2 (Industrialization) Post Assessment

Which title is most appropriate for this graphic organizer?

• Rise of Labor Unions

• Innovations and Technology

• Vertical Integration of Business

• Factors Contributing to Industrialization

How did U.S. society respond to the development described above?

• People stopped purchasing as many automobiles.

• Businesses adopted these faster production methods and grew exponentially.

• The American economy shrank due to a glut of consumer goods.

• American laborers enjoyed a more relaxed pace of work.

What effect did the practice described above have on industrial workers in the United States?

• It gave laborers a better sense of purpose in their work

• It led to the need for more workers to accomplish the same work

• It reduced work to repetitive tasks easily performed by machines

• It created more professionalism among the industrial workers

What would Speaker B most likely want the federal government to do?

• Regulate child labor.

• Adopt a progressive income tax.

• Strengthen the immigration laws.

• Support the concept of Social Darwinism.

Which claim is best supported by the evidence in these charts?

• Industrialization in the U.S. coincided with a decrease in immigration to the country.

• The manufacturing sector provided only a small number of jobs during Industrialization.

• Immigrant women did not participate in manufacturing in the U.S. because their cultures forbid them from working.

• Immigration to the U.S. provided a steady source of laborers for a rapidly growing manufacturing sector.

Which action was most likely taken as a response to the events described in the two charts above?

• Manufacturers employed only workers born on U.S. soil.

• Workers’ organizations published their materials in many languages.

• Factory owners paid high wages to immigrant workers.

• Immigrants purchased the majority of factories in the U.S. at this time.

Which evidence best supports the claims made in this Party platform preface?

• the rise of labor organizations representing the rights of workers during this time

• the passage of reforms breaking up corporation that monopolized industries

• deadly attacks on striking workers by the private Pinkerton security firm

• the degeneration of European economic conditions

 What civic action does this document provide evidence of?

• Lobbying against political corruption

• Formation of a third political party

• Civil disobedience against land speculators

• Proposal of a Constitutional amendment establishing the secret ballot

Based on this introduction to a resolution, what effect did the Erie Canal have on the economy?

• It fortified U.S. military strength along the NY border with Canada

• It damaged the agricultural economy of the Western states

• It contributed to growing industrialization in towns and cities along its route.

• It forced western farmers to find new markets outside the United States

 Based on this introduction to a resolution, what role did state governments play in the economy?

• They adopted a laissez-faire role, allowing private businesses to grow the economy without government intervention or help.

• They spent public money on infrastructure projects designed to help businesses grow and profit.

• They defended Native American land claims against speculators on western lands

• They forbid private businesses to use canals and railroads built with funding from the state government.