Agrarian to Urban Industrial - TEST

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The rise of corporations, heavy industry, mechanized farming and technological innovations transformed the American economy…

• ...from capitalism to mercantilism.
• ...by allowing the government to control both the public and private sector.
• ...buy creating a society that was depending on importing good into the country.
• ….from an agrarian (farming) society to an ever increasing urban industrialized society.

The transformation of the American economy during the early part of industrialization resulted in (ANSWER ALL THAT APPLY)...

• ...thousands of people leaving the US to search for a better life.
• ...a shift in people’s jobs (farmers to factory workers).
• ...shrinking the gap between the rich and the poor.
• ...people living in crowded unsanitary apartment buildings.
• ...new technologies and innovations resulting in increased production

Based on the table below, what was an important effect of industrialization in the United States in the later part of the 19th Century?

• People began to move from cities to rural areas
• The urban population began to decline
• The rate of expansion of railroad lines began to drop
• The proportion of American living in cities increased

What major population trend occurred in the United States during the Industrial Revolution of the late nineteenth century?

• The number of people living on farms increased
• The migration from cities to rural areas grew
• The flow of immigration to the US decreased
• The size and number of cities increased dramatically

What effect did the mechanization of the American farm in the latter part of the 19th Century have on the nation?

• It brought about a decrease in the nation’s literacy rate
• It caused crowded farms and unsanitary conditions
• It led to an increase in crop production at a lower cost to consumers
• It increased the acreage of farmland that wa

During the late 1800s, industrialization in the US led to

• Greater numbers of people living on farms
• An overall decline in factory workers
• The creation of new inventions and innovations
• A decrease in the use of natural resources

The changes brought about by mechanization in American agriculture in the late 1800s led farmers to

• Grow more crops at a reduced cost to consumers
• Request an end to agricultural tariffs
• Demand a greater role for government in agriculture
• Become more dependent on animal power in planting seeds

In the second half of the 1800s, which development led to the other three?

• Use of mass production
• The formation of corporations
• Growth of industrialization
• Increase in factory workers