Industry And Immigration Assessment

During the second Industrial Revolution, immigration was necessary to

• provide needed labor.
• drive down labor costs.
• provide a market for manufactured goods.
• populate the cities.

This excerpt from a novel by Horatio Alger is an example of his theme that

• life in the cities was preferable to rural life.
• workers were being exploited by industrialists.
• anyone could become successful with hard work.
• children in the workforce deserved better treatment.

The most significant reason railroads encouraged industrial growth was

• the increase in labor necessary to build railroad cars.
• the connection of the east and west coasts via railways.
• the use of the Bessemer process to build steel tracks.
• the efficient transportation of raw materials and finished goods.

In the 1880s, farmers were put out of work by

• competition with world markets.
• the mechanization of farming methods.
• poor weather conditions.
• the development of ways to preserve food.

An example of a technological innovation that increased the country’s natural resource base is

• the telegraph.
• the steel skyscraper.
• the light bulb.
• the oil drill.

In the late 1800s, the Bessemer process was crucial in the development of

• airplanes.
• skyscrapers.
• the telegraph system.
• electricity

How did laissez-faire policies encourage economic growth in the late 1800s?

• They allowed entrepreneurs to open businesses with little regulation.
• They taxed imported goods to support American manufacturing.
• They gave patents to encourage innovation.
• They made rail travel easier by creating standard time zones.

How did the U.S. government encourage American industry in the late 1800s?

• by enforcing the Fourteenth Amendment
• by enacting protective tariffs
• by subsidizing the steel industry
• by passing laws to protect workers

What was one effect of the Industrial Revolution in the United States?

• Many more goods were imported.
• The government lowered taxes.
• The number of people working as farmers increased.
• The cost of many goods made in the United States decreased.

The electric streetcar

• helped farmers to transport crops to market.
• encouraged urban workers to live outside of larger cities.
• discouraged the production of gas-powered engines.
• facilitated development of the Bessemer process.