Industrialization and Reform Unit Review

Which of the following is NOT a factor that contributed to Industrialization?

• decreased dependence on foreign goods

• potato famine in Ireland caused many Irish to immigrate to U.S.

• new transportation systems

• availability of natural resources

Which of the following was a factor the contributed to urbanization?

• availability of capital

• tariffs that were placed on imported goods

• new opportunities for employment in factories

• decreased dependence on foreign goods

___________ is an economic system in which private business operates largely free of government control.

• mercantilism

• democracy

• free enterprise

• socialism

What innovation helped create mass production of items?

• interchangeable parts

• cotton gin

• telegraph

• cotton gin

What innovation decreased the cost to transport goods and made the movement of good more efficient?

• telegraph

• cotton gin

• interchangeable parts

• steamboat

Which innovation increased the demand for slaves and contributed to the spread of slavery?

• steamboat

• cotton gin

• telegraph

• interchangeable parts

What policy came about during the Industrialization that protected the interests of native-born Americans against those of immigrants?

• factory system

• industrialization

• urbanization

• nativiism

Which of the following was a POSITIVE consequence of industrialization?

• pollution

• job opportunities

• exploitation of factory workers

• densely populated areas

What was NOT a problem that arose with the growth of urbanization?

• increased job opportunities

• lower wages for women, immigrants, and children

• the rise of anti-immigrant sentiments

• poverty and poor living conditions

__________ is a person who favored bringing an end to slavery

• nativist

• temperance

• abolitionist

• advocate