Industrial Revolution Review

Immigration changed during the Industrial Revolution because...

• America was gaining power and money 
• factories offered jobs to incoming immigrants 
• people wanted to own a factory 
• no one bought homemade items 

What is urbanization?

• The movement of people from North to South

• The immigration of people from other countries to the US

• The movement of people from the countryside to cities

• The movement of people from the US to other countries

Which factor accounts for this trend below?  

• The Second Great Awakening motivated people to join reform movements.
• Manifest Destiny inspired many people to become homesteaders.  
• Jacksonian Democracy allowed more people to vote in elections.  
• The Industrial Revolution encouraged people to pursue jobs in cities. 

How did the development of the factory system encourage urbanization?

• Manufacturers produced goods to export overseas.
• Labor unions were formed to protect mill workers.
• Workers moved closer to manufacturing centers.
• Industrialists invested in cotton plantations.

Which type of economy is best described by these characteristics below?

• Subsistence farming.
• Free enterprise.
• Mercantilism.
• Socialism.

Which of these occurred during early U.S. industrialization?  

• Manufacturers instituted a five-day workweek.  
• Labor laws required factories to provide a safe working environment.  
• Workers were required to attend schools to develop technical skills.  
• Production of goods transitioned from homes to factories.  

These developments below occurred as a result of increased —

• industrialization
• westward migration
• expansion of U.S. territory
• government regulation of business

How did new methods of mass production contribute to the Industrial Revolution?

• New products were all made by hand.

• Businesses used sharecropping to increase the production of goods.

• New products were made quickly and cheaply

• Cities became ghost towns because machines replaced manual labor.

What is the main goal of Free Enterprise

• Economic Freedom

• Friendship

• Profit

• Acceptance

What invention increased the demand for slavery?

• Cotton Gin

• Sewing Machine

• Telegraph

• Mechanical Reaper