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Before the Industrial Revolution all products were created by

• Factories

• Hand

• Slaves

• Royalty

How did railroads impact the prices of goods & services?

• Made them more expensive & harder to ship
• made them cheaper & easier to ship
• Gave people a way of transportation

In the late 19th century, how did the growth of industry affect American society?

• The percentage of Americans living in urban areas increased.

• Population centers shifted from the Northeast to the South.

• Restrictions on immigration created a more homogeneous culture.

• The United States experienced the disappearance of the traditional family farm.

During the period from 1880 to 1920, the majority of immigrants to the United States settled in urban areas in the North. What was the primary reason for this trend?

• Most immigrants had lived in cities in their native countries.

• Labor unions gave financial help to immigrants willing to work in the factories.

• The Populist Party was successful in preventing immigrants from buying farmland.

• Rapid industrialization created many job opportunities.

Which box lists some results of improved steamboat technology in the United States as of the mid-1830s?

• • The price of fares decreased.

  • The tourist industry developed.

  • The cost to transport goods decreased.

• • The price of coal increased.

  • Roads were built to connect rivers.

  • The need for Conestoga wagons was eliminated

• • Traffic on the Mississippi River increased.

  • Canals stopped being built in the Northeast.

  • More goods were shipped from the North to the South.

• • New states were added to the Union.

  • The population of major cities decreased.

  • Support for Manifest Destiny grew stronger.

How did the growth of the railway system during the nineteenth century affect the U.S. economy?

• By helping expand the commercial markets of U.S. companies

• By making it easier for people in rural areas to work in urban factories

• By helping strengthen the economic ties between U.S. and British companies

• By permitting faster communication between corporate leaders and their employees

Economic activity in the Northern states relied heavily on trade and industry in part because —

• Puritan beliefs prohibited farming for profit
• farmers in the region feared attacks from Native Americans
• a cold climate and poor soil made farming unprofitable
• the British monarchy provided land grants only to southern colonies

The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed in 1848, gave the U.S. territory from Texas to California and was known as the —

• Adams-Onis Treaty
• Gadsden Purchase
• Mexican Cession
• Louisiana Purchase

This excerpt describe the cotton gin.

Which of the following were effects of the cotton gin? Select TWO correct answers.

• The cotton gin increased the need for slave labor in the South.

• The cotton gin mass produced textiles for Northern factories.

• The cotton gin enabled farmers to plant huge fields quickly.

• The cotton gin allowed for cotton to be harvested at a quicker rate.

These developments occurred as a result of increased -

• industrialization

• westward migration

• expansion of U.S. territory

• government regulation of business