Early Industrialization

Which of the following best explains the impact of railroads during the Industrial Revolution?

• Railroads were so slow and expensive that automobiles quickly replaced them.

• Railroads increased transportation costs led to a decline in factory output.

• Railroads were expensive and cost factory owners more money.

• Railroads increased the need for coal, steel, and steam engine production.

During Industrialization, the urban population increased.

• True

• False

• maybe

How did the development of the factory system encouraged urbanization?

• Manufactures produced goods to export overseas

• Labor unions were formed to protect mill workers

• Workers moved closer to manufacturing centers

• Industrialists invested in cotton plantations

• 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

Which is a negative result of the Industrial age in the USA?

• social changes

• lifestyle changes

• pollution

• Technological Advances

What were working conditions like in the early factories?

• High pay

• low wages

• long hours

• child labor

Making large quantities of products quickly and cheaply is called:

• Monopolies

• Nativism

• Urbanization

• Mass production

Which of the following are effects of Industrialization?

• Urbanization

• Monopolies

• Bad working conditions

• Cheaper products

Industrialization caused urbanization.

• True

• False

Problems immigrants faced:

• Poor working conditions

• Poor living conditions

• Prejudice

• All of the above