Great Awakening, Reform Movements and Life in the North Quiz

Which of the following correctly describes the working conditions most factory workers encountered? (Choose the three correct answers)

• low wages

• lack of housing

• little competition for jobs

• dangerous work environments

• short working hours

Which of these best describes the Industrial Revolution?

• a. a conflict between factory owners in crises

• b. a shift from handmade products to machine-made products

• c. a decrease in immigrant labor and an increase in slave labor

• d. a shift from barter and trade to purchasing goods with cash.

Which of these best describes Commercialization?

• a. a conflict between factory owners in crises

• b. a shift from handmade products to machine-made products

• c. a decrease in immigrant labor and an increase in slave labor

• d. a shift from barter and trade to purchasing goods with cash.

What was life like for free African Americans in the North?

• They were given special privileges.

• They were encouraged to move to the South.

• They were not treated as equal to other citizens.

• They had the same rights as all other citizens.

Why were textile mills built near rivers?

• Rivers provided power to operate the mills.

• Rivers provided transportation for employees of the mills.

• Textile mills were built near population centers.

• Textile mills provided cloth for factories near the rivers.

Which group was focused on eliminating slavery?

• politicians

• abolitionists

• missionaries

• transcendentalists

Who believed education should be made public for all children and paid for with tax dollars?

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Horace Mann

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Dorothea Dix

Who dedicated their lives to helping the treatment of those in prison and the mentally ill?

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Horace Mann

• Dorothea Dix

Which of these describes a person who followed a philosophy to throw away the conformity of society and be more individualistic?

• suffragist

• abolitionist

• expansionist

• transcendentalists

The factory system in the U.S. was introduced by

• Robert Fulton

• Samuel F.B. Morse

• Samuel Slater

• Eli Whitney