Industriiization and Emmigratiom

When a group of workers join together to fight for better pay and safer job conditions is called:

• Corporations

• Fraternity

• Labor Unions

• Board of Directors

Exclusive control of an industry or marketplace

• Capitalism
• Monopoly
• Socialism
• Nativism

How did mass production help people's everyday lives?

• Made it easier to own companies & build corporations

• It organized labor in the factories

• Made products cheaper & more available

• Made communication easier

Which group of immigrants found jobs working on the railroad and in the California gold mine?

• Italian Immigrants

• Jewish Immigrants

• Chinese Immigrants

• Mexican Immigrants

During the early 1800s many young women in New England were employed outside their homes as?

• crew members on cargo ships.
• cloth weavers in textile mills.
• H staff reporters for local newspapers.
• legal counselors in state courts.

In the 1840s, thousands of Irish immigrants came to the United States seeking to escape?

• a civil war between Protestants and Catholics.
• a famine caused by the failure of a staple food crop.
• a series of violent conflicts between the British and Irish governments.
• a series of smallpox epidemics.

Why did labor unions first form?

• To protect the rights of workers

• To protect the rights of the business owners

• To protect the rights of the customers

• All of the above

All of the following were reasons for immigration except

• Religious persecution

• Political oppression

• Fleeing wars or military service

• Environmental pollution

What were some problems that the people in factories encountered?

• long hours, good pay
• Low wages, long hours, dangerous
• dangerous, long hours, good pay
• low wages, good hours. dangerous

During the Industrial Revolution, the factory system led to

• high wages for factory workers.
• mass production of goods.
• large movement of people to rural areas.
• higher prices for manufactured goods.