Monday week 29 Bellringer

Which factor BEST completes the list

• Large population of indentured servants.

• Many wealthy plantation owners.

• Large inland port on the bank of the Mississippi River.

• Many well-built roads through the Smoky Mountains.

Which characteristic of Southern society was most influenced by the events listed in the source?

• the large number of people living in urban areas

• the reliance of Southern plantations on slave labor

• the extensive railroad networks connecting urban areas

• the reliance of Southern factories on immigrant labor

Read the source and answer the question. Based on the source, which statement best analyzes conditions in the South prior to the Civil War?

• Southern governments invested large amounts of capital into new infrastructure projects.

• The South relied heavily on agricultural production and had experienced little industrial development.

• Southern governments encouraged immigration to fill growing demand for labor in new factories.

• The South relied heavily on the use of skilled labor and had grown increasingly dependent on foreign trade.

Read the source and answer the question. Amanda is most likely describing the conditions concerning the

• poor nutrition of recent immigrants.

• inflexible schedules for factory laborers.

• difficult labor done by enslaved people

• harsh punishment for horse thieves

What was one innovation developed by Eli Whitney?

• the use of interchangeable parts

• the development of the assembly line

• the development of the assembly line

• the development of textile factories

Read the source and answer the question. How did the conditions described in the source affect the economy of the North?

• Northern farms required highly skilled labor from factories to maintain machines

• Northern factories developed in rural areas and caused shortages of farm workers

• Northern factories depended on foreign trade and were more likely to oppose tariffs

• Northern farms required fewer workers and allowed more people to take factory jobs

During the 1800s, European immigrants primarily came to the United States to

• mine for and sell precious metals in the West

• establish farms or work in urban factories

• create model neighborhoods in cities in the South

• work on the railroads or serve in the military

Which reason caused massive Irish immigration into the United States during the mid-19th century?

• a major famine in Ireland

• a violent revolution in Ireland

• a desire to work in highly skilled jobs

• a desire to have greater religious freedoms