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WorksheetsIndustrialization Unit Test Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 8hrs 30mins
What was one result of these regional differences?
Cities in the South emerged as centers for textile mills.
Immigrants settled in the Midwest to establish small farms.
Slavery increased in the Northeast as industrialization expanded.
Plantation systems in the South were replaced by large businesses.
Which of these best completes the diagram above?
The demand for slaves increases in the South.
More textile factories are established in the South.
The number of European immigrants arriving at southern port cities increases.
More tobacco and food crops are cultivated on southern plantations.
Why did slavery become a widespread practice in the United States during the early nineteenth century?
The system of indentured servitude was banned.
The need for agricultural labor increased as a result of expanded cotton production.
Improved transportation systems made it easier for workers to migrate.
Advancements in technology led to the need for skilled workers.
Irish and Chinese immigrants are best remembered for performing which type of labor during the late nineteenth century?
Building dams in the midwestern states
Digging canals across northern states
Building railroads in western territories
Constructing bridges in southern states
The completion of the Erie Canal played a key role in which development?
New York City becoming a vital commercial center with the country’s busiest seaport
New Orleans becoming a leader in manufacturing and overseas trade
Washington, D.C., becoming the cultural and political center of the nation
Boston becoming one of the country’s largest transportation hubs
The statistics in this table illustrate population changes associated with —
the rise of industrialism in the United States
the establishment of a federal income tax
a prolonged food shortage in the United States
a lengthy war over disputed territory
Which diagram correctly compares two regions of the United States during the mid-nineteenth century?
Which person is most likely a supporter of free enterprise?
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How did opposition to this system affect the economy of the early republic?
The government prevented taxes on domestic goods.
Cottage workers needed governmental assistance.
Interstate trade taxes were forbidden.
A free enterprise system was adopted.
How did immigrants MOST contribute to the rapid industrialization of the United States during the early-to-mid 1800s?
By serving as an inexpensive source of labor
By raising the money needed for investment
By introducing skilled craftsmanship in cottage industries
By designing the methods used to mass produce goods
Which factor best completes this diagram?
New transportation systems
Increased government regulation
A decline in agricultural production
The growth of labor unions
Which factor accounts for this trend?
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 box lists three factors that contributed most to the rapid industrialization and urbanization of the United States?
Which reason BEST explains why many Swedish people settled in the American Midwest?
They wanted to work in steel mills.
They wanted to participate in the abolitionist movement.
They wanted to settle in large cities.
They wanted to find fertile farmland.
Between 1846 and 1855 the population of Ireland decreased by a third, including the approximately 1.5 million Irish immigrants who left for the United States. What was the primary reason for this migration?
Massive unemployment resulting from British occupation
Political unrest during an economic recession
Famine caused by a major crop failure
Civil war between Catholics and Protestants
Which of these was a primary reason Chinese immigrants came to the United States in the early 1850s?
To seek gold
To purchase inexpensive farmland
To avoid a plague
To escape religious persecution
The canals shown on this map caused —
a decline in farming areas far from the canal routes
increased competition among cotton producers in the South
a decline in international trade going through Atlantic port cities
the rapid growth of urban centers along the canal routes
Which of these occurred during early U.S. industrialization?
Manufacturers instituted a five-day workweek.
Labor laws required factories to provide a safe working environment.
Workers were required to attend schools to develop technical skills.
Production of goods transitioned from homes to factories.
Which statement best describes a result of industrialization in the United States during the mid-nineteenth century?
People moved to cities in search of economic opportunity.
Farmers began to cultivate land west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Native peoples were forcibly relocated to western territories.
Government officials began to promote the idea of Manifest Destiny.
Which effect did these innovations have on life in the United States?
Natural fertilizer became more effective.
Harvesting season could last longer.
Finding water to irrigate crops became easier.
Crop production became more efficient.
These innovations in agriculture and industry resulted in —
higher consumer costs
decreased profits for investors
less consumer choice
more efficient production of goods
What impact did this innovation have on daily life?
It increased the regional differences among various groups of people across the country.
It became a major method of long-distance communication for many years.
It allowed people to sign legal documents from across the country.
It was the government’s only method to negotiate with foreign leaders.
The economic growth demonstrated by this recruitment letter was primarily a result of —
the passage of strict federal labor laws
the abolition of the slave trade
the expansion of the cottage industry system
the new production methods of industrialization
The introduction of interchangeable parts led directly to the —
formation of the patent system
creation of labor unions
use of mass-production techniques
eight-hour workday
What was one effect of the cotton gin in the United States?
Improved soil fertility
Expansion of mercantilism
Increased efficiency of crop irrigation
Expansion of the plantation system
The innovation shown in this photograph most affected the U.S. economy by —
decreasing the need for canals
allowing more efficient movement of goods
reducing the costs of settling in western territories
transporting workers from southern states to northern states
The Bessemer steel process affected westward expansion in the United States by enabling—
clipper ships to be built in order to transport passengers from the East Coast to the West Coast
interstate canal systems to be built in order to transport agricultural goods from west to east
Conestoga wagons to be built in order to carry people and goods to the West
railroads to be built in order to carry people and goods to the West
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
staff reporters for local newspapers
legal counselors in state courts
Which sentence best completes this diagram?
Cities grew rapidly.
Demand for artisans increased.
Farms experienced a shortage of labor.
Government regulation of factories increased.
Which inference about the Know-Nothing Party is supported by the excerpt above?
Its members blamed Irish immigrants for taking away jobs.
The party encouraged western migration of settlers.
Its members opposed enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act in the Northeast.
The party was in favor of universal suffrage.
