Industrial Era STAAR

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In the 1840's, thousands of Irish immigrants came to the US to escape...

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famine caused by the failure of a staple food crop

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What was one major effect of opening the Erie Canal? Options: cost of shipping goods on eastern roads increased, number of ships passing through northern ports decreased, cost of shipping goods from the Midwest decreased, volume of trade through southern ports increased

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cost of shipping goods from the Midwest decreased

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Which of these was an effect of the Industrial Revolution on US women in the early nineteenth century? Options: women in unions gained bargaining power with employers, government passed laws to improve safety for women in the workplace, women seeking work migrated from rural communities to cities, state governments called conventions for women's suffrage

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women seeking work migrated from rural communities to cities

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How did the development of the factory system encourage urbanization? Options:

manufacturers produced goods to export overseas

, labor unions were formed to protect mill workers, workers moved closer to manufacturing centers, industrialists invested in cotton plantations

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workers moved closer to manufacturing centers

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The government began building roads as a response to thousands of settlers moving west after the War of 1812. This transportation network was intended to...

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promote free enterprise

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The introduction of interchangeable parts led directly to the...

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use of mass-production techniques

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The Bessemer steel process affected westward expansion in the US by enabling...

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railroads to be built in order to carry people and goods to the west

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Which statement best describes a result of industrialization in the US during the mid-nineteenth century? Options: 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

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people moved to cities in search of economic opportunity

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Which pull factor accounted for much of Chinese immigration to the US in the mid-1800s? Options: opportunity for free land in the midwest,

prospect of religious freedom

, economic boom in the west, possibility of a free education

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economic boom in the west

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Eli Whitney obtains a patent for the cotton gin----Raw cotton becomes easier to process----Cotton production increases----?

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demand for slaves increases in the South