Unit 3- Industrial Revolution and Immigration

What is the movement of people from rural to urban areas called?

• ruralization
• colonization
• inflation
• urbanization

Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?

• Low wages
• Safe working conditions
• Dangerous working conditions
• Widespread pollution

Why did people move to the cities during the Industrial revolution?

• Jobs in factories
• Jobs on the farm
• Family
• Friends

What was the purpose of labor unions?

• Negotiate as a group for bigger factories
• Negotiate as a group for better working conditions
• Negotiate as a group for a political revolution
• Negotiate as a group for a social revolution

What were living conditions in the city like during the Industrial Revolution?

• Very extravagant
• Strict housing regulations
• Spacious and luxurious
• Crowded and unsanitary

Who invented the telegraph?

• Elias Howe
• Eli Whitney
• Samuel Slater
• Samuel Morse

Immigrants came to the United States because of both push and pull factors. Often they were pushed out of their home countries because of war, poverty, or discrimination. Why were they pulled to the United States? 

• They were pulled to the United States by the hope of earning money to return home
• They were pulled to the United States because of promise of economic opportunity, religious freedom and political social equality 
• They were pulled to the United States because of religious freedom only 
• They were pulled to the United States to be free from poverty only 

Thomas Edison invented the incandescent _____ _____ to safely light homes. 

• Light bulb 
• Candle wick
• Flash light
• Kerosene lamp

During the late 1800s urbanization grew in the United States. As a result of this trend, why did many children work in factories? 

• They could not work in factories after they turned 18
• Their parents would not send them to school 
• They would rather work than go to school 
• They needed money to help support families 

Henry Ford found he could produce cars less expensively and more quickly by doing which of the following? 

• using the assembly line
• using designs made in Japan
• using plastic instead of steel
• hiring only immigrants