Industrialization Formative Assessment 1

Where was population growing at the fastest rate during the years 1870-1910?

• Mountainous Regions

• Urban Areas

• Rural Areas

• Farms

Laissez-faire economic policies meant that the government did what?

• Interfered in everyone's business

• Assisted all businesses with tax breaks

• Stayed "Hands off". Allowed big companies to have control of their condtions.

• Stayed "hands on" . Allowed smaller companies to grow with a "hands on" approach

A nativist would attempt to stop these people from entering the country and would try to limit their rights.

• New Immigrants

• Socialists

• Wealthy Business Owners

• Sailors

America transformed from a ________ society to a __________ society during the late 19th century and early 20th century

• Rural - Urban

• Urban-City

• Farming-Agricultural

• Rural-Democratic

These images are of the same Native American Child. Which word best describes what took place here?

• Immigration

• Assimilation

• Nullification

• Nativism

The transcontinental Railroad connected the country and helped--

• Settle from east to west

• Settler Canadian Border

• Native's maintain their lands

• Government Officials Create Laws

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

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

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

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

What was the immediate impact of canals, steamboats, and railroads on the development of U.S. industry?

• lowered the costs of transportation, making profits greater
• highlighted labor problems, bringing social reform
• increased the number of immigrants, enlarging the labor force
• loss of crop soil resulting in a famine

How did the Industrial Revolution change the way we create goods?

• we made fewer products

• we made products from home

• we made more products (mass production)