Industrialized North

How did industrialization affect the American economy in the 1800s?

• The total value of manufactured goods increased, but the number of people working in factories fell.

• The total value of manufactured goods increased, and the number of people working in factories rose.

• The total value of manufactured goods decreased, and the number of people working in factories fell.

Due to the development of interchangeable parts and new labor practices in the late 1700s, factories began using

• English mill designs.

• mass production.

• skilled labor.

How did changes in manufacturing in the late 1700s and early 1800s affect people living in cities in the North?

• Factories used interchangeable parts and water power, so workers’ hours became shorter.

• As factory employment became less widely available, people began leaving the cities to work in agriculture.

• Factories employed more people, including women and children, for lower wages and longer hours.

To improve shipping, the Erie Canal was constructed to connect New York City to the

• Great Lakes.

• Appalachian Mountains.

• Mississippi River.

What was one advantage of using steamboats in the 1800s?

• Steamboats caused less pollution than other boats.

• Steamboats could travel against the wind and currents.

• Steamboats opened up the East to trade for the first time.

What significant challenge did cities face as a result of rapid industrialization in the 1800s?

• attracting skilled laborers to work in new and developing factories

• establishing shipping for raw materials and manufactured goods

• providing enough city services to protect and support new citizens

In the 1800s, factories hired more women and children than they had in the past because

• machines could now do the heavy labor formerly done by men.

• factory owners wanted to help entire families earn a better living.

• most male laborers had left the cities to move to rural areas.

By 1850, in the largest northern cities such as New York and Boston,

• new residents found it easy to assimilate into American culture.

• immigrants made up a large part of the population.

• transportation could not keep up with the demands of industrialization.

In response to an increase in the number of immigrants in the early nineteenth century,

• unemployment increased.

• nativism decreased.

• nativism grew.

Who founded the Know-Nothing Party?

• factory owners

• female mill workers

• nativist Americans