Unit 7: Industrialization and Reform

Cause: European immigrants moving to cities looking for work

Effect: ?????????????

• Rapid Rise of Urbanization

• Gold Rush in San Francisco

• Passing the Indian Removal Act

• Mexican American War

Why did Chinese immigrants come to the United States in the early 19th century?

• To farm in California and establish cotton farms in Texas

• To transform southern Texas land for farming and fill jobs in western factories

• To reclaim areas of California for farming and establish large corn farms in Wisconsin

• To build the First Transcontinental Railroad and farm areas of California

- Limited government interference

- Market competition

- No price regulation

Which economic system is best described by the information in the box?

• Agricultural

• Free enterprise

• Limited market

• Mercantilism

Not paying taxes is an example of _______________________.

• legal protest

• conscientious objection

• civil disobedience

• revolutionary action

Who was the social leader of Education Reform?

• Susan B. Anthony

• Frederick Douglass

• Dorothea Dix

• Horace Mann

Which of the following is an example of transcendentalism?

• Accepting the teachings of the church and sharing them

• Having total faith in your government and letting it lead you

• Being your best through self-reliance and peace with nature

• Seeking out beliefs of the majority and following them

How did inventions such as the cotton gin, steel plow, steam boat, and telegraph affect the ECONOMY of the US?

• They increased profits and productivity

• They led to the growth of labor unions

• They pushed farmers to move westward

• They decreased the demand of labor

Banning the buying and selling of alcohol was the cause for which reform movement?

• Abolition

• Temperance

• Public educaiton

• Child labor

- Increased participation in social reform movements

- Sharp increase in religious interest

- Formation of new religious denominations

- Increase in Evangelical Church membership

Which most accurately describes the list above?

• Reasons for Catholic Persecution in Europe

• The Beginning of the Progressive Era

• The Impact of the Hudson River School

• Impact of the Second Great Awakening Period

Extending voting rights to women is based on which constitutional principle?

• Limited Government

• Federalism

• Separation of Powers

• Popular Sovereignty