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Industrialization and Immigration in the North — Quiz Answers

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Between 1830 and 1850, immigrants who moved to American cities often

A
fled to work on farms, as they had in their home countries.
B
earned high wages as skilled laborers in factories.
C
faced dangerous and crowded living conditions.
D
worked in service jobs as police officers or firemen.
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Which statement best describes the use of interchangeable parts in manufacturing during the 1800s?

A
Interchangeable parts were identical parts that could be exchanged for one another in manufacturing of goods.
B
Interchangeable parts were designed for the construction of mills and factories that used various resources to power equipment.
C
Interchangeable parts were pieces of equipment used to make one element of an entire machine or mechanism.
D
Interchangeable parts were goods that were custom-made by hand using the expertise of skilled workers.
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Because of a potato famine in the 1840s,

A
over 1 million Spanish people died from starvation and disease.
B
hundreds of thousands of French people came to the United States.
C
hundreds of thousands of Irish people came to the United States.
D
over 1 million Americans died from starvation and disease.
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By 1850, in the largest northern cities such as New York and Boston,

A
new residents found it easy to assimilate into American culture.
B
transportation could not keep up with the demands of industrialization.
C
immigrants made up a large part of the population.
D
neighborhoods were emptying as people moved to the country.
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What was one significant result of the changes in manufacturing and transportation that took place in the first half of the nineteenth century?

A
Many factory laborers left cities to work in far away, rural areas due to improvements in transportation.
B
Improved transportation led to the development of many new factories in the south and the west.
C
Cities became overcrowded as more and more people traveled to the north, looking for factory work.
D
People in cities often made more money as they took on skilled positions in manufacturing and transportation.
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How did changes in manufacturing in the late 1700s and early 1800s affect people living in northern cities?

A
Fewer people worked in factories as water-powered machines increasingly replaced laborers.
B
Factories employed more people, including women and children, for lower wages and longer hours.
C
Factories used interchangeable parts and water power, so workers’ hours became shorter.
D
As factory employment became less widely available, people began leaving the cities to work in agriculture.
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What was a major pull factor that brought immigrants to the United States between 1830 and 1850?

A
economic hardship
B
religious persecution
C
jobs in manufacturing and trade
D
famine and starvation
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Who helped develop the concept of interchangeable parts in 1798?

A
Cyrus McCormick
B
Lucy Larcom
C
Eli Whitney
D
Samuel Slater

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