Industrialization and Immigration in the North

Question 1

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

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

Question 2

Because of a potato famine in the 1840s,

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hundreds of thousands of Irish people came to the United States.

Question 3

What was one significant result of the changes in manufacturing and transportation that took place in the first half of the nineteenth century?

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Cities became overcrowded as more and more people traveled to the north, looking for factory work.

Question 4

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

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faced dangerous and crowded living conditions.

Question 5

Which statement best describes the use of interchangeable parts in manufacturing during the 1800s?

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Interchangeable parts were identical parts that could be exchanged for one another in manufacturing of goods.

Question 6

Between 1820 and 1850, the largest number of immigrants to the United States came from

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Ireland.

Question 7

In the 1840s, nativists believed that immigrants

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could not fit into American society.

Question 8

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

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

Question 9

Who helped develop the concept of interchangeable parts in 1798?

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Eli Whitney

Question 10

In the first half of the nineteenth century, the number of immigrants increased, and the United States experienced

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an increase in nativism.

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