Industrialization and Immigration in the North

Question 1

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

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faced dangerous and crowded living conditions.

Question 2

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

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mass production.

Question 3

In the 1840s, nativists believed that immigrants

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could not fit into American society.

Question 4

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.

Question 5

Who helped develop the concept of interchangeable parts in 1798?

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Eli Whitney

Question 6

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 7

Because of a potato famine in the 1840s,

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

Question 8

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 9

Why did the Know-Nothing Party want to prevent immigrants from voting?

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Members of the Know-Nothing Party believed immigrants were undermining American society.

Question 10

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

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immigrants made up a large part of the population.

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