The Industrialized North

Question 1

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 2

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

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Ireland.

Question 3

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 4

Because of a potato famine in the 1840s,

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

Question 5

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

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faced dangerous and crowded living conditions.

Question 6

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 7

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 8

What made working conditions in factories dangerous during the first half of the nineteenth century?

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Accidents with machinery were common and frequently resulted in injury.

Question 9

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 10

Which of the following best describes nativism during the 1800s?

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a policy favoring native-born Americans over immigrants

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