Writing Workshop: An Informative Essay about Industrialization Answers

Read the paragraph.[1] By the end of the 1800s, there was a change in the nature of the immigrants coming to the United States. [2] Immigration from Northern Europe—England, Ireland, Germany, and Scandinavia—declined, while immigration from Italy, Russia, and Austria-Hungary grew. [3] In fact, between 1900 and 1910, more than three-fourths of all immigrants came from these three countries. [4] Unfortunately, these countries were far removed from England, the home of our founders, and the immigrants who came from them were unfamiliar with England’s language and traditions.Which sentence in the paragraph shows bias?

Read the paragraph from History of the United States, by Charles and Mary Beard.So eager were American businessmen to get an enormous labor supply that they asked few questions about the effect of this "alien invasion" upon the old America inherited from the [founders]. They even stimulated the invasion artificially by importing huge armies of foreigners under contract to work in specified mines and mills. There seemed to be no limit to the factories, forges, refineries, and railways that could be built, to the multitudes that could be employed in conquering a continent.Which of the following best summarizes this biased paragraph objectively?

Read the summary about factory work during the Industrial Revolution.With the development of new technologies and manufacturing processes, the nature of factory work changed. Now, machines could do the heavy labor formerly done by men. This meant that women and children could work in factories. In fact, factories sometimes hired entire families. They earned hourly wages. While this could bring in a steady income, that income was not high. Women earned less than men, and children’s wages were especially low.The underlined sentence

Read the sentences.Canal systems connected Eastern factories with Western markets.Two of these were the Erie system and the Pennsylvania chain.The railroads followed similar routes.Which best combines the sentences into one clear and engaging sentence?

Read the paragraph.By the end of the 1800s, there was a change in the nature of the immigrants coming to the United States. Immigration from Northern Europe—England, Ireland, Germany, and Scandinavia—declined, while immigration from Italy, Russia, and Austria-Hungary grew. In fact, between 1900 and 1910, more than three-fourths of all immigrants came from these three countries. Unfortunately, these countries were far removed England, the home of our founders, and the immigrants who came from them were unfamiliar with England’s language and traditions.Which of the following best summarizes this paragraph objectively?

Read the summary about factory work during the Industrial Revolution.Factory work was not easy. Most working conditions were not ideal. First of all, it involved long hours. Typical factory workers put in twelve-hour days, six days a week, and there were few holidays. Moreover, most workers had to do the same simple tasks over and over each day. At the same time, they had to work fast to keep pace with the machines they tended. Finally, factory work could be dangerous. Fingers, hair, and clothing often got caught in the many gears and belts of machines, making accidents common. Also, textile mills were filled with cotton dust, which damaged the lungs of the workers who breathed it in. Which sentence provides key details that support the central idea of this excerpt?

Which of these is a compound sentence?

Which sentence best relates a central trend in an objective manner?

Which sentence from a summary about the Industrial Revolution should be rewritten to be more objective?

Read the passage from History of the United States, by Charles and Mary Beard.As necessary to mechanical industry as steel and steam power was the great market, spread over a wide and diversified area and knit together by efficient means of transportation. This service was supplied to industry by the steamship, which began its career on the Hudson in 1807; by the canals, of which the Erie, opened in 1825, was the most noteworthy; and by the railways, which came into practical operation about 1830.The railways followed the same paths [as the canals]. By 1860, New York had rail connections with Chicago and St. Louis—one of the routes running through the Hudson and Mohawk valleys and along the Great Lakes, the other through Philadelphia and Pennsylvania and across the rich wheat fields of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Baltimore, not to be outdone by her two rivals, reached out over the mountains for the Western trade and in 1857 had trains running into St. Louis.In a summary of this passage, which would be a central trend?