Industrialization
1. Which advance was largely responsible for the
5. One effect of widespread suburbanization in the
growth of suburbs in the United States in the midUnited States during the 1920s was
20th century?
A. the development of color televisions
A. airlines adding routes to new cities.
B. improvements in passenger airplanes
B. increased reliance upon the automobile.
C. widespread availability of automobiles
C. decreased immigration from Europe and Asia.
D. the invention of the personal computer
D. television replacing radio as the most popular
medium.
2. Consider the following changes that occurred in
the United States in the late 19th century:
6. Explain four effects of industrialization on living
and working conditions for the early industrial
working class that moved to the new industrial
• Increases in immigration
towns of 19th-century Britain. Write your answer
• Widespread industrialization
in the Answer Document.(4 points)
• Improvements in agricultural technology
What was one result of these developments
during this time period?
A. the growth of large cities
B. the decline of labor unions
C. the spread of plantation agriculture
D. the construction of interstate highways
7. What was one cause of the pattern of economic
activity shown in the graph above?
3.
What factor would help explain the changes in
the rural population of Europe shown in the table
above?
A. People have moved from rural to urban areas.
B. The overall population of Europe has
decreased.
C. Birth rates have increased in both urban and
rural areas.
D. People have immigrated to Europe from other
regions of the world.
4. Identify one example of harsh working conditions
for British factory workers in the 19th century.
Explain how industrialization led to that
condition.
Write your answer in the Answer Document. (2
points)
A.
B.
C.
D.
improvements in technology
decreases in urbanization
advances in communication
reduced population growth
8. The Industrial Revolution began in Britain in the
18th century as a result of technological
innovations in the production of cotton cloth.
Which major change in the economies of Europe
and the United States was set in motion by this
development?
A. an increasing portion of the work force
engaged in manufacturing
B. labor shortages resulting from a decreasing
population
C. a shift from free market systems to command
economies
D. a decreasing need for international trade
agreements
9.
The economic development of the United States
between 1870 and 1950 helped produce the
results shown in the graph above. The trend
shown in the graph is associated with
A. increased urbanization.
B. decreased immigration.
C. advances in communication.
D. reduced population growth.
10. The growth of suburbs has caused the economic
value of land around many U.S. cities to increase.
One result of this increase in land value has been
a decrease in
A. U.S. food production for export.
B. the availability of agricultural labor in urban
regions.
C. the construction of roads, water lines and
sewer lines.
D. the amount of land available for farming.
11. During the Industrial Revolution of the late 19th
century, farmers in the United States worked to
increase their land holdings and modernize their
equipment. A lasting effect of these changes was
A. higher prices for crops.
B. increased rural population density.
C. a shortage of land for farming.
D. greater productivity of farming.
12. Why was the formation of labor unions an effect
of U.S. industrialization in the late 1800s?
A. Unions were needed to guarantee a steady
supply of workers.
B. Union membership was required for
employment in new industries.
C. Factory owners set up labor unions in order to
control their large workforce.
D. Unions organized industrial workers to protest
unsafe working conditions and long
workdays.
13.
What effect of
19th-century industrialization in the United States
is represented by the changes shown in the above
graph?
A. increased regulation of child labor
B. modernization of agriculture
C. decreased demand for farm products
D. emigration from the United States
14. The Industrial Revolution brought about major
changes not only in cities, but in rural America as
well. Before machines were used, one farmer
could harvest about 7.5 acres of wheat per year.
With machines, he could harvest wheat on 135
acres. Scientists also developed new kinds of
wheat seeds that could survive northern winters.
These developments were examples of what was
happening in many areas of agriculture. Explain
two additional ways farming changed as a result
of the Industrial Revolution. Write your answer in
the Answer Document. (2 points)
15. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries,
improvements in steel technology allowed
architects to design buildings taller than had
previously been possible. As a result, skyscrapers
began to be built in cities such as New York and
Chicago.
What was the result of this new technology on
population patterns in the United States in the
first half of the 20th century?
A.
B.
C.
D.
decreased growth of suburban areas
migration from the West to the Midwest
greater population density in urban areas
increased migration from urban to rural areas
16. The 1890 U.S. Census led some people to
conclude that there was no longer a frontier line
in the West. Early in the 20th century, President
Theodore Roosevelt advocated the conservation
of the nation’s natural resources.
These events signaled a change in how people
perceived
A. farmland.
B. urban areas.
C. wilderness areas.
D. centers of industry and technology.
17. One effect of industrialization in the United
States in the late 19th century was
A. a decrease in child labor.
B. an increase in demand for handicraft goods.
C. a decrease in immigration to the United
States.
D. an increase in urbanization.
18. Consider the following changes that occurred in
the United States in the late 19th century:
improvements in agricultural production;
increases in immigration from Europe;
advancements in networks of railroad and
streetcar lines.
These changes led to the
A. rapid growth of urban areas.
B. acquisition of overseas territories.
C. elimination of large suburbs around many
cities.
D. movement of people from the urban to the
rural areas.
19. One cause of suburbanization in the United States
during the 1920s was increased
A. overcrowding in cities.
B. economic opportunities in rural towns.
C. emigration from the United States.
D. economic reliance upon agriculture.