Industrialization and Immigration in the North Answers

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

The water used to power machinery was contaminated and made workers ill.

Accidents with machinery were common and frequently resulted in injury.

There were no daycare facilities, so children were often present and unsupervised.

Medical facilities were few, so it was difficult to locate a doctor when an accident occurred.

What was a major pull factor that brought immigrants to the United States between 1830 and 1850?

famine and starvation

economic hardship

religious persecution

jobs in manufacturing and trade

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

English mill designs.

mass production.

skilled labor.

water power.

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

a policy favoring native-born Americans over immigrants

an interest in learning about the native cultures of immigrants

a regional policy of maintaining traditional economic systems

a practice in most factories of hiring only native-born Americans

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

Many factory laborers left cities to work in far away, rural areas due to improvements in transportation.

Improved transportation led to the development of many new factories in the south and the west.

People in cities often made more money as they took on skilled positions in manufacturing and transportation.

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

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

Members of the Know-Nothing Party thought immigrants should learn how to speak English before voting.

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

Members of the Know-Nothing Party wanted immigrants to become full-fledged citizens before voting.

Members of the Know-Nothing Party felt immigrants should study American laws and government before voting.

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

immigrants made up a large part of the population.

new residents found it easy to assimilate into American culture.

neighborhoods were emptying as people moved to the country.

transportation could not keep up with the demands of industrialization.

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