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6.1 The War of 1812 leads to the Industrial Revolution

Quiz by Catherine Chesser

Grade 8
Social Studies (2018)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)

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  • Q1
    Which one of the following contributed to the rapid growth of cities? (8.13B)
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    coal
    mass production
    immigration
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  • Q2
    Which box lists three factors that contributed most to the rapid industrialization and urbanization of the United States? (8.13B)
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  • Q3
    An abundance of raw materials, available land, and _________ was most important to the industrial success that America experienced in the 1800s. (8.13B)
    a large labor force
    racial harmony
    frontier medicine
    population density
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  • Q4
    The above photograph illustrates the rise of cities booming with business. By concentrating workers and businesses together, we have what is called-- (8.13B)
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    meritocracy
    gentrification
    urbanization
    development
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  • Q5
    Which of the following correctly identifies one of the factors that brought about rapid urbanization? (8.13B)
    The sudden decline in the price of cotton due to overproduction.
    The drastic increase in price of land in the western territories.
    The Supreme Court decision in the case of Marbury v. Madison.
    The influx of a large number of immigrants seeking work in factories.
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  • Q6
    What answer choice would best complete the diagram below? (8.28B)
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    People moved from rural to urban areas to find economic opportunities.
    Land west of the Mississippi River is opened to cash crop agriculture.
    Southern states began to free some of their slaves to allow them to work in the factories.
    Government passed laws to encourage a mercantilism economy.
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  • Q7
    Which of the following quotes describes how industrialization changed life for U.S. women in the early 19th century? (8.28B)
    "We have been forced to sell our slaves as a result of the influence of the abolitionist movement."
    "I have left the family farm....to come to the city because father said we needed the money."
    "We have been given equal protection under the law as full citizens of the United States with suffrage rights."
    "I am now left in charge of the family farm as father has left to find work on other plantations."
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  • Q8
    What would be the best title for the table? (8.28B)
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    Causes of Reconstruction
    Effects of the Civil War
    Results of the Industrial Revolution
    Reasons for Manifest Destiny
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  • Q9
    These developments occurred as a result of increased-- (8.28B)
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    industrializaiton
    government regulation of business
    westward migration
    expansion of U.S. territory
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  • Q10
    Which of these was an effect of the Industrial Revolution on U.S. women in the early nineteenth century? (8.28B)
    Women in unions gained bargaining power with employers.
    Women seeking work migrated from rural communities to cities.
    State governments called conventions in support of women's suffrage.
    The government passed laws to improve safety for women in the worklace.
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  • Q11

    During the Industrial Revolution there were many different factors that led to the rapid industrialization of the country, but perhaps the most significant was the-

    mechanization of the manufacturing process

    increase in the price of raw materials

    development of the educational reform movement

    lack of skilled workers and craftspeople

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  • Q12

    Which of the following factors contributed most to the rapid industrialization and urbanization of the United States

    Fertile soil, mild climate and unskilled labor

    Investment capital, new means of transport and large labor force

    Telegraph, Nativism and cotton gin

    Protective tariffs, abundant land and slavery

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  • Q13

    Which of the following was most responsible for the revolution described in this excerpt?

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    Increased government spending

    Rapid technological innovation

    Rapid territorial expansion

    Expanded public education

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