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During the Industrial Revolution, the process of 'urbanization' refers to which of the following trends?
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The laws passed to restrict children from working in coal mines
The rapid growth of cities as people moved from rural areas to find factory jobs
The transition from monarchy to democratic forms of government
The spread of farming techniques that required more laborers in the countryside
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Which of the following was a common, yet dangerous, working condition faced by factory workers during the early Industrial Revolution?
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Strict laws that limited the work day to a maximum of six hours
High wages that allowed most families to enter the upper class quickly
Long working hours in poorly ventilated and unsafe environments
The requirement for all factory owners to provide free healthcare to employees
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During the Industrial Revolution, the process of 'urbanization' refers to which of the following trends?
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Which of the following was a common, yet dangerous, working condition faced by factory workers during the early Industrial Revolution?
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Which invention, developed by Eli Whitney, significantly increased the demand for slave labor in the Southern United States by making it easier to separate seeds from cotton fiber?
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The construction of the Erie Canal relied heavily on the labor of which immigrant group, who faced harsh conditions and low pay to dig the 'Big Ditch'?
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The construction of the Erie Canal led to which of the following long-term economic effects in the United States?
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Besides transportation of goods, what was a significant social impact of the steamboat era on the American frontier?
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Which inventor's famous 1801 demonstration to President John Adams involved disassembling ten muskets and reassembling one from a pile of randomized parts?
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In the context of the early American Industrial Revolution, who was Samuel Slater?
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Which of the following is considered a primary 'pull factor' that attracts people from rural areas to urban centers?
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Which major infrastructure project in the 1860s relied heavily on the labor of Chinese immigrants, who completed some of the most dangerous work through the Sierra Nevada mountains?
