History of the Americas Questions
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What did Industrialization mean for many formerly and relatively smaller towns in Europe and the US—like Manchester in England and New York City? (The process by which cities grow and are populated.)
When it comes to inventions during the First Industrial Revolution, make sure that you can define the Spinning Jenny, the Cotton Gin, the Steam Engine, and the Telegraph.
What is the process through which cities grow and are populated?
What strategy was based on hiring young, unmarried women from local farms?
What are some of the positive effects of the Industrial Revolution?
What do we call young men who worked for several years to learn a trade?
What event helped many Americans begin to realize that the U.S. had been relying too heavily on foreign goods?
Which of these resulted in the creation of the transcontinental railroad?
What industry is going to lead the way for Great Britain in its role as the leading producer during the First Industrial Revolution?
When workers refuse to work until their demands are meet, that is called a what?
What "industry" did the Industrial Revolution phase out? Hint: It occurred in homes.
One of the first textile mills in the U.S. was in which state?
Did everyone accept the telegraph's power at first?
What are groups that tried to improve pay and working conditions called?
Textile mills were being built near what source?
Which of these is believed to have contributed to the Wounded Knee Massacre?
Who was the Nez Percé chief who traveled 1,400 miles and fought off the U.S. Army for three months in a failed attempt to escape to Canada and avoid being forced onto a reservation?
Who was the religious leader and chief who led the Lakota Sioux in their defeat of Lieutenant Colonel George Custer and his troops at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
Which of these people was an Apache leader who attacked troops and settlers in the United States and Mexico when they tried to take Apache land?
Which of these became the cheapest and fastest way to travel from the East Coast to the West in the late 1800s?