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How did the construction of large railroad network contribute to urban growth ?
Cities with rail connections made migrating to cities easier
How did competition amd the quest for profit change working conditions in American mills
As competition increased mill owners had less concern for the well being of their workers and working conditions declined
What were some drawbacks of urbanization?
Early cities lacked sewers people threw gat add into the streets as cities grown more crowded diseases spread
How did invention of the new farm machines contribute to urbanization in the north?
The new farm machines ment fewer workers were needed on the farm many of these workers felt rural areas to find employment in cities
What push factors caused Irish and German to leave their homelands for the untited states
Germans faced food shortages and political trouble
Why did skilled African Americans have trouble finding jobs in the north?
Discrimination
How did the use of interchangeable parts contribute to the Industrial Revolution?
By speeding up the production of the goods the use of interchangeable parts made factories more efficient and profitable
How did transportation boost the market revolution in the early 1800s?
New roads canals and stream boats transporting goods more efficiently
Why were artisans the first to organize trade unions and lunch strikes?
Artisans were skilled so they could confront factory owners
Why were the know nothing party considered a nativist party?
They were anti immigrant and anti catholic
What was the principal advantage of steam power over water power?
Water power depended on factories being near the streams stream power could be used anywhere
What key role did capitalists play in the Industrial Revolution?
Capitalists supplied the capital or money that mill amd factory needed.
Why would artisans demand higher wages while other workers could not?
Artisans had special skills that factory owners needed
Why do you think the members of the know nothing party answered as they did?
They wish to keep their activity secret.
How would scarcity of natural resources affect the supply of goods to a market ?
Since scarcity is limited supply and natural resources are needed to make goods a sacracity of nature resources would decrease the supply of goods