Cash Crops
1.5.3 Test (TS):
Populism and
Progressivism
U.S. History Sem 2
(S2558062)
Points possible: 60
Test
Corina Reyes
Date: ____________
The Big Question How did farmers, activists, workers and politicians face the problems of industrial
America during the Populist and Progressive Eras?
Section 1: Short-answer questions (30 points)
In this section, you will write a two- to three-sentence response to each of the following items.
Remember to use examples and be specific.
1. What factors caused many people to give up farming and move to the city? Fill in the boxes below to explain how each step led many farmers to leave their farms for a life in the city. (7 points)
Cash Crops
In the late 1800's the majority of farmers grew enough food to support themselves, with a small percentage of product for sale to others, and the farmers were making profit. A much higher production drove down the price, which had the effect of making it more affordable to live in the city, and then added effect of forcing farmers who could not compete to find another line of work. Farmers had quit and moved to the city in the Industrial Revolution because they could get better pay working in the factories and could better support their families.
Technology
An advancement of farm technology allowed larger plots of land or numbers of animals to be grown and raised by few numbers of people, which by taking dairy farming, and one pumping machine can do the work of 5-6 people in half of the time. By being said of plowing versus someone spading and any number of other cases. Debts
Factories in the cities attracted workers, and the availability of workers had turned into a attracted but more industry, and at the same time, as agricultural productivity steadily increased, farm land and labor were released for many other uses.
Jobs in the City
Most city jobs tend to pay more (unless you are the farm owner... especially ones subsidized by the US government), but there is public
Populism and
Progressivism
U.S. History Sem 2
(S2558062)
Points possible: 60
Test
Corina Reyes
Date: ____________
The Big Question How did farmers, activists, workers and politicians face the problems of industrial
America during the Populist and Progressive Eras?
Section 1: Short-answer questions (30 points)
In this section, you will write a two- to three-sentence response to each of the following items.
Remember to use examples and be specific.
1. What factors caused many people to give up farming and move to the city? Fill in the boxes below to explain how each step led many farmers to leave their farms for a life in the city. (7 points)
Cash Crops
In the late 1800's the majority of farmers grew enough food to support themselves, with a small percentage of product for sale to others, and the farmers were making profit. A much higher production drove down the price, which had the effect of making it more affordable to live in the city, and then added effect of forcing farmers who could not compete to find another line of work. Farmers had quit and moved to the city in the Industrial Revolution because they could get better pay working in the factories and could better support their families.
Technology
An advancement of farm technology allowed larger plots of land or numbers of animals to be grown and raised by few numbers of people, which by taking dairy farming, and one pumping machine can do the work of 5-6 people in half of the time. By being said of plowing versus someone spading and any number of other cases. Debts
Factories in the cities attracted workers, and the availability of workers had turned into a attracted but more industry, and at the same time, as agricultural productivity steadily increased, farm land and labor were released for many other uses.
Jobs in the City
Most city jobs tend to pay more (unless you are the farm owner... especially ones subsidized by the US government), but there is public