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- 1. Multiple Choice
How did Samuel Slater change the American factory system? (Choose 2)
He built a factory where machines were powered by water.
He hired whole families and built company villages.
He built the first steamboats to quickly ship goods to markets.
He provided transportation to the factories for workers who lived far away.
He built textile factories in the South because that's where cotton was grown.
- 2. Multiple Choice
How was the Lowell System different from the Rhode Island System?
Mechanized looms allowed weaving to be done in the factory rather than at home.
Workers were housed in towns far away from the factory rather than in nearby company villages.
The machines in the factory were powered by water rather than coal.
Interchangeable parts were abandoned in favor of handmade ones.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What changes are associated with the Industrial Revolution? (Choose 3)
New types of transportation developed.
Local artisans developed new products.
New technologies developed for making goods.
The South's economy relied on agriculture.
People moved to cities to work in factories.
- 4. Multiple Choice
The first stage of the Industrial Revolution involved production of
textiles
homes to factories
cotton
farming
- 5. Multiple Choice
Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence. Production moved from
homes to factories
from the city to the country
from the north to the south
from textile industries to the north
- 6. Multiple Choice
Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence. ____________________could be used to replace a broken or defective part of a factory-made good.
Interchangeable parts
Eli Whitney
mass production
cotton
- 7. Multiple Choice
Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence. ____________________created the first product using these parts, a musket for the United States government.
Samuel Slater
Eli Whitney
Francis Cabot
Irish
- 8. Multiple Choice
Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence. These types of parts allowed a system of___________.
mass production
cotton
textiles
home factories
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why did people develop trade unions?
to improve technology and produce more goods
to replace skilled jobs with unskilled jobs
to protect workers and improve working conditions
to end the factory system and return work to homes
- 10. Multiple Choice
How did the Panic of 1837 affect trade unions?
It decreased the influence of trade unions.
It created new technology that ended the need for trade unions.
It decreased the cost of joining a trade union.
It caused guilds to replace trade unions.
- 11. Multiple Choice
How did technological advancements during the Industrial Revolution affect the North?
Income distribution became more even.
More workers moved to agricultural jobs from factory jobs.
Population shifted from rural areas to cities.
The level of wealth decreased.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Identify the push-pull factors for German and Irish immigrants.
jobs building canals, roads, railways, and mining; freedom, stability, and safety
poverty, lack of jobs, potato famine
poverty, religious persecution, political unrest
farming and factory jobs; freedom, stability and safety
- 13. Multiple Choice
Identify how the technological advancement in water power was used and the effect it had on society.
replaced horse power to power machinery
used in manufacturing process and then boats and railroads
factories and mills were built along rivers
sped up shipping of goods
- 14. Multiple Choice
Identify how the technological advancement in steam power was used and the effect it had on society.
used in manufacturing process and then boats and railroads
replaced horse power to power machinery
factories and mills were built along rivers
sped up shipping of goods
- 15. Multiple Choice
What were the impacts of German and Irish immigrants in the United States prior to the Civil War? (Choose 4)
Irish immigrants became farmers and many settled in Oregon.
The Know-Nothing political party developed.
German and Irish immigrants organized, supported, and led labor unions.
German immigrants changed the educational system by starting kindergartens.
Irish immigrants changed politics in American cities.
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which purpose BEST explains why the U.S. Congress authorized building the National Road?
to develop factories in the North
to move the U.S. Army to Washington, D.C.
to promote settlement to the West
to sell agricultural products in the South
- 17. Multiple Choice
How did the Erie Canal affect transportation in the United States? (Choose 2)
It became a major travel route between the Midwestern states and New York City.
It reduced costs to ship raw materials and finished goods between the Midwest and New York.
it increased costs to ship raw materials and finished goods between the southern states and New York.
It reduced travel time between upstate New York and New York City.
It increased travel time between the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean.
- 18. Multiple Choice
What were the economic impacts of the development of railroads? (Choose 2)
Shipping costs increased.
Shipping costs decreased.
Transportation times increased.
More areas could be reached for trade.
Cities developed along major rivers and the Great Lakes.
- 19. Multiple Choice
How did steamboats change shipping?
Steamboats made it impossible to ship goods to the Great Lakes.
Steamboats made shipping goods across the ocean much cheaper and faster.
Steamboats made it possible to ship goods downriver (with the current).
Steamboats made it much easier to ship goods upriver (against the current).
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