US History: Industrial Revolution & Technology

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Producing products in exact sizes so their components fit when assembled:

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Interchangeable Parts

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Artificial waterways dug for transport between other bodies of water:

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Canals

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What did they call the large cash crop farms in the Southern US from 1800-1850?

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Plantations

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How did new methods of mass production contribute to the Industrial Revolution?

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New products were made quickly and cheaply

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What kinds of jobs did most new immigrants take once they arrived in the US?

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Factory jobs

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Free enterprise is

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business that is free from government involvement

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What is one positive about the laissez-faire politics?

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Entrepreneurs started businesses without government interference

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The War of 1812 led to the Industrial Revolution because...

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We could no longer buy goods from Britain

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The type of economic system in the U.S., which is characterized by the private ownership of business by individual citizens and corporations.

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Capitalism / Free Enterprise

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How did the railroad fuel the growth of industrialization in the United States?

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Each answer is correct.