Industrial Revolution

What is a characteristic of the free enterprise system?

• Most private property is held in common
• Government officials make most economic decision
• There is a general agreement on all tax policies
• Individual enjoy freedom to produce and buy mosts goods and services

In the early 1800s, urbanization was mainly the result of the -

• shortage of land for new farms
• federally funded national roads
• impact of industrialization
• migration of Native American Indians

An increase in the number of factories in the early 1800s in the United States contributed to -

• an increase in the urban population
• an increase in dependence on foreign laborers
• a decrease in the amount of water and air pollution
• a decrease in dependence on steam power

An increase in the number of factories in the early 1800s in the United States contributed to -

• an increase in the urban population
• an increase in dependence on foreign laborers
• a decrease in the amount of water and air pollution
• a decrease in dependence on steam power

What was  one of the South's objections to the higher tariffs enacted by Congress?

• They would allow them access to cheap foreign imports
• The would prevent domestic manufacturing from growing
• They would redistribute wealth among American social classes
• They would make it more difficult to export crops

The use of interchangeable parts in the manufacture of goods advanced the growth of the manufacturing industry because it -

• allowed the continuation of the domestic system
• permitted large quantities of goods to be mass produced at lower costs
• made it possible for unskilled workers to operate machines
• brought an end to the common abuse of factory workers

During the early 1800s, major improvements to the nation's system of trade were made with all of the following except the -

• construction of canals
• use of steamboats on rivers
• completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
• construction of toll roads

How did railroad construction impact the U.S. economy?

• Increased railroad usage in the North contributed to the start of the Civil War
• The invention of the steam engine in 1830 was responsible for growth in the next decade
• Railroads joined the east and west coast leading to economic growth

Which statement best represents the changes in American society due to the invention of interchangeable parts?

• Interchangeable parts prevented other new inventions from being developed
• Mass production was made possible by Eli Whitney's invention
• The invention made it possible to ship goods east along the Erie Canal
• Whitney's invention made tariffs unnecessary

What invention contributed to the spread of slavery and sectional disputes between free and slave holding states?

• Bessemer steel
• Samuel Morse's telegraph
• John Deere's Steel plow
• Eli Whitney's cotton gin