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What was one major effect of the opening of the Erie Canal?

• The volume of trade passing through southern ports increased.
• The cost of shipping goods from the Midwest decreased. 
• The number of ships passing through northern ports decreased.
• The cost of shipping goods on eastern roads increased. 

Which of these was an effect of the Industrial Revolution on U.S. women in the early nineteenth century? 

•  State governments called conventions in support of women’s suffrage.
•  Women seeking work migrated from rural communities to cities.
• The government passed laws to improve safety for women in the workplace.
• Women in unions gained bargaining power with employers

The introduction of interchangeable parts led directly to the — 

• eight-hour workday
•  use of mass-production techniques 
• creation of labor unions
• formation of the patent system

How did the development of the factory system encourage urbanization? 

• Industrialists invested in cotton plantations.
• Workers moved closer to manufacturing centers
• Labor unions were formed to protect mill workers.
• Manufacturers produced goods to export overseas.

How did the plantation system influence the economic development of the United States? 

• It increased federal dependency on tariffs for revenue.
• It restricted agricultural expansion in the western territories.
•  It turned the South into a major producer of the cotton used in northern mills.  
• It prevented the development of industry in the Northeast.