Industrial Revolution

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

Which title belongs in the center of this diagram?

• Technological Innovations in Manufacturing
• Noteworthy European Scientific Inventions
• Effects of the Factory System
• Changes in Transportation

Which of these best completes the diagram?

• The demand for slaves increases in the South.
• More textile factories factories are established in the South. 
• The number of European immigrants arriving at southern port cities increases.
• More tobacco and food crops are cultivated on southern plantations. 

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

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

How did the War of 1812 affect the U.S. economy?

• The use of federal paper currency increased.
• Agricultural imports increased.
• Imports of raw materials increased.
• Manufacturing increased.

How did the development of the factory system encourage urbanization?

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

Which pull factor accounted for much of Chinese immigration to the United States in the mid-1800's?

• An opportunity for free land in the Midwest
• The prospect of religious freedom
• An economic boom in the West
• The possibility of a free education

In the 1840's, thousands of Irish immigrants came to the United States seeking to escape--

• a civil war between protestants and Catholics
• a famine caused by the failure of a staple food crop
• a series of violent conflicts between the British and the Irish governments
• a series of smallpox epidemics

During the early 1800's many young women in New England were employed outside their homes as--

• crew members on cargo ships
• cloth weavers in textile mills
• staff reporters for local newspapers
• legal counselors in state courts

The innovation shown in this photograph most affected the U.S. economy by--

• decreasing the need for canals
• allowing more efficient movement of goods
• reducing the costs of settling in western territories
• transporting workers from southern states to northern states