Industrialization

The most important invention/improvement responsible for the growth of American industry 

• steam boat
• Railroad
• interchangeable parts
• telegraph

A drastic change or changes that occur in a relatively short period of time:

• Urban growth
• Industy
• Independence
• Revolution

Which of the following was a defining characteristic of the Era of Good Feelings? 

• Many states called for a restructuring of the federal government
• Evangelical revivalists challenged religious traditionalists. 
• There was a renewed sense of nationalism.
• The United States ceded territory to Great Britain in an attempt to avoid war.

The movement from rural areas and clustering of people into towns and cities is called:

• Urbanization
• Revolution 
• Industrialization
• Civilization

Name the inventor of the cotton gin.

• Eli Whitney
• Henry Bessmer
• Alexander Bell
• Thomas Edison

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.

What was one major effect of the Erie Canal on the United States in the early nineteenth century? 

• A decrease in trade between settlers and American Indians
• An increase in the cost of shipping goods to Europe
• A rise in cotton exports to the United Kingdom
• The rapid growth of cities in the Northeast 

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

• The growth of labor unions
• A decline in agricultural production 
• Increased government regulation 
• New transportation systems