The American Industrial Revolution

The transformation from rural to city is called

• urbanization
• industrialization
• Manifest Destiny
• factory system

One of the most significant economic effects of the War of 1812 was--

• the decline of slavery in the North
• the development of American manufacturing
• the addition of two new amendments
• the reliance on cottage industry

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

• the volume of trade in Southern ports increased
• the cost of shipping goods from the Midwest decreased
• the number of ships through northern ports decreased
• the cost of shipping goods in Eastern roads increased

The cotton gin and interchangeable parts were inventions of--

• Eli Whitney
• Robert Fulton
• Thomas Edison
• Robert Morse

Creation of a national bank, protective tariffs, and transportation improvements were part of

• George Washington's Republic plan
• Henry Clay's American System
• James Madison's Domestic policy
• James Monroe's Monroe Doctrine

An economic system with minimal government interference is called

• Sedition
• command economy
• embargo
• free enterprise

Which of the following was NOT a major labor source in Northern factories

• women
• men
• children
• immigrants

The change from individual production of goods to machine production is called

• urbanization
• industrialization
• agrarian societs
• nullification