Unit 8 Industrialization & Reform

What factor lead to Industrialism? 

• Revolutions in other countries
• No  government regulations on businesses.
• trading with England only.
• introduction of the Monroe Doctrine.

What was an important power source used during Industrial Revolution?

• Electricity
• Whale Oil
• Steam
• Wind

Railroads and Canals were beneficial because

• products were moved from the West from the South.
• the West & South became more industrialized.
• People and products could move faster.
• It stopped migrants from moving to New York.

The invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney resulted in

• quicker factory production.
• soil being fertilized.
• growth in plantations and slavery.
• railroads and canals to transport cotton.

What did northern textile mills produce?

• cloth
• cows
• threshers
• chocolate shakes

What is a result of the Northern mills' need for more cotton?

• Indian groups were forced to move North.
• The railroad was expanded westward.
• There was a growth of slavery in the South.
• Immigrants from China worked in the mines.

The Know-Nothing party was 

• anti-alcohal
• anti-immigration
• against unsafe work conditions in factories
• overcrowding in cities.

Agriculture production was improved during the Industrial Revolution by

• steam-powered tractors reducing the need for slaves.
• steam-powered threshers cutting wheat faster.
• steam-powered boats moving products to cities faster.
• steam-powered shovels clearing fields.

What pulled many to settle in the North during the 19th century including immigrants and those from rural areas?

• demand for factory jobs

• slavery

• dropping prices of farm products.

• religious persecution

How was the economy in the North and South different during Industrialization?

• Manufacturing grew in the North.
• The South supported tariffs.
• Ship-building grew in the South.
• Innovations declined in the North.