Chapter 14 North and South 1800/1850

What was the significance of the cotton gin during the Industrial Revolution?

• It made farming less profitable
• It made it impossible to produce items in large numbers
• It increased the demand for slave labor in the South
• It undermined the factory system

The system in which all manufacturing steps are brought together in one place is called: 

• Factory System
• Patent System
• Capital System
• Corporation System

Why did pioneer families tend to settle in communities along major rivers?

• Rivers provided easy escape routes in the event of Native American attack
• It was easier for them to travel east along the rivers
• Rivers provided opportunities for recreation
• They could ship their crops to market more easily

Which of the following best explains why the textile industry in New England was so successful?

• The climate of New England allowed farmers in New England to grow an abundance of cotton which could be shipped to area mills at little cost
• New England’s many rivers and streams offered water power to  needed to run factory machinery.
• Many European companies refused to trade with the United States, offering fewer trade opportunities and forcing Americans to rely on domestic products.
• A lack of manufactured goods in Europe led merchants to turn instead to domestic markets for the goods that they required

Which of the following was NOT an impact of the invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney?

• The demand for slaves declined due to the invention.
• More textile mills were built in the North
• Cotton production increased in the South
• The demand for slaves increased in the South.

Changed how people worked

• Andrew Jackson
• Industrial Revolution
• patent

Who invented the cotton gin?

• Samuel Slater
• Eli Whitney
• James Ramsey
• Francis Cabot Lowell

The Spinning Jenny and the water loom led to

• a faster and cheaper way cloth was produced.  
• an economic depression
• the building of roads and canals
• the first protective tariff

 A period of rapid growth when people began producing goods using machines instead of by hand. 

• Revolutionary War
• Industrial Revolution
• American Revolution
• Manufacturing Age

In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• United States
• France
• Great Britain
• Spain