Industrial, Manifest Destiny, and Westward expansion quiz

How did the Industrial Revolution affect the cities?

• Made the crime rate decrease
• Led to an increase in farm workers
• Make the cities cleaner and safer
• Led to an increase in population in the cities

Why were railroads so important during this time?

• they moved goods more quickly and less expensively over greater distances
• they were fun to ride on to go visit family in other states
• people could ride on railroads to get to their jobs in another city

This artificial waterway was built to connect New York City with the Great Lakes Region.

• Slave States
• Mississippi River
• Toll Road
• Erie Canal

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The invention discussed in this article led directly to —

• rapid communication of information to distant locations

• rapid population growth in the western territories

• the expansion of educational opportunities for women

What was one result of industrialization in the United States during the mid-1800s?

• The federal government prohibited immigration.

• Sectional differences increased.

• Fewer public lands were devoted to transportation.

What was the impact of the Erie Canal?

• reduced cost of shipping goods from the Midwest; rapid growth of cities in the Northeast,making New York a Major Trading Center.

• Made shipping more expensive and slowed it down to a crawl.

What was the impact of the Steamboat?

• Riverboats can ONLY travel up river.

• riverboats could now travel up and down rivers; increased travel/transportation efficiency; reduced cost of shipping goods.

• Riverboats slowed down progress of westward expansion

What was the impact of Interchangeable Parts?

• increased production of tools and devices; decreased repair costs; led to mass production techniques

• Led to slower production of tools and increased repair costs

• There was no change because of interchangeable parts.

What is mass production?

• The efficient production of large numbers of identical goods.
• Making mass using energy according to the equation E=mc²
• Making lots of tractors
• Having lots of kids

How did the Industrial Revolution change the way we create goods?

• we made fewer products
• we made better quality products
• we made products from home
• mass production & cheaper goods