Chapter 14 exam

True or False. The use of machines sped the rate of the production of manufactured goods.

• True

• False

Which is not a innovation in transportation during the 1800s?

• Airplanes

• Railroads

• Clipper ships

• Steam boats

What is a system for sending coded messages instantly along electrical wires?

• Telegraph

• Overseer

• Clipper ship

• Slave codes

The Great Plains included all of the following states except ___________.

• Minnesota

• Virginia

• Iowa

• Missouri

Hint: Occurred in Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania, between Camp Hill Station and Fort Washington Station

Two trains, traveling on the same track in converging directions, collided, killing between 59 and 67, and injuring over 100. This was known as one of the worst train wrecks in American history.

• The Great Train Wreck of 1856

• Fidenae Amphitheatre Collapse

• Hatfield Rail Crash

• North Carolina Train Collision

Workers began organizing into _____ to try to get factory owners to improve conditions at work.

• Trade Unions

• Machines

• Factories

• Labor laws

Which lesson 2 term is defined by "unfair treatment"?

• Discrimination

• Prejudice

• Strike

• Community

What is the closest definition to the academic term "community"?

• A group of people who live in the same area

• An unfair opinion not based on facts

• An extreme shortage of food

• To give an official authority to do something

Which term is defined by "To give an official authority to do something"

• License

• Nativists

• Productivity

• Charter

True or False. People in the South moved from the Deep South to the Upper South.

• True

• False