Industry and the Market Revolution

Which of the following individuals created the Steamboat?

• Samuel Slater
• Cyrus McCormick 
• Samuel Morse
• Robert Fulton 

Which of the following individuals brought the first textile factory plans to the U.S.?

• Cyrus McCormick

• Samuel Slater

• Samuel Morse

• Robert Fulton

Which of the following individuals developed the telegraph?

• Samuel Slater
• Cyrus McCormick 
• Robert Fulton
• Samuel Morse

What conceptual breakthrough, used by Eli Whitney to produce rifles and the cotton gin, was vital to the 1st Industrial Revolution in the United States?

• The Factory System 
• The Bessemer Process
• Interchangeable Parts
• Hydroelectric Power

The market revolution can best be summed up by which of the following: 

• The economic change to an industrial north and an agricultural south
• The government was overthrown through rebellion because of market taxes
• The revolution that changed out country to incorporate free enterprise
• People bought what they needed instead of made everything

Which population had high immigration rates to America from 1820 to 1860?

• Irish

• Italian

• Czech

• Latino

This invention by Cyrus McCormick made it easier for farmers to harvest their crops. One farmer could do the work of five.

• mechanical reaper
• steel plow
• cotton gin
• tractor

Which devastating historical event caused massive waves of immigration from Ireland?

• The Great Depression

• The Opium Wars

• The Potato Famine

• The Great Schism

"Nativism" could best be described as

• a strong dislike for Native Americans

• a strong dislike for immigrants

• a strong dislike for imported goods

• a strong dislike for imported French Canadians

What caused urbanization?

• improved farming techniques and new factory jobs

• more comfortable living conditions

• the strong dislike of native Americans and slaves

• a decrease in population