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Industrial Revolution Learning Targets

Authored by Morgan Leal

History

7th - 8th Grade

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Industrial Revolution Learning Targets
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following best defines the Industrial Revolution?

fighting between American businesses

fighting between American businesses and English businesses

fighting between farmers and factories

a change in the way goods are made

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

One new idea during the Industrial Revolution was to bring all steps of production to one place to increase efficiency. What is this called?

corporations

the American System

economic independence

the factory system

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Because factories needed rivers to run the machines and farms needed rich soil to grow crops; which of the following was an important factor in determining where factories and farms were established in the U.S.?

government planning

geographic features

the plantation system

the original location of the 13 colonies

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The cotton gin and mills increased economic growth in the U.S during the early 1800’s. Which of the following also contributed to economic growth during this period?

improvements in transportation to move goods

the creation of interchangeable parts

the end of slavery in the South

improvements in transportation to move goods and the creation of interchangeable parts

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In the early 1800s, urbanization was mainly the result of ______?

a shortage of land for new farms

federally funded national roads

new jobs available because of industrialization

migration of Native American Indians

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How did the plantation system influence the economic development of the United States?

It prevented the development of industry in the Northeast.

It turned the South into a major producer of the cotton used in northern mills.

It restricted agricultural expansion in the western territories.

It increased federal dependency on tariffs for revenue.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Robert Fulton’s steamboat aided the economic development of the United States by -

reducing traffic in the nation’s ocean harbors.

making transportation on rivers more efficient.

ending American dependence on European shipping.

serving as a method of connecting California and the East Coast.

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