Growth and Change

All of the following were inventions during the Industrial Revolution in the 1800's EXCEPT:

• steamboat

• electric washing machine

• railroad

• telegraph

Most industrial cities that benefited from industry and trade were located near what geographic feature?

• plains

• mountains

• rivers

• prairies

In the 1800's during the Industrial Revolution, the highest percentage of immigrants came from which two European countries?

• Ireland and Germany

• France and Great Britain

• Spain and France

• Great Britain and Italy

What effect did the cotton gin have on slave labor?

• The cotton gin was invented after slavery was made illegal in the U.S.

• The cotton gin had no effect on slave labor.

• The cotton gin decreased the demand for slave labor.

• The cotton gin increased the demand for slave labor.

Which region had the most railroads that allowed cities to grow faster than other regions?

• South

• West

• North

What was the name for a plantation manager in charge of supervising the enslaved Africans?

• overseer

• yeoman

• tenant farmer

• field hand

The Lowell Mills were initially powered by:

• wind

• water

• fire

• electricity

Who did the Lowell Mills originally recruit to work in the factories?

• enslaved Africans

• immigrants

• old retired farmers and merchants

• young girls and women

After failed attempts at forming labor unions and organizing strikes, which group of people do factory owners begin to hire to replace the original group of workers in the factories?

• Irish Immigrants

• Enslaved Africans

• Native Americans

• Quakers

Built a steamboat with a powerful engine that allowed it to go upstream:

• Robert Fulton

• Francis Cabot Lowell

• Eli Whitney

• James Monroe