American Industrial Revolution

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

Which group settled in California and helped build the western half of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Irish
• Chinese
• German
• Scandinavian

Which inventions changed the way cotton was processed?

• Cotton Gin

• Spinning Jenny

• Bessemer Steel Process

• Light Bulb

What is the movement from rural to urban areas called?

• Moving
• colonization
• inflation
• urbanization

Why did people move to the cities during the Industrial revolution?

• Jobs in factories
• Jobs on the farm
• Family
• Friends

One of the most significant economic effects of the War of 1812 was--

• the decline of slavery in the North
• the development of American manufacturing
• the addition of two new amendments
• the reliance on cottage industry

What was one major effect of the opening of the Erie Canal?

• the volume of trade in Southern ports increased
• the cost of shipping goods from the Midwest decreased
• the number of ships through northern ports decreased
• the cost of shipping goods in Eastern roads increased

An economic system with minimal government interference is called

• Sedition
• command economy
• embargo
• free enterprise

The change from individual production of goods to machine production is called

• urbanization
• industrialization
• agrarian societs
• nullification

Before the United States adopted the factory system, most manufactured goods were imported from England and other European countries.

• True

• False