The Industrial North

Phase one of industrialization in the North was that ____.

• workers used machinery less and less frequently
• employers divided jobs into smaller steps
• specialized workers were brought to separate factories
• more workers produced less fabric in less time

Robert Fulton improved transportation with his invention of the ____.

• clipper ship
• steamboat
• steam locomotive
• canal system

What majorly transformed trade in the nation’s interior and played an important role in the settlement of the Midwest?

• clipper ships

• railways

• sewing machines

• telegraphs

Which invention by Cyrus McCormick ensured that raising wheat would remain the main economic activity in the Midwestern prairies?

• mechanical reaper
• mechanical horse
• steel thresher
• steel-tipped plow

Which invention filled the need for a method of communication that kept up with the industrial growth and fast-paced travel?

• mechanical reaper

• internet

• steam engine

• telegraph

The Midwest was connected to the East by 1860 because of ____.

• the invention of the steamboat

• the growth of cities

• The Wright brothers first airplane flight

• the growing system of railroad tracks

What did John Deere invent in 1837?

• Morse code
• clipper ship
• steel-tipped plow
• telegraph

By 1860, where were most of the country’s goods manufactured?

• Northeast

• China

• Southeast

• Southwest

Why did raising wheat become a main economic activity of the Midwest?

• The thresher separated grain from the stalk.
• John Deere invented the steel plow.
• Cash crops were raised strictly for sale.
• McCormick's reaper could harvest grain quickly.

Based on the graph below, how many miles of railroad tracks did the North have in 1850?

• 200
• 700
• 2,000
• 7,000