Industrial Revolution

During the early 1800s many young women in New England were employed outside their homes as -

• crew memebers on cargo ships

• cloth weavers in textile mills

• staff reporters for local newspapers

• legal counselors in state courts

How did Samuel Morse's best-known innovaton contribute to U.S. growth and development?

• It enabled instantaneous long-distance transmission of information.

• It allowed manufactured goods to be produced at lower costs.

• It boosted the speed of cross-country delivery

• It increased national unity by reducing sectional differences.

What was one major effect of the Erie Canal on the United States in the early nineteenth century?

• The rapid growth of cities in the Northeast

• A rise in cotton exports to the United Kingdom

• An increase in the cost of shipping goods to Europe

• A decrease in trade between settlers and American Indians

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

• The cost of shipping goods on eastern roads increased.

• The number of ships passing through northern ports decreased.

• The cost of shipping goods from the Midwest decreased.

• The volume of trade passing through southern ports increased.

The growth of railroads during the nineteenth century affected U.S. businesses by -

• discouraging congress from instituting tariffs

• increasing the cost of raw materials

• decreasing the wages of unskilled workers

• opening new markets for goods.

Which of these best completes the diagram above?

• The demand for slaves increases in the South.

• More textile factories are established in the South.

• The number of European immigrants arriving at southern port cities increases.

• More tobacco and food crops are cultivated on southern plantations.

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 the tariffs for the revenue.

Which factor best completes this diagram?

• New transportaton systems

• Increased government regulation

• A decline in agricultural production

• The growth of labor unions

How did the development of the factory system encourage urbanization?

• Manufacturers produced goods to export overseas.

• Labor unions were formed to protect mill workers.

• Workers moved closer to manufacturing centers.

• Industrialists invested in cotton plantations.

After the War of 1812, thousands of settlers and immigrants moved to the western frontiers of the United States in search of farming and business opportunities. In response, the government began building roads. This transportation network intended to -

• promote the free enterprise system

• establish federal control over industry

• discourage the organization of new territories

• prevent border disputes between states.