Industrialization

The development of a national market for goods and services within the United States was

largely a result of —

• tariffs on manufactured goods

• government safety regulations

• improvements in transportation

• increased demand for cheap labor

What effect did the development of

standardized parts and machine tools

have on factory workers?

• Wages rose considerably.

• Working conditions improved.

• Fewer skills were required of

  workers.

• Fewer jobs were available to

  workers.

Which statement best describes a result of industrialization in the United States during the

mid-nineteenth century?

• People moved to cities in search of economic opportunity.

• Farmers began to cultivate land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Native peoples were forcibly relocated to western territories.

• Government officials began to promote the idea of Manifest Destiny.

The Bessemer steel process affected westward expansion in the United States by enabling

• clipper ships to be built in order to transport passengers from the East Coast to the

  West Coast

• interstate canal systems to be built in order to transport agricultural goods from west

  to east

• Conestoga wagons to be built in order to carry people and goods to the West

• railroads to be built in order to carry people and goods to the West

Which form of transportation was

MOST important to development west

of the Mississippi River during the 19th

century?

• steamboats

• railroads

• canals

• roads

• entrepreneurship
• Competition
• Private property
• profit motive
• consumer choice

Which of the following would be the best title for the list?

• Free Enterprise System

• Mercantile system

• Federalism

• Republicanism

Major 19th century innovations such as the steel plow, steam engines, Bessemer process, and interchangeable parts, resulted in

• higher consumer costs

• decreased profits for investors

• less consumer choice

• more efficient production of goods

Major 19th century innovations such as the steel plow, steam engines, Bessemer process, and interchangeable parts, resulted in

• higher consumer costs

• decreased profits for investors

• less consumer choice

• more efficient production of goods

What is Free Enterprise?

• little government interference in private business
• total government interference in private business

  Interchangeable parts resulted in--

• more efficient forms of mass production
• the expansion of slavery in the west
• increased cotton production in the south