Industrial Revolution Day 4 Warm up

The primary purpose of building canals was to -

• Give people more places to swim and fish

• Connect rivers so that fish could travel greater distances

• Allow soldiers to be transported across America faster

• Allow people and goods to travel faster

One result of building canals was -

• The price people paid for goods decreased

• Britain and other world powers feared how quickly we could move our army during war time

• The price of cotton doubled, resulting in the crop to be called ‘white gold

• People began traveling to other states for vacation boosting Americas tourism industry

The steam engine was beneficial to the development of the industrial revolution because it -

• Powered American ships across the Atlantic Ocean to sell our goods to Britain and France

• Allowed engineers to travel to other cities and discuss new ways of making goods

• Led to the emancipation of all slaves

• Allowed goods to travel faster, resulting in the price of goods declining

The steamboats, steam engine, rail road, and telegraph impacted the U.S. in what way?

• This allowed people to transport goods and communicate more effectively.

• This allowed people to charge more for shipping of goods.

Identify advantages the railroad provided.

• Faster and cheaper then traveling by land

• Improved trade

• Improved settlement

• Easier to travel up river

The image above is from a newspaper clipping of the Lowel Girls. What impact on society does this picture display? 

• For the first time, women began to be paid for work in the textile factories. 

• Women were still only allowed to complete household duties. 

• Samuel Slater was able to replicate the British factory system in the U.S. 

• Women began to work on ranches to make money for their households. 

Francis Cabot Lowell’s factory system resulted in -

• More people moving to rural areas to farm

• The price of cloth declining

• The federal government supplying Lowell with money to build more factories

• Factories being powered by the steam engine

According to the map, which of the following is true of canals in the 1800s?

• They connected the Midwest and Northeast

• They replaced the railroad as the main form of transportation

• They connected all regions of the United States

• They were mostly built in the south

What was so good about the steamboats?

• Cheap

• Speed

• Quick convenience

• Expensive

What was an effect of the Erie Canal?

• Chicago became a major city in the Midwest

• New York City became America's top trade port

• The U.S. was able to trade more effectively with Europe

• The North and South became interdependent