Industrialization

How did railroads impact the prices of goods & services?

• Made goods and services more expensive & harder to ship

• Made goods and services cheaper & easier to ship

• Gave people safer transportation

• Opened new land for exploring and settlements

How did the Industrial Revolution change the way we create goods?

• we made fewer products

• we made better quality products

• we made products from home

• mass production & cheaper goods

Why did people move to cities during the Industrial Revolution?

• People were looking for work.
• People were looking for farms.
• People wanted to buy a house.
• People wanted to sell their crops.

The production of goods in large quantities

• Mass production
• interchangeable parts
• cotton gin
• American System

What development led to a rise in the number of slaves imported to the US?

• interchangeable parts

• cotton gin

• mass production

• American System

What system will rise as a result of the Industrial Revolution? 

• Cottages 
• Games
• Factories
• Voting Polls

What was the importance of the Erie Canal?

• more water for the settlers to use for their crops
• it connected the Hudson River to Lake Erie making transportation of goods easier
• it connected the Mississippi River and the Hudson River and made transportation of goods easier

New York City was connected to the Great Lakes Region by-

• the Mississippi River

• the National Road

• the Transcontinental Railroad

• the Erie Canal

Which of the following was an effect of the invention of the cotton gin?

• slavery increased in the South
• slavery decreased in the South
• slavery was abolished in the United States
• cotton production decreased

The driving force behind people going into business is

• profit margin
• profit motive
• opportunity cost
• taxes