Chapter 13: Growth of the North

How did Samuel Slater change the American factory system? (Choose 2)

• He built a factory where machines were powered by water.

• He hired whole families and built company villages.

• He built the first steamboats to quickly ship goods to markets.

• He provided transportation to the factories for workers who lived far away.

• He built textile factories in the South because that's where cotton was grown.

How was the Lowell System different from the Rhode Island System?

• Mechanized looms allowed weaving to be done in the factory rather than at home.

• Workers were housed in towns far away from the factory rather than in nearby company villages.

• The machines in the factory were powered by water rather than coal.

• Interchangeable parts were abandoned in favor of handmade ones.

What changes are associated with the Industrial Revolution? (Choose 3)

• New types of transportation developed.

• Local artisans developed new products.

• New technologies developed for making goods.

• The South's economy relied on agriculture.

• People moved to cities to work in factories.

The first stage of the Industrial Revolution involved production of

• textiles

• homes to factories

• cotton

• farming

Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence. Production moved from

• homes to factories

• from the city to the country

• from the north to the south

• from textile industries to the north

Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence. ____________________could be used to replace a broken or defective part of a factory-made good.

• Interchangeable parts

• Eli Whitney

• mass production

• cotton

Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence. ____________________created the first product using these parts, a musket for the United States government.

• Samuel Slater

• Eli Whitney

• Francis Cabot

• Irish

Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence. These types of parts allowed a system of___________.

• mass production

• cotton

• textiles

• home factories

Why did people develop trade unions?

• to improve technology and produce more goods

• to replace skilled jobs with unskilled jobs

• to protect workers and improve working conditions

• to end the factory system and return work to homes

How did the Panic of 1837 affect trade unions?

• It decreased the influence of trade unions.

• It created new technology that ended the need for trade unions.

• It decreased the cost of joining a trade union.

• It caused guilds to replace trade unions.