Benchmark Review - Industrial Revolution

Invented the Cotton Gin

• Eli Whitney 
• Henry Clay 
• Francis Lowell
• John Deere 

Led to a canal boom in the United States thanks to the success New York had

• Central Canal 
• Erie Canal
• Wabash Canal 
• Ohio Canal 

Steamboats and Railroads did all the following EXCEPT 

• Better relations with natives 
• Cities grew 
• Cut shipping costs 
• Made goods cheaper 

What product was first made using machines in factories?

• Steel
• textiles
• locomotives
• flying shuttles

What was one result of industrialization in the United States during the mid 1800s?

• sectional differences increased

• the federal government prohibited immigration

• job opportunities decreased

• fewer public lands were devoted to transportation

In which region of the US was the cultivation of cotton the primary economic activity?

• The West

• The North

• The South

How did this invention contribute to the expansion of the plantation system?

• by reducing the number of slave needed for growing cotton

• by increasing the time needed to cultivate cotton

• by increasing the profitability of slavery

• by reducing the demand for raw cotton

Which of these occurred during early US industrialization?

• manufacturers instituted a five-day work week

• labor laws required factories to provide a safe working environment

• workers were required to attend schools to develop technical skills

• production of goods transitioned from homes to factories

Mechanical reapers

Steel Plow

Interchangeable parts

Power looms

Steam Engines

The innovations in industry and agriculture resulted in -

• higher consumer costs

• decreased profits for investors

• less consumer choice

• more efficient production of goods

With the invention of the power loom and spinning jenny, many factories began to spring up around rivers in the Northwest, this led to rapid urbanization that was caused by -

• passing the protective tariff to encourage factory growth

• people moving from rural areas to find work in the factories

• the invention of the steel plow which settlement in the West

• the approval of the Second National Bank in Clay's American System