Expansion and Growth

This type of economic system allows private ownership of businesses and property.

• socialism
• free enterprise
• communism
• republicanism

Who developed the system of inter-changeable parts?

• Eli Whitney 
• Samuel Morse
• Francis Lowell
• Samuel Slater

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

• the Mississippi River
• the National Road
• the Transcontinental Railroad
• the Erie Canal

Cotton became a profitable cash crop in the South after the invention of this -

• cotton gin
• cotton mill
• textile mill
• cotton candy

Where did the MOST industrial towns and factories develop?

• near mountains
• near oceans
• along rivers and canals
• near the railroad

What do Eli Whitney and Samuel Slater have in common?

• they both built the railroad
• the both created new ways to manufacture products
• they both had college educations
• they both invented new forms of transportation

What connected the Eastern United States with Ohio?

• the Interstate Highway
• the Cumberland Road
• the Ohio River
• the National Road

In 1790, Congress passed a law to protect the rights of inventors. They could file a ________ with the government to protect their creation.

• copyright

• patent

• technology writ

• engineers schemata

__________ is an economic system that allows individuals and businesses to own property and decide how they will use it to make money.

• Communism

• Socialism

• Capitalism

• Fundamentalism

In a ____________ system, people are free to work wherever they wish, and to buy, sell, and produce whatever they want.

• communistic

• mercantile

• Free Enterprise

• socialistic