Northeast Region Review

Which of the following describes the Northeastern economy in the 1800s?

• becoming more agricultural

• industrializing

• dependent on trade with Europe

• dependent on cash crops

Answer explanation

More factories were being built which is industrialization

What as the Industrial Revolution?

• An event to try and change the government of the United States

• A time period in which factories were being created

• The growth of cities in a country

• The increase in large farms over a period of time

How did the Industrialization impact the sale of manufactured goods?

• It caused the price to increase, because the goods were now much higher in quality

• It caused the price to decrease because it took less time to make these goods

• It caused fewer to be available because demand increased very rapidly

• It caused more people to buy these goods from other countries where they were cheaper

Answer explanation

Industrialization is the growth of factories. These factories could produce manufactured goods much faster and in larger quantity than when they were made by hand. Since the manufactured goods were now easier to make they could lower the price for them

There were many different kinds of factories, but the most common were factories that created...

• farm products

• tools and machines

• glass

• textiles

What are textiles?

• goods made of stone or brick

• paper products

• cloth

• wood

How did the industrial revolution change life for people?

• It helped people to find higher paying jobs

• It allowed the average person to be able to afford manufactured goods

• It allowed people to move out of cities

• It caused workers to become more skilled

Answer explanation

-For the first time an average person could now afford manufactured goods that once only the rich could afford (for example before most people only had one or two outfits because of how expensive clothing was)

Its not A. because the jobs in factories paid very little

Its not C. because people moved to cities to work in factories

Its not D. because factory work was less skilled

Why were many of the first factories built in the northeast?

• The northeast had fast moving rivers which were used to power the mills (factories)

• The northeast had a larger population of enslaved people who were used to work in the factories

• The northeast had flat land which was needed to build a factory

• The northeast had a lot more wealthy people which were needed to fund the factories

Who brought the industrial revolution to the United States?

• Alexander Grahm Bell

• John Cabot Lowell

• Benjamin Franklin

• Henry Ford

Which of the following THREE groups of people made up most factory workers?

• American women

• American men

• immigrants

• enslaved people

• children

Why did more women than men work in factories ?

• Women were more skilled than men in weaving

• Women had fewer job opportunities and so they would take these jobs that men didn't want

• There were more women than men

• Women preferred the independence of factory work

Answer explanation

The factory work did not require skill, and it did not pay well. Women were more likely to take these jobs because they weren't allowed to do a lot of the work men would do. The job did give some women a feeling of independence but it wasn't much (since the factory rules were so harsh) and it wasn't a driving factor for the job