CB 8 - Technological Innovations

During the early 1800s many young women in New England were employed outside their homes as

• crew members on cargo ships

• cloth weavers in textile mills

• staff reporters for local newspapers

• legal counselors in state courts

The introduction of interchangeable parts led directly to the

• formation of the patent system

• creation of labor unions

• use of mass-production techniques

• eight-hour workday

How did the Steam Boat affect the U.S. economy?

• decreasing the need for canals

• allowing more efficient movement of goods

• reducing the costs of settling in western territories

• transporting workers from southern states to northern states

How did the invention of the cotton gin impact the slave population?

• The demand for slaves increases in the South.

• More textile factories are established in the South

• The number of European immigrants arriving at southern port cities increases

• More tobacco and food crops are cultivated on southern plantations

Limited government interference in business and prices determined by supply and demand are all characteristics of what economic system?

• Subsistence farming

• Free Enterprise

• Mercantilism

• Socialism

How did the factory system contribute to the rapid industrialization of the United States?

• By using slave labor to mass-produce goods

• By relying on skilled artisans to create custom goods

• By making the production of goods more efficient

• By making the distribution of goods less costly

The growth of railroads during the nineteenth century affected U.S. businesses by

• making it easier and more efficient to ship goods

• discouraging Congress from instituting tariffs

• increasing the cost of raw materials

• decreasing the wages of unskilled workers

How did the cotton gin contribute to the expansion of the plantation system?

• by increasing the amount of slaves needed to grown and pick the cotton

• by reducing the number of slaves needed

• By increasing the time needed to cultivate cotton

• by reducing the demand for cotton

Why did the population in urban areas grow during Industrialization?

• The Second Great Awakening motivated people to join the reform movements

• The Industrial Revolution encouraged people to pursue jobs in cities

• Manifest Destiny inspired people to become homesteaders

• Jacksonian Democracy allowed more men to vote

The process of economic development based on factory production is called

• Industrialization

• Communism

• Free Enterprise

• Capitalism