Industrialization & Reform #1

The Bessemer process is associated with which of the following?

• the cotton gin

• railroads

• steamboats

• the telegraph

Who invented the telegraph?

• Samuel Morse

• Eli Whitney

• Robert Fulton

• Yo mama

The Erie Canal is which part of the United States?

• Northwest

• Southwest

• Northeast

• Southeast

The building of railroads did all of the following EXCEPT:

• facilitated settlement of the west

• transported goods such as food and fuel to cities

• created access to new markets

• connected Lake Erie to the Atlantic Ocean

Which invention made the transmission of news and other almost instant?

• railroads

• the telegraph

• the cotton gin

• the steamboat

Steamboats:

• created access to new markets in the west.

• became the new Oregon Trail

• moved people and goods up and down the rivers faster.

• never blew up since they traveled on the water.

The Erie Canal had several effects. Which was NOT an effect of the Erie Canal?

• Cities sprang up near the canal.

• The cost of shipping goods was lower.

• It connected the east and west coast.

• It made New York City the busiest port of the 1800's.

Choose the answer that describes traits of a free enterprise system.

• private property, consumer choice, little government interference in business

• consumer choice, heavy government regulation, competition

• limited competition, heavy government control, government ownership of all land.

• profit, competition, entrepreneurship, government fixes prices

The main negative effect of the cotton gin was that it:

• created air pollution.

• disrupted habitats.

• lowered the number of slaves needed.

• raised the demand for slaves.

All of the factors below contributed to rapid industrialization in the US EXCEPT:

• migration of workers to the west.

• free enterprise economy

• abundant natural resources

• new transportation methods