CH 09 L1: A Growing Economy

The period in history when many people left their homes and farms to work in mills was called the Industrial Revolution

• True

• False

New England offered ideal conditions for farming

• True

• False

A patent gives a person legal rights regarding an invention

• True

• False

Corporations developed rapidly in the 1830s after changes to the law were made

• True

• False

Libraries, museums, and a variety of shops were in plentiful supply in rural America in the 1800s

• True

• False

What was a the heart of the Industrial Revolution?

• the cotton gin

• new machines and new technology

• farms, rivers, and streams

• the steam generator

What was a significant development in the way goods were made?

• development of mills

• economic factors

• factory system

• wealthy merchant association

What helped increase cotton production?

• cotton gin

• cotton mill

• factory system

• steam generator

In what area did many new industrial towns develop?

• along mountain ranges

• near oceans and bays

• near other large towns

• along rivers and steams

The first developments of the Industrial Revolution in the United States occurred in __________

• the Deep South

• coastal areas

• New England

• the Western Frontier