8th grade Social Studies STAAR Review

What is the movement of people from rural to urban areas called?

• ruralization
• colonization
• inflation
• urbanization

What is the process in which a society transforms from agriculture to manufacturing?

• Socialism
• Industrialization
• Social Darwinism
• Collective Bargaining

What was one major effect of the opening of the Erie Canal?

• The volume of trade passing through southern ports increased.
• The cost of shipping goods from the Midwest decreased. 
• The number of ships passing through northern ports decreased.
• The cost of shipping goods on eastern roads increased. 

An economic system in which businesses have the freedom to operate competitively for profit with minimal government regulations.

• Free Enterprise
• Mercantilism
• Profit

An invention by Eli Whitney that speeded the cleaning of cotton fibers and in effect, increased the need for slaves.

• Steamboat
• Mechanical Reaper
• Steel Plow
• Cotton Gin

Mass production led to:

• Products being more superior in quality
• goods became less expensive
• laborers received higher wages
• industries moved to rural areas

How did railroads impact the prices of goods & services?

• Made goods and services more expensive & harder to ship

• Made goods and services cheaper & easier to ship and helped settle the west

• Gave people safer transportation

• Opened new land for exploring and settlements

Which invention increased the capacity and speed for river travel helping to lower the cost of manufactured goods?

• Mechanical Reaper
• Cotton Gin
• Steamboat
• Telegraph

The time after War of 1812 where America experiences a sense of Nationalism and pride for the country was called the__

• Immigration Explosion
• Time of Our Lives
• Monroe Doctrine
• Era of Good Feelings

What is the man made water route that improved steam boat trade from New York to Ohio River Valley, stimulating the growth of New York?

• Erie Canal
• Transcontinental Canal
• The Great Lakes
• The River of Man