AH1.4 - The Market Revolution

The factory system made life easier because:

• It streamlined the process of creating goods

• It helped business owners speak directly with consumers

• It helped transport goods faster and easier

• It greatly reduced the number of hours individuals spent on farm labor

Those who feared the impact of immigration on American political and social life were called...

• Nativist

• Conformist

• Transcendentalists

• The Second Great Awakening

Completed in 1825, it made New York City a major trade port. It allowed goods to flow between the Great Lakes and New York City, which gave New York primacy over competing ports in access to trade with the Old Northwest

• The Panama Canal

• The Suez Canal

• The Erie Canal

• The Cape Cod Canal

What were the unexpected consequences of Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin?

• The demand and price of slaves increased

• Expansion of cotton production which required more slaves

• England declared war on American manufacturing

• More land is purchased to grow cotton in the South and Southwest

From what two nations did most immigrants to America come from in the early 1800s?

• Ireland

• Germany

• Italy

• China

What other invention by Eli Whitney helped the factory system dominate industry helping factories to mass produce items while workers assembled them?

• mechanical reaper

• interchangeable parts

• steam engine

• spinning jenny