Industrial Revolution Quiz Day 5-8

The primary reason of building canals was to __

• give people more places to swim and fish

• Connect rivers so that fish could travel greater distances

• transport soldiers during the war faster and cheaper

• allow people and goods to be transported faster and cheaper

One result of building canals was __

• the price people paid for goods dramatically decreased

• Britain and other European nations feared how quickly the U.S. could move its army during war time.

• The price of cotton doubled, resulting in the crop being called white gold.

• People began traveling to other states for vacation boosting American tourism.

The steam engine was beneficial to the development of the industrial revolution because it __

• powered American ships across the Atlantic Ocean to sell goods to Europe

• allowed engineers to travel to other cities and discuss the new ways of manufacturing goods.

• led to the emancipation (freedom) of all slaves in the U.S.

• allowed factories to no longer need to be near rivers for water power because the machines are powered by engines

__ developed a more powerful steam engine bringing in the era of steamboat travel.

• Eli Whitney

• Robert Fulton

• Alexander Hamilton

• Samuel Morse

Which of these best completes the diagram?

• The demand for slaves increases in the South

• More textile (cloth) factories are built in the South

• The number of European immigrants arrive at southern ports increases

• More tobacco and food crops are harvested on southern plantations.

Urbanization refers to __

• the movement of. people to rural areas from urban centers

• the manufacturing of goods by machines rather by hand

• Building of canals and roads to improve interstate transportation

• the rapid growth of cities as more people moved from rural farms to

Urbanization resulted from __

• people wanting to be a party of city life

• farmers wanting to work in factory to have a more reliable income

• farmers wanting to own more land and, therefore, moving farther into the country to own more land

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants came to America from Ireland due to __

• their beliefs that all people are created equal

• American providing money to all new immigrants to help provide for their families

• a potato famine

America was an attractive place for immigrants wanting to escape their home countries primarily because __

• of the jobs available in the urban areas

• the superior education system in the U.S.

• the nation held the belief that all men are created equal and there was not racial discrimination

STAAR QUESTION: Which type of economy is best describe by the characteristics listed.

• Subsistence farming (Making just enough to live)

• Free Enterprise

• Mercantilism

• Socialism