VMS-Industrial Revolution

This invention made it possible for factories to be built anywhere.

• spinning jenny

• steam engine

• flying shuttle

More immigrants settled in northern states than southern states because -

• the north had more cotton plantations

• the south had smaller manufacturing centers

As the foreign-born population in the United States continued to grow with incoming immigrants during the Industrial Revolution, so did the -

• decrease in educational opportunities for women

• creation of trade guilds

• expansion of available labor

• increase in production costs

The introduction of Eli Whitney's interchangeable parts led directly to the use of -

• the patent system

• labor unions

• eight-hour workday

• mass production techniques

Name the area of the United States where the Industrial Revolution began due to fast moving rivers, natural harbors, and lack of agriculture.

• South

• Midwest

• Northeast

• West

The invention of the cotton gin increased the efficiency of cotton production and contributed to the expansion of the plantation system by -

• reducing the demand for raw cotton

• increasing the time needed to cultivate cotton

• reducing the number of slaves needed for growing cotton

• increasing the profitability of slavery

This artificial waterway was built to connect New York City with the Great Lakes Region.

• Slave States

• Mississippi River

• Toll Road

• Erie Canal

His Robert Fulton's invention, the Clermont, allowed passengers to travel upstream ushering in a new age of river travel. What invention is being described?

• locomotive

• steamboat

• telegraph

• automobile

Who's best known innovation (the telegraph) contributed to U.S. growth and development by enabling instantaneous long-distance transmission of communication?

• James Watt

• Cyrus McCormack

• Samuel Morse

• Robert Fulton

One of the most significant economic effects of the War of 1812 was the development of U.S. manufacturing due to -

• Congress reducing tariffs

• the decrease of the supply of British goods

• the increase of exports to Great Britain

• Congress ending the European embargo