Checkpoint 13: Growth of the North

How did Samuel Slater change the American factory system? (Choose 2)

• He built the first steamboats to quickly ship goods to markets.

• He built a factory where machines were powered by water

• He built textile factories in the South because that’s where cotton was grown

• He hired whole families and built company villages

• He provided transportation to the factories for workers who lived far away

How was the Lowell System different from the Rhode Island System?

• Mechanized looms allowed weaving to be done in the factory rather than at home.

• Interchangeable parts were abandoned in favor of handmade ones.

• Workers were housed in towns far away from the factory rather than in nearby company villages.

• The machines in the factory were powered by water rather than coal.

What changes are associated with the Industrial Revolution? (Choose 3)

• People reduced their reliance on cotton.

• New technologies developed for making goods.

• Local artisans developed new products.

• New types of transportation developed.

• People moved to cities to work in factories.

The first stage of the Industrial Revolution involved production of __________ .

• textiles

• skyscrapers

• agricultural goods

In the Industrial Revolution, production moved from __________ .

• factories to homes

• home to factories

Production in U.S. textile factories during the Industrial Revolution depended on a large supply of __________ .

• cotton

• silk

• labor unions

• tobacco

__________ created a musket for the United States government using ________.

• Eli Whitney; handmade parts

• Samuel Slater; interchangeable parts

The types of parts used to make muskets could be used to replace a broken or defective part of a factory-made good and allowed a system of __________ to develop.

• transportation

• mass production

Why did people develop trade unions?

• to protect workers and improve working conditions

• to replace skilled jobs with unskilled jobs

• to improve technology and produce more goods

• to end the factory system and return work to homes

How did the Panic of 1837 affect trade unions?

• It decreased the cost of joining a trade union.

• It created new technology that ended the need for trade unions.

• It caused guilds to replace trade unions.

• It decreased the influence of trade unions.