Unit 3 Review - 2024

The Industrial Revolution describes a time when

• people rejected socialism and began calling for capitalism.
• people began to use the scientific method to find answers to their questions.
• work done by machines in factories replaced work done by hand.
• industrialized nations created overseas colonies.

Which of the following is true of the Industrial Revolution?

• The industrial revolution helped bring an end to slavery in America.
• The industrial revolution first began in France.
• The first industry to use machines and factories was textiles.  
• By the end of the industrial revolution, most factories were powered by rivers.

Which of the following best explains the impact of railroads during the Industrial Revolution?

• Railroads were so slow and expensive that automobiles quickly replaced them.
• Railroads increased transportation costs led to a decline in factory output.
• Railroads were expensive and cost factory owners more money.
• Railroads increased the need for coal, steel, and steam engine production.

Which of the following people is CORRECTLY matched to his invention?

• Henry Bessemer --> steamboat
• James Watt --> steam engine
• Eli Whitney --> cheap steel-making
• Robert Fulton --> cotton gin

Which of the following is true about the Industrial Revolution?

• The Industrial Revolution began first in Germany, then spread to England.
• Living conditions for urban factory workers were typically better than those of rural farmers.
• Children and women rarely worked in factories because these jobs were reserved for men.
• The number of unskilled workers in factories increased.  

In the late 1800s, one response of workers in England to unsafe working conditions was to

• form labor unions.
  
• move away from cities.
  
• change jobs frequently.
• take control of the government.

• Invention of the cotton gin
• opening of lands along the Mississippi river
• growing demand for cheap labor

Which change occurred as a direct result of these developments?

• reduction in skilled workers in the north

• expansion of manufacturing into the west

• reduction of trade with European countries

• expansion of slavery into newly acquired territories

How did the invention of the cotton gin contribute to the expansion of the plantation system?

• by reducing the number of slaves needed for growing cotton

• by increasing the time needed to cultivate cotton

• by increasing the profitability of slavery

• by reducing the demand for raw cotton

The invention of the steamboat most affected the U.S. economy by-

• decreasing the need for canals

• allowing more efficient movement of goods

• reducing the costs of settling in western territories

• transporting workers from southern states to northern states

What was one result of industrialization in the U.S. during the mid-1800's?

• sectional differences increased

• the federal government prohibited immigration

• job opportunities decreased

• fewer public lands were devoted to transportation