INDUSTRIALIZATION A 10QS

 What statement below best answers the flow chart? 

• Workers moved into cities where factories are located. 
• Factory owners bought large amounts of rural land. 
• Factories were built away from transportation hubs. 
• Labor unions were weakened due to a decline in farming.

 Which of the following was not a factor in bringing about rapid industrialization? 

• Improvement in roads, canals, and railroad networks 
• Advances in technology and machinery 
• Decline in the need for food grown on farms 
• Increasing population and demand for produced goods 

Newspaper ads, like the one below, were becoming common in the 1860s.
Which of the following is true about railroad shipping in the 1860s? 

• Railroad companies were suffering financially from rapid industrialization.
• Railroad shipping made it easier to transport manufactured products from factories to rural areas. 
• Railroads were not an efficient form of transporting goods in 1860. 
• Shipments through canals and rivers could reach more people in the western states than railroads. 

Which of the following is a key innovation in produced goods during the 1850s and 1860s, as shown in the example below? 

• Gasoline-powered engines 
• Individualized and unique production 
•  Electrical motors 
• Interchangeable parts 

 A form transportation that revolutionized shipment of goods and travel from New Orleans to Kansas City in the 1850s was: 

• Railroad 
• Steamboat 
• Paved roads 
• Cotton gin 

Based on the map below, which of the following is a true statement about transportation in 1825? 

• Railroads were vital for transporting goods from New York to Chicago. 
• The Erie Canal opened up trade opportunities from the East Coast to the Midwest 
• Traditional mail routes were the only option of sending a package from Buffalo to Cleveland. 
• Telegraphs were important to sending daily news from western states to the East Coast. 

What technological advancement of the mid-1800s allowed for news to travel from Boston to Kansas City within the same day?

• Transcontinental Railroad 
• Steamboat  
• Telegraph 
• Radio 

Increased the capacity and speed for river travel 

• Steamboat 
• Telegraph 

Movement of people from rural areas to cities 

• Urbanization 
• Industrialization

 Invention by Eli Whitney that increased the profitability of plantations 

• Interchangeable Parts 
• Cotton Gin