Industrial Revolution

What was one major effect of the influx of European immigrants on the United States in the 1800s?

• economic depression among American citizens.

• enough labor for the Industrial Revolution.

• influenza epidemic within cities.

• increase in the crime rate within cities.

What factor led many young women to move to cities during the nineteenth century?

• the growing availability of factory jobs

• the constant fear of an influenza outbreak

• the declining interest in westward expansion

• the educational opportunities at free universities

Which of the following was responsible for the increased production of steel from iron?

• Lowell system

• Bessemer process

• steam engine

• Steel Gin

What was the immediate impact of canals, steamboats, and railroads on the development of U.S. industry?

• lowered the costs of transportation, making profits greater

• highlighted labor problems, bringing social reform

• increased the number of immigrants, enlarging the labor force

• loss of crop soil resulting in a famine

What effect did Eli Whitney's interchangeable parts have on U.S. manufacturing?

• fewer parts were needed for machines

• steam engines broke down less frequently

• workers could assemble machines quicker

• created the assembly line

The free-enterprise system:

• kept government from heavily taxing industries

• prevented Britain from taking natural resources

• decreased dependence on slave labor

• tight government control of factory profits

How did inventions such as the cotton gin, steel plow, steamboat, and telegraph affect the economy of the U.S.?

• they increased profits and productivity

• they led to the growth of labor unions

• they pushed farmers to move westward

• slowed down crop production

Who invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts?

• Samuel Morse

• Eli Whitney

• John Deere

• Cyrus McCormick

Allowed businesses to communicate quickly in different parts of the country in the mid 1800s:

• the telegraph

• the telephone

• the satellites

• The covered wagon

The South did not want to industrialize because

• factories were too expensive.

• there were no cities.

• they want to keep their farming way of life.

• no immigrants were immigrating to the South.