Ch 12.1-2 PRACTICE QUIZ

Which invention filled the need for a method of communication that kept up with industrial growth and fast-paced travel?

• telegraph

• steam engine

• railroads

• mechanical reaper

What did John Deere invent in 1837?

• steel-tipped plow

• Morse code

• clipper ship

• telegraph

Which invention ensured that raising wheat would remain the main economic activity in the Midwestern prairies?

• mechanical horse

• mechanical reaper

• steel thresher

• steel-tipped plow

The system of canals and the invention of the steamboat encouraged the growth of cities.

• true

• false

The steamboat, the steam-powered locomotive, the sewing machine, the telegraph, and the steel-tipped plow were some of the major innovations of the 1800s.

• true

• false

What problem did women face in the workplace?

• discrimination

• literacy

• innovation

• promotion

What caused the increase in Irish migration to the United States?

• labor unions

• famine

• political unrest

• prejudice

From which country did the second largest group of immigrants arrive into the United States between 1820 and 1860?

• Mexico

• Ireland

• Germany

• Great Britian

What were people called who were opposed to immigration?

• overseers

• anti-aliens

• yeomen

• nativists

This person invented a light-weight steel plow that moved through a field more easily then an iron plow.

• Elias Howe

• John Deere

• Cyrus McCormick

• Samuel F.B. Morse

• John Griffiths