Industrialization [Unit 5]

Which immigration group was pushed out of their country because of a potato famine?

• German

• Irish

• Chinese

What innovations resulted in faster transportation and prices of goods decreasing?

• Steamboat

• Telegraph

• Railroads

• Cotton gin

Interchangeable parts led to -

• mass production

• Improved quality control

• Reduced labor costs

Free enterprise is economy driven by _ & _ .

• profit

• market

• competition

• economy

Label the main economic source with the correct section.

a

b

c

Agriculture

Mining

Industrial

The War of 1812 led to the Industrial Revolution because -

• the US could no longer buy goods from Britain

• the US began building ships for the war

• France taught us how to build machines to help the war effort

• the US purchased designs for machines from Spain

The _ led to an increase of slavery in America.

• cotton gin

• Industrial Revolution

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Homestead Act

_ man-made rivers, transportation of goods became faster, prices of goods dropped, and cities grew.

• Highways

• Tunnels

• Canals

• Railways

Put the following in correct order from which event will lead to the next.

• US manufacturing expands.

• The supply of British goods decreases.

• The War of 1812 begins.

Place the following in order

(what leads to next event)

• Cities grew rapidly.

• Overcrowding, pollution, and crime became widespread.

• Industrial development expanded.

• Reform movements were organized to address social problems.