The Antebellum North Comprehension Questions

Which of the following is true of the Lowell Mill System?

• Children were banned from factory work.
• Young women moved to the city in order to work at the mills but there was no support for them. They had to organize together for living spaces and protection.
• Young women moved to the cities to work and earned a wage for the first time. They developed independence and organized for better wages.
• The Lowell Mill system was proven to be a failure and few factories developed in the northern section of the US after that.
• The Lowell Mill system worked so well that it was copied immediately in all regions of the US.

What invention first made almost instant communication possible?

• The telegraph
• The telephone
• The phonograph
• The railroad

Why did some factory owners prefer to hire children?

• Children could be easily convinced to work longer hours.
• This is a trick question, child labor was illegal.
• Children worked harder than adults.
• Children were paid less than adults.

What made it possible to locate factories away from water?

• Canals
• Railroads
• Roads
• Steamboats

What made it possible for factories to develop in the North?

• an abundance of solar power
• fast flowing rivers powered watermills
• vast fields of oil produced gasoline to power engines
• large wind powered turbines powered the engines

How long was the workday in a Lowell mill?

• 8 hours
• 10 hours
• 12 hours
• 16 hours

What is the best title for the following list? 1. Workers did not need to be skilled craftsmen. 2. the manufacturing process was much quicker than making unique parts. 3. Items could be easily and quickly repaired by switching out parts.

• Benefits of the Factory System
• Benefits of Interchangeable Parts
• Benefits of the Cotton Gin
• Benefits of the Lowell System

New inventions first affected the

• urban North.
• rural South.

The National Road in 1850 was designed to do what?

• connect the North and South.
• connect the frontier with the East.
• connect the Atlantic Coast with the Pacific Coast.
• Trick question, there was no such "National Road."

The National Road in 1850 began in Cumberland, Maryland. Where was the farthest eastern end?

• St. Louis Illinois
• Springfield, Ohio
• Alton, Illinois
• Indianapolis, Indiana