Industrialization Review with STAAR 2.0 Style Questions

Which region is associated with manufacturing and urbanization? (On the STAAR test, this will be known as a "HOT SPOT". Remember, you can select or unselect by clicking on the answer.?

Complete the sentences by selecting the correct answers.

Manufacturing increased during the War of 1812 because the U.S. was not able to ​ (a)   goods previously traded with foreign countries. As a result, the American economy ​ (b)   ​to an astonishing rate.

• import
• grew
• export
• supply
• shrank
• varied

Which statement best completes the diagram?

• The supply of British goods decreases.

• Congress ends the European embargo.

• Exports to Great Britain increases.

• Congress reduces tariffs.

This question has TWO parts.

Complete the sentences by selecting the correct answer.

The ​ (a)   began in New England in the late 1700s. Access to ​ (b)   helped power the machines that produced textile.

• Industrial Revolution
• rivers
• Cloth Revolution
• Factory Revolution
• trees
• electricity

This excerpt describe the cotton gin.

Which of the following were effects of the cotton gin? Select TWO correct answers.

• The cotton gin increased the need for slave labor in the South.

• The cotton gin mass produced textiles for Northern factories.

• The cotton gin enabled farmers to plant huge fields quickly.

• The cotton gin allowed for cotton to be harvested at a quicker rate.

Determine which detail explains the individual's significance to the Industrial Revolution.

Select the correct description for each individual.​ ​

Eli Whitney ​ (a)  

Samuel Slater ​ ​ (b)  

Francis Cabot Lowell ​ (c)  

• Interchangeable Parts
• Created the first factory in the U.S.
• Used the factory to improve the textile industry

These developments occurred as a result of increased -

• industrialization

• westward migration

• expansion of U.S. territory

• government regulation of business

Which of these occurred during early U.S. industrialization?

• Manufacturers instituted a five-day workweek.

• Labor laws required factory workers to provide a safe working environment.

• Workers were required to attend schools to develop technical skills.

• Production of goods transitioned from homes to factories.

Match each technological innovation or development with its impact on society.  

Select the correct answer in each row.

• Steamboats

• Transmitted information quickly over long distances

• Canals

• Provided a direct water route to the Midwest

• Telegraph

• Allowed people to travel upstream to new markets

Which of these was an effect of the Industrial Revolution on U.S. women in the early nineteenth century?

• Women in unions gained bargaining power with employers.
• The government passed laws to improve safety for women in the workplace.
• Women seeking work migrated from rural communities to cities.
• State governments called conventions in support of women’s suffrage.