Weekly Quiz Friday 3/24

What was one major effect of the opening of the Erie Canal?

• The cost of shipping goods on eastern roads increased.

• The number of ships passing through northern ports decreased.

• The cost of shipping goods from the Midwest decreased.

• The volume of trade passing through southern ports increased.

What was one major effect of the Erie Canal on the United States in the early nineteenth century?

• The rapid growth of cities in the Northeast

• A rise in cotton exports to the United Kingdom

• An increase in the cost of shipping goods to Europe

• A decrease in trade between settlers and American Indians

Which factor accounts for this trend below?  

• The Second Great Awakening motivated people to join reform movements.
• Manifest Destiny inspired many people to become homesteaders.  
• Jacksonian Democracy allowed more people to vote in elections.  
• The Industrial Revolution encouraged people to pursue jobs in cities. 

These innovations below in agriculture and industry resulted in?

• higher consumer costs.
• decreased profits for investors.
• less consumer choice.
• more efficient production of goods.

How did the development of the factory system encourage urbanization?

• Manufacturers produced goods to export overseas.
• Labor unions were formed to protect mill workers.
• Workers moved closer to manufacturing centers.
• Industrialists invested in cotton plantations.

How did the development of the factory system encourage urbanization?

• Manufacturers produced goods to export overseas.
• Labor unions were formed to protect mill workers.
• Workers moved closer to manufacturing centers.
• Industrialists invested in cotton plantations.

Which type of economy is best described by these characteristics below?

• Subsistence farming.
• Free enterprise.
• Mercantilism.
• Socialism.

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

• Manufacturers instituted a five-day workweek.  
• Labor laws required factories to provide a safe working environment.  
• Workers were required to attend schools to develop technical skills.  
• Production of goods transitioned from homes to factories.  

These developments below occurred as a result of increased —

• industrialization
• westward migration
• expansion of U.S. territory
• government regulation of business

Which sentence best completes this diagram?

• Cities grew rapidly.

• Demand for artisans increased.

• Farms experienced a shortage of labor.

• Government regulation of factories increased.