Chapter 10 Test

Match the following terms and definitions.

• Large crews of people organized in one location.

• Power Loom

• Transition from a pre-industrial to a capitalist economy.

• Textiles

• Widespread production by machinery.

• Factory System

• Goods made out of cloth.

• Market Revolution

• Machine used to more efficiently make fabrics.

• Industrial Revolution

Who opened the first textile factory in Rhode Island in 1793? This is often dated as the beginning of America's Industrial Revolution.

• Francis Cabot Lowell

• Samuel Slater

• Edmund Cartwright

• Ben Franklin

Select all that apply. How did the factory system change the lives of common people?

• People began to move from rural to urban areas.

• People produced goods more quickly and efficiently.

• People left America and moved to Europe.

• Machines began to replace skilled craftspeople.

Long hours and difficult conditions led to the creation of the first labor union in the US. What was it called?

• Lowell Female Labor Reform Association

• United Auto Workers

• Indiana State Teachers Association

• Factory Workers of America

Match the following inventions to who invented them and what they did.

• Invented by Cyrus Hall McCormick allowed for crops to be harvested more quickly and efficiently.

• Telegraph

• Invented by Robert Fulton added a steam engine to boats to make them faster.

• Reaper

• Invented by Samuel F.B. Morse allowed for messages to be sent over long distances quickly.

• Interchangeable Parts

• Invented by Eli Whitney, first used in guns to make them easier to build and repair.

• Steamboat

Pick two! What two major obstacles did the US face with transportation?

• Distance, The USA is a big place.

• The Pacific Ocean

• The Appalachian Mountains

• The Mojave Desert

Who invented the Cotton Gin?

• Cyrus Hall McCormick

• Eli Whitney

• Samuel F.B. Morse

• Robert Fulton

What effects did the Cotton Gin have on what the South decided to grow?

• Planters changed their fields from tobacco to cotton.

• Planters shut down plantations and built factories.

• Planters moved to the North.

• Nothing Changed.

What effect did the Cotton Gin have on Slavery?

• Planters freed and began to pay former slaves.

• The USA banned Slavery.

• Planters chose to no longer exploit slave labor.

• Planters expanded slavery in the USA to produce more cotton.

What effect did the Cotton Gin have on Native Populations?

• Planters did not seek any more land, Native populations stayed in the South.

• Planters drove Natives out of the South to acquire more land.

• Native populations rebelled and took control of Louisiana.

• Native populations began to plant cotton.