Industrial Revolution/Age of Reform Review

What new technology changed the way America communicated?

• Telegraph

• Steam Engine

• Steel Plow

• Cotton Gin

What reform movement wanted to end alcohol consumption?

• The Abolitionist Movement

• The Temperance Movement

• The Prison Reform Movement

• The Woman's Rights Movement

What two countries contributed the most to immigration to America in the 1840s?

• Germany and Ireland

• France and Finland

• China and Russia

• Spain and Italy

What replaced cottage industries in the United States during the Industrial Revolution.

• The Factory System

• Mercantilism

• Slavery

• Utilitarianism

What invention, made possible by steam technology, changed the way Americans travelled over land? Choose TWO answers.

• Railroad

• Airplanes

• Steamboats/Steamships

• Horses and Wagons

Which of the following would be an example of a "pull factor" for immigration?

• Good Education in New Country

• War in Home Country

• Poor Economic Opportunities in Home Country

• Famine in Home Country

What economic system did the United States follow during the Industrial Revolution?

• Free Enterprise

• Mercantilism

• Socialism

• Corbinism

Where was the first major woman's rights convention held?

• Seneca Falls, New York

• Chattanooga, Tennessee

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Dayton, Ohio

What escaped slave was the author of the newsletter called "The North Star"?

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• William Lloyd Garrison

• John Calhoun

Who led the movement to improve life for people with mental illnesses?

• Dorothea Dix

• Elizabeth Cady Stantion

• Edmund Hillary

• Horace Mann