7th Ch 13.1 & 2

Mass production of cotton textiles began after Elias Howe invented the __________ in 1846.

• roads

• cotton gin

• clipper ship

• sewing machine

________ designed and built the first American steam locomotive in 1830-called Tom Thumb.

• Peter Cooper

• Elias Howe

• Eli Whitney

• Thomas Booker

The growth of industry and the new pace of travel created a need for faster methods of __________.

• shipping

• communication

• transportation

• cotton supply

3 revolutionary inventions of the 1830’s changed farming methods and encouraged settlers to cultivate areas in the west. Which of the following was not one of them?

• Steel tipped plow

• Mechanical Reaper

• Sewing machine

• Thresher

As the _____ grew, new towns and industries developed.

• government

• transportation

• cotton supply

• population

By 1840, factory workers averaged __ hours a day.

• 11.4

• 8.5

• 15

• 24

Cities along the ______ River became centers for growing trade that connected farmers of the Midwest with cities in the Northeast.

• Delaware

• Nile

• Missouri

• Mississippi

Between 1846 and 1860, more than 1.5 million Irish immigrants arrived in the Northeast because of

• job opportunities

• a potato famine

• government reform

• factory jobs

The second largest group of immigrants in the US came from ______ in 1820 and 1860.

• Germany

• France

• Ireland

• Great Britain

Nativists formed secret anti-Catholic societies and formed a new political party-the ______.

Because they answered questions about their organization by saying “I know nothing,” they became known as the Know-Nothing Party.

• Republican Party

• American Party

• Independent Party

• Democratic Party