The Growth of the Republic

What supplied energy to factories during the beginning of the Industrial Revolution?

• Water mills

• Electricity

• Solar Power

• Cotton

Who invented the steamboat

• James K. Polk

• Eli Whitney

• Robert Fulton

• Samuel Slater

The invention of the cotton gin created a bigger demand for cotton, which then created an increase in:

• slavery

• train travel

• factories

• exports

The period of time when there was a major increase in the manufacturing of goods in factories was called:

• The American Revolution

• The Textile Revolution

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Steam Revolution

In the north, when large amounts of people moved from farms to large cities, this was occurred:

• unionization

• political parties

• urbanization

• expansion

Working in/on a ____ usually meant a slave worked in very harsh conditions with poor housing and little food. He/she most likely worked in the fields cultivating crops.

• city

• plantation

• farm

• railroad

Working in/on a ____ usually meant a slave had more freedoms and was treated better. He/she most likely worked in shops and learned new skills.

• city

• plantation

• farm

• railroad

The belief that the United States had a God-given right and duty to occupy all lands stretching to the Pacific Ocean was called:

• The Expand the States plan

• The Expansion Plan

• The US Destiny

• Manifest Destiny

A major reason settlers headed west was because there was cheap ___ available.

• farmland

• railroads

• steam engines

• gold mines

The Gold Rush began when gold was found by James Marshall at ___ in California

• Houston's ranch

• Whitney's Well

• Sutter's mill

• Garrison's Farm