Industrial Revolution

Who created the American System plan?

• Daniel Webster

• John C. Calhoun

• Andrew Jackson

• Henry Clay

What were the three parts of the American System plan?

• larger armies, more highways, and lower taxes

• a tariff, a new bank, and new transportation systems

• new money, higher taxes, and free markets

• a tariff, a tax, and a highway system

What was the American System plan?

• a way to get cotton to market

• a way for northern business people to get rich

• a step to greater federal power over the states

• a step to greater independence for the states

Where was Samuel Slater born?

• England

• France

• Spain

• United States

Slater built the first________ in the United States.

• coal-powered cotton mill

• gas-powered cotton mill

• steam-powered cotton mill

• water-powered cotton mill

Slater is often called the ________ for his role in the first Industrial Revolution in the United States.

• "Father of the American Industrial Revolution"

• "Father of the American Textile Industry"

• "Father of the Industrial Cotton Mill"

• "Father of the Water-Powered Cotton Mill"