Industrial Revolution

What is the image representing?

• Missouri Compromise

• Growth of slavery in the South

• The creation of the Erie Canal

• Era of Good Feelings

Where were cities likely to develop during the early 1800s?

• Next to prominent Native American groups

• Along waterways

• Within rural communities

• At the base of a mountain

What is a free enterprise economic system?

• People can buy, sell, and produce whatever they want

• People are free to farm whatever land they own

• People are allowed steal the innovations of patented products as their own

• The Factory System

How did the invention of the steamboat impact the United States?

• The steamboat allowed enslaved people to escape to the North undetected.

• The steamboat encouraged the growth of new cities.

• The steamboat reduced the need for a Transcontinental Railroad.

• The steamboat encouraged increased trade with foreign countries.

What sparked the start of the Industrial Revolution in the United States?

• The War of 1812

• The Missouri Compromise

• George Washington's Farewell Address

• The Embargo Act

Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?

• Low wages
• Safe working conditions
• Dangerous working conditions
• Widespread pollution

What is the movement from rural to urban areas called?

• Discrimination

• Colonization

• Inflation

• Urbanization

"I brought the factory system to America."

• James Watts

• John Locke

• Samuel Slater

• Thomas Hobbes

A person who chooses to, and is free to, open a grocery store is participating in a

• command economy

• centrally-planned economy

• free enterprise economy

• traditional economy

What is the main goal of Free Enterprise

• Economic Freedom

• Friendship

• Profit

• Acceptance