Intro to Industrial Revolution

Which statement best completes the diagram?

• The supply of British goods decreases.

• Congress ends the European embargo.

• Exports to Great Britain increases.

• Congress reduces tariffs.

Complete the sentences by selecting the correct answers.

Manufacturing increased during the War of 1812 because the U.S. was not able to ​ (a)   goods previously traded with foreign countries. As a result, the American economy ​ (b)   ​to an astonishing rate.

• import
• grew
• export
• supply
• shrank
• varied

These developments occurred as a result of increased -

• industrialization

• westward migration

• expansion of U.S. territory

• government regulation of business

Which of these occurred during early U.S. industrialization?

• Manufacturers instituted a five-day workweek.

• Labor laws required factory workers to provide a safe working environment.

• Workers were required to attend schools to develop technical skills.

• Production of goods transitioned from homes to factories.

Which of these was an effect of the Industrial Revolution on U.S. women in the early nineteenth century?

• Women in unions gained bargaining power with employers.
• The government passed laws to improve safety for women in the workplace.
• Women seeking work migrated from rural communities to cities.
• State governments called conventions in support of women’s suffrage.

In the early 1830s, the majority of workers in the textile mills of Massachusetts were

• young unmarried women from rural New England

• newly arrived immigrants from Ireland

• men who were head of households

• married women whose children were of school age

What most directly led to the Market Revolution?

• New transportation

• Decline of slavery

• women in the workforce

• southern opposition to tariffs

Where was one of the earliest factories?

• Lowell, Massachusetts

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Dalton, Georgia

• Washington DC

During the Industrial Revolution, the production of goods changed from cottage industries to a factory system. Determine whether each characteristic reflects an aspect of cottage industries or the factory system. Select the correct answer in each row.

• Cottage Industries

• Work for yourself

• Factory System

• Create on product at a time

• Cottage Industries

• Steam power

• Factory System

• Create multiple products at once

Much Faster

• Factory System

• Cottage Industry