Industrial Revolution Quiz

Determine which description explains the effect of the technological innovation.

Select the correct answer in each row.    Match the following

• Cotton Gin

• Made it easier to grow crops and produce food

• Steamboat

• Demand for slave labor increased

• Steel Plow

• Expanded access to new markets to sell goods

This political slogan is from the mid-1800s. What motivated some people to support this nativist slogan?

• An affirmation of states’ rights by Jefferson Davis and the belief that tariffs are un-American
• Large-scale immigration to cities and the belief that immigrants stole jobs from native-born citizens
• The desire for an independent country free from foreign rule and unfair mercantile economic policies
• A rejection of anti-American influence following the Battle of San Jacinto and the addition of new territories

Inline Choice - This question has two parts.

Complete the sentences by selecting the correct answer. 

The best selection to complete 8 is -

• mercantilism

• free enterprise

• command

Inline Choice - This question has two parts.

Complete the sentences by selecting the correct answer. 

The best selection to complete 9 is -

• Limited

• Expanded

• Foreign

The introduction of interchangeable parts led directly to the -

• formation of the patent system
• creation of labor unions
• mass-production of goods
• elimination of immigrant labor

The primary purpose of building canals was to ​ (a)   ​ ​ ​

• transport goods and people faster and cheaper
• to transport troops faster along the rivers
• to give people more options to move to new places
• to connect rivers so that more fish could prosper

The steam engine was beneficial to the development of the industrial revolution because it _

• powered American ships across the Atlantic Ocean t sell goods to Europe

• led to the end of slavery in the U.S.

• allowed goods to be shipped cheaper and faster, resulting in the price of goods to decline

One result of mass production and transportation of goods was _.

• the price paid for the goods decreased

• Britain and other nations feared how quickly the U.S. could move an army during wartime

• the price of cotton doubled, resulting in what was called "white gold".

• people began traveling to other states for vacation and tourism

STAAR Question: Which answer best completes the information in the diagram? ​ (a)  

• the demand for slave labor increases in the South
• more textile factories are built in the South
• # of European immigrants increase in the South
• More cash crops are grown in the South

Match the following

• interchangeable parts

• Lowell Mills is to first factory to hire women; as improved working conditions is to __.

• telegraph

• Improved transportation is to steam engine; as improved communication is to _.

• Potato Famine

• Germans emigrate to U.S. because of political wars; as Irish emigrate because of.

• Irish

• Came to U.S. for the Gold Rush is to Chinese; as come to U.S. for factory jobs is to __.

• labor unions

• making a product under one roof is to Factory system; as replacing parts with identical ones is __.