Unit 8 practice

The growth of railroads during the nineteenth century affected U.S. businesses by-

• discouraging Congress from instituting tariffs

• increasing the cost of materials

• decreasing wages

• opening new markets for goods

Name two effects of the Eerie Canal

• The Northeast gained access to new trade networks

• The South became less dependent on slave labor

• The West expanded

• The Midwest opened for more settlement

The Industrial Revolution encouraged people to

• pursue jobs in the cities

• Stay home

• be pro slavery

• start cooking more

What was the reason for Irish immigration

• They were desperate for money and needed jobs

• Ponies were attacking them

• a war in Ireland

• to avoid a famine caused by potato crop failure

What was the reason for Chinese immigration to the US?

• Pandas were attacking

• To find work building the railroad

• The Tang Dynasty fell

• religious freedom

True/False Both Irish and Chinese immigrants immigrated to the US to escape harsh economic conditions.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Frederick Douglass & Harriet Beecher Stowe are famous

• Sufferagist

• Temperencist

• Abolitionist

• Transcendentalist

The Bessemer Process

• Led to the transportation of larger quantities of goods over longer distances.

• increased the demand for enslaved labor.

• Increased productivity and repair.

TWO effects of that the cotton gin had on the economic development of the U.S. was

• Decreased the amount of slaves needed

• Increased the demand for slave labor

• Started the Civil War

• made cotton a much more profitable crop

Name TWO factors that contributed to industrialization

• increased government regulation

• Slave labor

• An abundance of laborers

• New transportation systems