Social Studies 8 Module 13 "the North" Review I

Which of the following developments helped bring about the Industrial Revolution?

• the overproduction of consumer goods

• the lowered demand for manufactured goods

• the decrease in the amount of overseas trade

• the increase in the size of cities and populations

People using machines to create processes that made goods in more efficient ways led to the

• Scientific Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• Agricultural Revolution

• Transportation Revolution.

How did using mass production techniques benefit the American manufacturing industry?

• The variety of products increased since no identical products were created.

• The skill level of workers increased since each part had to be custom-made by hand.

• The quality of the products increased since only one skilled worker created each item.

• The number of products increased since manufacturers could efficiently create more goods.

_____ helped American manufacturing by introducing the ideas of using interchangeable parts and mass production techniques.

• Eli Whitney

• William Almy

• Moses Brown

• Samuel Slater

Why did manufacturing grow more quickly in Great Britain than it did in the United States?

• Workers in Great Britain wanted higher wages.

• Land was more abundant and cheaper in Great Britain.

• Businesses in Great Britain had lower costs of production.

• People in Great Britain had a stronger desire to work on farms.

One reason why manufacturing grew slowly in America is that workers were unlikely to?

• own land

• form unions

• work on farms

• work for low wages.

Which of the following is a problem many mill owners had in finding enough workers?

• Age limits reduced the supply of possible workers.

• The tasks were too complex for unskilled workers to master.

• Workers frequently left the factories for other available jobs.

• The training process on how to use the machines took a long time to complete.

In order to solve his problem of finding enough labor, Samuel Slater began hiring _____ and paying them extremely low wages.

• Children

• Craftspeople

• skilled workers

• union members

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Lowell system?

• Hiring entire families to work in the mill.

• Providing workers with a company store.

• Using an apprentice system where young men worked for several years to learn the trade.

• Employing young, unmarried women who were given room and meals along with their jobs.

Changed the textile industry by developing a system that employed young, unmarried women from local farms.

• Lucy Larcom

• Samuel Slater

• Sarah G. Bagley

• Francis Cabot Lowell