Industrialization Quiz

Which region experienced the MOST immediate impacts as a result of the construction of the Erie Canal?

- Invention of the Cotton Gin

- Opening of lands along the Mississippi River

- Growing demand for inexpensive labor

What Change occurred as a direct result of these developments? Choose TWO correct answers

• A reduction in the number of skilled workers in northern states

• The expansion of Manufacturing into western territories

• The demand for slaves increased in the south

• The expansion of slavery into newly acquired territories during Westward Expansion

Match the following

• Provided Raw Materials (Cotton)

• The Midwest

• Produced Manufactured Goods

• The Northeast

• Supplied Food Resources

• The South

Which statement about the impact of the construction of the National Road and the Erie Canal is correct?

• These projects led to economic prosperity in the Northeast

• These projects lead to the expansion of southern manufacturing

• These projects reduced the costs associated with foreign trade.

How did the innovation shown above and the Bessemer Steel process affect the US economy? Choose TWO answers.

• Allowed for more efficient movement of goods

• Decreased the need for canal building

• Conestoga wagon production increased

• Railroads were built to carry goods and people to the west

Which area on the map is the part of the of the United States most economically dependent on agriculture?

Match the following

• German

• To avoid famine caused by potato crop failure

• Irish

• To find gold in California. Eventually found work on railroad

• Chinese

• To escape economic hardships. Settle in plains to farm.

- Entrepreneurship

- Competition

- Private Property

- Profit Motive

- Consumer Choice

Which of the following does this list describe?

• Free Enterprise System

• Mercantile System

• Federalism

"Americans must rule America!"

What motivated some people to support this nativist slogan?

• An affirmation of states rights and 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 polices

Whitney's world provided a time for innovation in manufacturing systems. His factory would change the precision craft of gun making into routine. The machines would change the role of the worker and the meaning of skill. With a limited American labor supply, his system favored the use of small number of unskilled workers.

-The factory, Eli Whitney Museum and Workshop

What is being described in this excerpt?

• Spinning Jenny and textile industry

• Interchangeable parts and mass production

• Cotton gin and plantation system