Quiz: 5.4 - The Beginning of the Industrial Revolution

How did the Market Revolution change the US economy?

• transformed the US economy from a crafts (by hand) system of production to a bartering system (trading goods for goods) of exchange

• transformed the US economy from a manufacturing system of production to a crafts (by hand) system of production

• transformed the US economy from a crafts (by hand) system of production to a manufacturing system of production

• transformed the US economy from a market based system of exchange to a bartering system (trading goods for goods) of exchange

Why did canals increase the significance of the steamboat during the market revolution?

• because they increased the speed of the river's flow, and therefore increased the speed of the steamboat's paddles

• because they enabled rural settlers to access markets from previously inaccessible areas

• because they interrupted railroad lines, thereby making the steamboat the fastest way of transporting goods between the east and west

• because they reduced the cost of trade between the east and west by allowing steamboats to transport goods across multiple waterways

What contributions did Samuel Slater and Francis Cabot Lowell make to American manufacturing?

• They put up huge amounts of their own capital to hire as many people as possible to increase agricultural production.

• They built on practices they had seen in England to improve equipment and production techniques in the textile industry.

• They transformed the American textile industry so it did not need to rely on Southern agriculture.

What were the machines invented by Cyrus McCormick and Eli Whitney that made large-scale agriculture possible?

• telegraph and cotton gin

• mechanical reaper and plow

• mechanical reaper and cotton gin

Which was NOT a reason that New England became the center of the American Industrial Revolution?

• large numbers of swift-flowing rivers that could produce power

• coastal trading ports on or near the Atlantic Ocean

• access to an abundant supply of coal to power engines

• hot and humid climate that supported a large agricultural base

What was a key element in developing a market economy in 19th century America?

• retooling the horse and buggy wagon to carry a heavier load

• creating a system of toll roads to generate federal and state revenue

• improving the methods of travel to transport goods

What was an effect of Robert Fulton's development of steamboat travel?

• More people were willing to vacation along the waterways.

• The cost of transporting goods became more expensive for farmers.

• Trade along the Mississippi River began moving in both directions.

Which invention and inventor are credited with speeding up the ability to communicate over long distances quickly in the first half of the 19th century?

• interchangeable parts and Eli Whitney

• steam engine and Robert Fulton

• telegraph and Samuel Morse

Changes in technology, production, transportation, and communication brought distance communities together and created an interdependent American economy is also know as:

• Communication Revolution

• Market Revolution

• Agricultural Decline

• Transportation Revolution

Some states allowed companies to operate ​ (a)   , which were​ roads for which users had to pay a toll. The country's first major road was the ​ (b)   , which was funded by the federal government. However, However, most of these roads did not succeed in ​ (c)   the ​ (d)   of travel.

• turnpikes
• National Road
• increasing
• speed
• Erie Canal
• decreasing
• cost