Chapter 13 Content SS

How did Samuel Slater change the American factory system? (Choose 2.)

• he hired whole families and provided them housing.

• He used a Crompton's mule to increase the number of employees.

• He provided transportation to the factories from villages that were located far away.

• He used textiles to expand factories into plantations.

• He used watermills to power machines.

Why were factories often located near rivers?

• They needed to use a watermill for power.

• The needed to use the river for dumping waste.

• They needed to use the river for drinking.

• They needed to use a water wheel for washing textiles.

What phrase best completes the graphic organizer?

• made growing cotton less profitable

• increased productivity of cotton farming

• decreased the need for slaves

• encouraged farmers to move west

Match the type of work with the location.

• worked growing crops sold at markets

• cities

• worked in fields often picking cotton

• plantation

• worked in factories

• small farms

Match the condition with the location.

• very long hours, difficult work

• cities

• may be treated a little better, not paid

• plantation

• treated a little better, learned skills

• small farms

What were economic impacts of the invention of and improvements to the steamboat? (Choose 2.)

• Shipping costs increased.

• Shipping costs decreased.

• Transportation times increased.

• Rivers became less important for trade.

• Cities developed along major rivers and the Great Lakes.

Which phrase completes the diagram?

• end of plantation lifestyle

• increase in use of slave labor

• decrease in cotton production

• industrialization of the South

Who improved the steamboat by making it faster and more efficient?

• Robert Fulton

• Samuel Slater

• Eli Whitney

In the South, industrialization led to ​ ​ (a)  

• expansion of the plantation system.
• development of resources and industry
• urbanization and development of industry

In the North, industrialization led to ​ ​ (a)  

• urbanization and development of industry
• development of resources and industries
• expansion of the plantation system