Coach 15

Which change resulted from introduction of interchangeable parts?

• Textile mills opened across Massachusetts

• Factory owners hired more low-skilled workers

• State laws protected individual investors in corporations

• The US government began issuing patents to inventors

What was one main reason that industrialization grew rapidly in the Northeast?

• The Southern economy relied mostly on agriculture

• Young women wanted the opportunity to live away from home

• A growing population provided a large pool of workers

• inventions such as the spinning jenny helped the textile industry develop

What is the best definition for the term "factory system"?

• People use machines to make large quantities of goods.

• People pool financial resources to fund industrial development

• People move to cities to seek jobs manufacturing goods

• People receive exclusive rights to make and sell investments

What was the main economic activity in the US prior to the development of the factory system?

• Manufacturing

• Shipping

• Agriculture

• Government

What was a negative consequence of the growth of industry in the Northeast?

• Dams and manufacturing affected water quality

• People moved to cities seeking new jobs

• Inventors had a financial incentive to develop technology

• The spinning jenny changed how people made thread

The items in this list are all examples of which of the following?

*Samuel Slater moves from England to the US

*Massachusetts rivers provide power and transportation

*Southern plantations produce a great deal of raw cotton

• Effects of the development of interchangable parts

• Differences between Northern and Southern economies

• Arguments for the establishment of patent protections

• Causes for growth of the textile manufacturing industry