Industrial Revolution

Which of the following BEST explains the impact of transportation improvements in the United States during the 1800s?

• They prevented immigrants from traveling to the United States.

• They made it possible for more citizens to remain on their farms.

• They slowed down the need for factories and industrialization.

• They reduced the time and cost of shipping.

According to the map on the right, the Erie Canal connected which two bodies of water?

• Lake Ontario to Lake Erie

• Albany to Lake Ontario

• Hudson River to Lake Erie

• Hudson River to Carthage

The following flowchart shows results of the Steamboat Era. Based on the chart, which answer best describes how the Steamboat Era led to the growth of major cities?

• Shipping goods and travel becomes cheaper and faster.

• Immigration from Europe increased due to new inventions.

• People were forced to move because they lost their farm jobs.

• Smaller load capacity meant steamboats had to make more trips.

Read the following passage to answer this question: "My steamboat voyage to Albany and back, has turned out rather more favorable than I had calculated. The distance from New York to Albany is one hundred and fifty miles; I ran it up in thirty-two hours, and down in thirty. I had a light breeze against me the whole way, both going and coming, and the voyage has been performed wholly by the power of the steam engine. I overtook many sloops and schooners beating to windward and parted with them as if they had been at anchor. The power of propelling boats by steam is now fully proved." -Letter from Robert Fulton to Joel Barlow, Philadelphia, from New York (22 Aug 1807) What effect of the steam engine on travel/shipping is being described by Robert Fulton in the passage?

• Trips from New York to England could be completed in a day.

• The steam engine made upstream travel faster and easier.

• Wind powered boats would still remain the preferred method of river travel.

• The steam engine caused a decline in economic growth.

By 1850, the cheapest and fastest way to move goods in the North was by:

• Stagecoach

• Canal boat

• River boat

• Railroad

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the cotton gin?

• It made farming more profitable.

• It increased the demand for slave labor.

• It fueled textile production in Northern factories.

• It decreased the amount of cotton exports from the South.

What is the definition of a true factory system?

• All the steps happen under one roof (in one place)

• The process is fast

• The process is cheap

• It is a business with one owner

The term Industrial Revolution refers to what?

• An economic shift of building more goods with machines instead of by hand

• A war which led to the production of deadlier weapons

• A failed attempt by factory workers to overthrow the American government

• A new way of thinking that led countries like the US to return to farming and agriculture

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin in the United States?

• Middle Atlantic

• New England

• The South

• The West

The factory system developed by Francis Cabot Lowell was first used in the manufacturing of:

• Plows

• Textiles (fabric, cotton thread)

• Steam Engines

• Locomotives for trains