Chapter 8 Test - Westward Expansion

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1. What time period did new inventions and better transportation help businesses make a profit?

• a) 1700s
• b) 1800s
• c) 1900s
• d) 2000s

2. How did mass production change the way people worked?

• a) It made work more difficult.
• b) It made work more enjoyable.
• c) It changed the way goods were made.
• d) It had no impact on work.

3. What invention started a revolution in the way information was shared?

• a) Telephone
• b) Telegraph
• c) Television
• d) Internet

4. Where did the Industrial Revolution move work from?

• a) Home
• b) Factory
• c) School
• d) Office

5. Select the following that are TRUE about a "mill girl's" life:

• worked 8 hours a day
• worked 10 or more hours a day
• given a half-hour break for breakfast and dinner
• lived inside the factory that they worked
• lived away from their families in rented apartments

6. What did the mechanical reaper help farmers increase?

• a) Profit
• b) Production
• c) Transportation
• d) Communication

7. What was the main route for settlers heading across the Appalachian Mountains into the Ohio Valley?

• a) National Road
• b) Erie Canal
• c) Tom Thumb railroad
• d) Santa Fe Trail

8. Where did the Erie Canal run from and to?

• a) Albany to Buffalo, New York
• b) Cumberland, Maryland to Vandalia, Illinois
• c) Baltimore to Ohio
• d) Missouri to Sacramento, California

9. What was the significance of the Tom Thumb steam engine?

• a) It started the Industrial Revolution.
• b) It increased transportation speed.
• c) It increased production in factories.
• d) It had no significant impact.