2 industrial revolution

How do supply and demand impact the price of a good or service?

• Supply and demand have no impact on the price.

• Supply and demand determine the price.

• Only supply impacts the price.

• Only demand impacts the price.

Who illegally memorized the design of a machine that spun cotton thread and came to the U.S. from Britain?

• Francis Cabot Lowell

• Samuel Slater

• Eli Whitney

• Robert Fulton

Who built textile mills in Massachusetts using the factory system?

• Samuel Slater

• Francis Cabot Lowell

• Eli Whitney

• Robert Fulton

Young ______ and children were often hired to do the unskilled factory work; they faced long hours, low pay, and unsafe working conditions.

• women

• men

• animals

• machines

In the early 1800s, it was ______ and cheaper to move people and goods by water than by land.

• easier

• harder

• slower

• riskier

What is the Erie Canal?

• A natural river

• A man-made river

• A mountain range

• A desert

The Erie Canal connects Lake Erie to which city?

• Boston

• Philadelphia

• New York City

• Washington D.C.

In 1807, who invented the steamboat that was powered by a steam engine?

The steamboat, along with canals, a national road, and railroads, made moving goods faster which resulted in ________.

• economic growth

• slower transportation

• increased isolation

• reduced trade

What did people begin moving to during the Industrial Revolution?

• Villages

• Cities

• Countryside

• Mountains