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Indust Revo Unit Test

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False, if there is an increase in demand for cotton, there will be a decrease in the need for slaves.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Which of the following is a negative consequence of industrialization?

a)

westward settlement

b)

an increase in textile production

c)

an increase in pollution in the air and water

d)

spreading democracy to the West

3.

How did the Erie Canal and the Transcontinental Railroad most help industrialization?

a)

they helped the West become more self sufficient

b)

they reduced the cost of shipping goods between the East and West

c)

they helped transportation between the North and South

d)

they provided jobs for people

4.

In the early stages of industrialization, a lot of people...

a)

moved to the cities to work in factories

b)

moved west to start a new life

c)

stopped growing cotton

d)

started working in the oil and gas industry

5.

Which of the following was a contributing factor to the growth of industrialization?

a)

a general lack of U.S. government regulations on business

b)

a mass migration west

c)

a series of political revolutions

d)

a decrease in the number of Southern slaves

6.

What source of power contributed most to the growth of U.S. industry?

a)

electricity

b)

wind

c)

internal combustion

d)

steam engine

7.

What was a negative consequence of the invention of the cotton gin?

a)

the expansion of southern plantations and slavery

b)

textile production increased

c)

an increase in transportation between East and West

d)

urbanization

8.

Which invention or event came first?

a)

cotton gin

b)

War of 1812 begins

c)

telegraph

d)

Erie Canal opens

9.

How did the North develop economically different from the South during the Industrialization Era?

a)

The factory system grew

b)

cotton production grew

c)

ship-building grew

d)

tobacco production grew

10.

The Know-Nothing Party was opposed to...

a)

abolition

b)

immigrants

c)

women's rights

d)

the Bill of Rights

11.

The development of a national market for goods and services within the U.S. was largely the result of...

a)

improvements in transportation

b)

tariffs on manufactured goods

c)

government regulations on factories

d)

cheap slave labor

12.

How did the construction of railroads and canals most benefit Northern industries?

a)

they allowed for faster movement of people and products

b)

they allowed for easier urbanization of the South

c)

they slowed migration to the cities in the North

d)

they sped up westward expansion

13.

Why did people move to urban areas during the 19th century?

a)

so low-skilled people could work in factories

b)

so they could join the Abolition Movement

c)

there was a decrease in the demand for agricultural products

d)

they were being persecuted for their religion in rural areas

14.

How did Samuel Morse's telegraph contribute to U.S. growth and development?

a)

it led to the growth of slavery

b)

it enabled instant long distance communication of information

c)

it helped urbanization

d)

it allowed manufactured goods to be transported faster

15.

Why were interchangeable parts so important?

a)

they led to increased agricultural production in the South

b)

they led to an increase in slavery

c)

they led to America leading the era of industrialization

d)

they allowed for the mass production of goods

16.

John Deere and Cyrus McCormick made inventions that helped with....

a)

communication

b)

increased agricultural production

c)

increased factory production

d)

easier ways to produce textiles

17.

Many immigrants came from what country to escape a potato famine?

a)

Germany

b)

England

c)

Ireland

d)

France

18.

Name the characteristics of the Free Enterprise system.

a)

Ownership of private property

b)

Consumer choice

c)

Business is motivated by profits

d)

Entrepreneurship

e)

Government control of the economy

19.

Name the factors that lead to rapid industrialization and urbanization.

a)

Investment capital

b)

New means of transportation

c)

Large labor force

d)

Increased agricultural production

e)

An increase in the demand for slavery in the South

20.

How did construction of the Erie Canal and of the Transcontinental Railroad similarly support industrial growth?

a)

Each reduced the cost of shipping goods between the East and the West.

b)

Each helped the South industrialize

c)

Each helped the West become economically independent

d)

Each gave cheaper access to water routes across the continent

21.

One effect of urbanization that led to the development of the Know-Nothing Party was —

a)

anti-immigration feelings

b)

more jobs for women

c)

fear of socialist influence

d)

unsafe working conditions in factories

22.

A major characteristic of the era of early industrialism in the United States prior to the Civil War was —

a)

a population shifting to cities

b)

a population staying in rural areas to farm

c)

increase in the production of oil and gas

d)

a decline in the production of cotton

23.

One factor that contributed to growing industrialism in the United States prior to the Civil War was —

a)

a general lack of U.S. government regulations on business

b)

a series of political revolutions in European monarchies

c)

a lack of natural resources

d)

a desire to trade more with Europe