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Chapter 8 - The Emergence of a Market Economy (1815-1850)

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who invented the steamboat 1804?
a)
Cyrus Mc Cormick
b)
Elias Howe
c)
Samuel F.B. Morse
d)
Robert Fulton
2.
Who invented the cotton gin 1793?
a)
Robert Fulton
b)
John Deer
c)
Cyrus Mc Cormick
d)
Eli Whitney
3.
Who invented the telegraph in 1840?
a)
James Hargreaves
b)
John Deer
c)
Samuel Morse
d)
John Montressor
4.
Who invented the cast steel plow?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
John Deere
c)
Samuel Morse
d)
Wright Brothers
5.
Who invented the Mechanical Reaper?
a)
Cyrus McCormick
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Alexander Graham Bell
6.

Because they too had suffered discrimination, Irish immigrants tended to be sympathetic to blacks

a)

True

b)

False

7.
Which immigrant group came to America because of a famine in their country?
a)
Germans
b)
Irish
c)
Italians
d)
French
8.

Women in the early 19th century were allowed to work in any profession they wished.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The question in the early 19th century about spending government funds on infrastructure was, was it constitutional.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

John Deere's plow is credited with transforming the American west.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The ability of railroads to operate year round gave them a huge advantage over canals that froze over in the winter and roads that became rivers during the wet season.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Jefferson’s embargo stopped all trade with foreign nations and would therefore force American industries to start producing goods.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Physicians in the early 1800's were closely regulated by the government.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

The industrial expansion of the United States also spurred the profession of engineering, a field that would eventually become the nation's largest professional occupation for men.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The first American factories produced textiles?

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Nativists oppose all other cultures but their own. Mainly foreign cultures.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Patented the design of a sewing machine

a)

Elias Howe

b)

Charles Goodyear

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

Francis Cabot Lowell

18.

Pioneer of the factory system

a)

Robert Fulton

b)

Charles Goodyear

c)

Samuel F. B. Morse

d)

Francis Cabot Lowell

19.

Patented the process for vulcanizing rubber

a)

Robert Fulton

b)

Charles Goodyear

c)

Samuel F. B. Morse

d)

Francis Cabot Lowell

20.

As the job of your favorite adult Ms. Hazell, this coincidentally was the fastest growing vocation (profession) in the first half of the 19th century.

a)

Teacher

b)

Bookkeeper

c)

Mill worker

d)

Iron worker

21.

Church attendance and temperance were enforced among early workers at Lowell, but rather girls were forced to fend for themselves.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

The only professions open to women in the early 19th century were teaching and nursing.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Most of the growth of the Catholic Church in America in the mid–nineteenth century can be attributed to immigration from Ireland.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

The American party was based on nativism.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

The period in history when many people left their homes and farms to work in mills was called the Industrial Revolution.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

New England offered ideal conditions for farming.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

A patent gives a person legal rights regarding an invention.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

What was a significant development in the way goods were made?

a)

development of mills

b)

economic factors

c)

factory system

d)

wealthy merchant association

29.

In what area did many new industrial towns develop?

a)

along mountain ranges

b)

near oceans and bays

c)

near other large towns

d)

along rivers and streams

30.

Which system of transportation shipped raw goods to factories where they were turned to consumer goods?

a)

Electric Streetcar

b)

The Pony Express

c)

Wagon Train

d)

Transcontinental Railroad

31.

What is the image representing?

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Growth of slavery in the South

c)

The creation of the Erie Canal

d)

Era of Good Feelings

32.

The invention of the cotton gin reduced the need for slave labor in the South.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

Faster communication systems improved the trade of goods across long distances.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

What sparked the start of the Industrial Revolution in the United States?

a)

The War of 1812

b)

The Missouri Compromise

c)

George Washington's Farewell Address

d)

The Embargo Act

35.

What is the movement from rural to urban areas called?

a)

Discrimination

b)

Colonization

c)

Inflation

d)

Urbanization

36.

Any fabric that is woven (by machine or hand) is called -

a)

interchangeable parts

b)

textiles

c)

Morse Code

d)

industrialization

37.
This machine allowed factories to be built anywhere, powered by coal.
a)
flying shuttle
b)
steam engine
c)
spinning jenny
d)
cotton gin
38.

During the 1800s people moved from rural to urban areas due to what major event?

a)

American Revolution

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

Civil War

d)

Manifest Destiny

39.

Which country suffered from a famine which led to a large number of immigrants to the U.S.?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

France

d)

Ireland

40.

During the early Industrial Revolution, production of goods went from being made in ________________ to being made in __________________

a)

homes / factories

b)

factories / homes

c)

homes / stores

d)

pubs / factories

41.

TRUE or FALSE: The railroad helped promote movement to the West

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

42.

Who was our fifth president of the US?

a)

James Monroe

b)

James Madison

c)

James Robertson

d)

Micah Spatt

43.

Why did America introduce the Tariff of 1816?

a)

help foreign manufacturers

b)

protect manufacturers from foreign competition

c)

help themselves

44.
The Impact of Industrialization shifted the world balance of power.
a)
It increased competition between industrialized nations
b)
Rise of global inequalities
c)
Transformation of society.
d)
All of the above
45.
Which of the following connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean,  leading to the rapid increase in trade and settlement in New York, Ohio, and Michigan? 
a)
Panama Canal
b)
Manifest Destiny
c)
Great Lakes Canal
d)
Erie Canal