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The North

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Americans' lives changed rapidly in the North as a result of

a)

baking

b)

shipping

c)

agriculture

d)

industrialization

2.

The system of ____ was developed to represent letter of the alphabet when sending telegraph messages.

a)

textile

b)

railroad

c)

Morse code

d)

Braille

3.

Who was the first American woman to hold high rank in the labor movement?

a)

Sarah Grimke

b)

Sarah Bagley

c)

Dorothea Dix

d)

Emily Dickenson

4.

What was the term for the period of rapid growth with machines and manufacturing?

a)

Industrial Revolution

b)

Industrial strength

c)

Agriculture

d)

Yankee ingenuity

5.

Peter Cooper built the first ____ in the U.S.

a)

steamboat

b)

railroad

c)

canal

d)

train

6.

What is the term for when Northern workers refused to work in order to force factory owners to meet their demands for better pay and working conditions?

a)

textile

b)

strike

c)

refusal

d)

lazy

7.

What industry was the first to use machines for manufacturing their product?

a)

shipping

b)

agriculture

c)

textile

d)

lumber

8.

The first machines of the Industrial Revolution were powered by

a)

electricity

b)

water

c)

animals

d)

coal

9.

The earliest important evidence of the Industrial Revolution in America was found in...

a)

the way cotton was processed

b)

the production of tobacco products

c)

the manufacture of cloth and thread

d)

the construction of the first steam railroads

10.

The Transportation Revolution of the 1850's had all of the following effects EXCEPT:

a)

it reduced the time and cos of shipping goods

b)

helped to created a boost in business and agriculture

c)

made travel upstream on rivers faster and easier

d)

limited the federal government's ability to control trade among states

11.

What change in technology allowed business owners to sell their goods in markets across the country?

a)

the Lowell system

b)

the growth of railroads

c)

the invention of the telegraph

d)

the Arkwright system

12.

Which of the following historical figures changed the world like Samuel Morse did?

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Archimedes

c)

Johannes Gutenberg

d)

Sir Isaac Newton

13.

The changes in America's Industrial and Technological revolutions were MOST like earlier economic changes in?

a)

Japan

b)

India

c)

Africa

d)

England and Holland

14.

The economy in the North was based on

a)

agriculture

b)

manufacturing

c)

invention

d)

trade unions

15.

Most American textile mills were located in the Northeast because of the

a)

lower business taxes

b)

many cotton fields

c)

many rivers and streams

d)

more women workers

16.

The growth in manufacturing and transportation caused growth in

a)

cities

b)

farms

c)

slaves

d)

travel

17.

Which inventor created interchangeable parts and sold guns to the government?

a)

Sam Slater

b)

Samuel Morse

c)

Samuel Whitney

d)

Eli Whitney

18.

Which led to the infertility of Northern geography?

a)

rich soil

b)

rocky soil

c)

rainy summers

d)

warm winters

19.

Parts of a machine that are identical are called

a)

identical parts

b)

correct parts

c)

uniform parts

d)

interchangeable parts

20.

The growth of cities led to the need for

a)

public services

b)

public pools

c)

slave labor

d)

horses