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WorksheetsPre-Civil War in the North
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
The economy of the North was based on what two things?
agriculture & cattle farming
shipbuilding & commerce
farming & mining
cotton & shipbuilding
What was a reason differences in the North and South developed?
Early presidents favored an agricultural society.
Only people from the North went to the Constitutional Convention.
Early politicians favored an urban society.
Economic conditions in each region varied.
What was the main reason sectionalism developed in the United States?
The North and South had different economies and political viewpoints.
All the presidents in this time period came from the North.
New immigrants in the South created a culture different from the North.
The North and the South disagreed on political rights for women.
Why is Samuel Slater often referred to as the “Father of the American Industrial Revolution”?
He opened the first mechanized textile mill in America.
He invented interchangeable parts.
He started the first labor union.
He developed the Lowell System for textile production.
In the early 1800s, new technological developments such as mechanized spinning machines had what impact on northern cities?
They decreased the populations of cities as people left to escape the pollution caused by factories.
They decreased trade in cities by reducing the diversity of manufactured products.
They increased the populations of cities as more people moved there for jobs.
They increased the need for skilled workers, causing large numbers of wealthy immigrants to come to the cities.
What “pull” factors brought many Irish and German immigrants to the United States in the early 1800s?
Select two that apply.
higher wages
job availability
potato famine
religious persecution
totalitarian governments
How did the construction of the Erie Canal in 1826 impact the United States?
It caused many northern industries to relocate to the South.
It strengthened economic ties between the Northeast and Midwest.
It led to an increased reliance on European countries for finished products.
It created conflicts among states in the South over interstate transportation costs.
Which factor was a significant cause of industrialization in the northern states in the mid-1800s?
growing support for the abolition movement
investment in factories and technology
adoption of low tariffs on imports
population shift from urban to rural areas
In the early 1800s, immigrants to the United States mostly came from what countries?
Select two that apply.
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Spain
___________ was the first inventor in the United States credited with making a product with interchangeable parts.
Eli Whitney
Samuel Slater
Francis Cabot Lowell
Arthur Shofield
An effect of the Industrial Revolution was...
the development of new technologies was put on hold.
less jobs were available in cities.
more people moved from rural areas to cities to work in factories.
People moved from cities to work in factories to work in rural areas.
From 1830s to 1850 the number of immigrants coming to the U.S.....
decreased.
doubled.
tripled.
stayed the same.
The manufacturing boom that was sparked by the Industrial Revolution increased the number of....
Asian immigrants who came to cities.
slaves who were used in textile mills.
Irish and German immigrants who came to cities.
Fed up with big business, industrial workers created __________ to fight for better working conditions.
labor unions
textile laws
protection laws.
lowell unions
The Industrial Revolution began in ___________ in the late 1700s and soon spread to the U.S.
Germany
France
Great Britain
Italy
The ___________, a 363-mile-long transportation route, connected the Great Lakes with the Hudson Bay with the Atlantic Ocean, providing a quick, economical way to ship goods.
Erie Canal
Morse Trench
National Road
National Canal
The growth of industry required the growth of transportation routes, so the ___________ connected 800 miles of cities and towns in the U.S.
U.S. Interstate
Erie Canal
Transcontinental Road
National Road
The ___________ was designed so that every step of the manufacturing process was done under one roof and the work was performed by young adult women.
Lowell System
Slater System
Fulton System
Whitney System
The key development of the Industrial Revolution was the replacement...
of machine power with human power.
of animal power with machine power.
of human power with machine power.
of slave power with machine power.
__________ brought the secrets of British textile mills to the U.S., making him responsible for the birth of the U.S. textile industry.
Slater Brown
Eli Whitney
Francis Lowell
Samuel Slater
