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Industrial Revolution Major Assessment Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this person expressing in his statement?

a)

patriotism

b)

sectionalism

c)

nationalism

d)

westernism

2.

What is being described in the graphic organizer above?

a)

Negative consequences of the War of 1812

b)

Positive effects of the Industrial Revolution

c)

Negative consequences of the Industrial Revolution

d)

Positive consequences of the steam engine

3.

What correctly completes the graphic organizer above?

a)

cotton gin is created

b)

steam engine is created

c)

mechanical reaper is created

d)

steel plow is created

4.

Why did many farmers leave their homes and move to northern cities?

a)

Crops began to grow faster due to healthier soil

b)

Crops failed for four years

c)

New technology now run farms

d)

New technology reduced the need for a lot of agricultural workers

5.

Why did industry develop in the northern part of the country?

a)

The cool weather in the north made it perfect for hot factories.

b)

The swift moving rivers and lack of farmland made it perfect for factories.

c)

The agricultural industry was failing due to wheat eating insects in fields.

d)

The president ordered factories to be built there.

6.

How were factory owners able to maintain the mass production of goods?

a)

By giving away cheap farmland to the newly arrived immigrants

b)

By hiring a large number of immigrants to work in the factories

c)

By hiring a large number of immigrants to work in the factories

d)

By opening Walmarts across the country

7.

Why did the United States begin manufacturing its own goods instead of buying them from Britain?

a)

The Industrial Revolution

b)

The Gold Rush

c)

The War of 1812

d)

The cotton gin

8.

When entrepreneurs started factories, what was their main goal?

a)

to retire at a young age

b)

to open a second factory

c)

to employ lots of people

d)

to make a profit

9.

What is being described in the graphic organizer above?

a)

benefits of agriculture

b)

benefits of owning a factory

c)

benefits of free enterprise

d)

benefits of home ownership

10.

If a factory can make shoes at a cheaper rate than the local shoemaker, how does this benefit a consumer?

a)

the consumer can now buy a cheaper pair of shoes

b)

the consumer can now walk fewer steps to buy a cheaper pair of shoes

c)

the consumer can now buy more shoes

d)

the consumer can now buy shoes made by a local shoemaker

11.

How did the Northern and Southern economies of the U.S. differ?

a)

People in the north work primarily in shoe stores and people in the south work primarily in clothing stores

b)

People in the north work primarily in agriculture and people in the south work primarily in factories

c)

People in the north work primarily in factories and people in the south work primarily in agriculture

d)

There is no difference in these economies as everything is owned by just a few wealthy men

12.

How did the thousands of immigrants streaming into the United States affect the country’s economy?

a)

it caused the U.S. economy to remain the same

b)

it stopped the U.S. economy

c)

it caused the U.S. economy to decline

d)

it brought growth to the U.S. economy

13.

What connected the U.S. and provided goods quickly to the western part of the U.S.?

a)

the Oregon Trail

b)

the Transcontinental Railroad

c)

the Santa Fe Trail

d)

the U.S. canal system

14.

What invention brought about a faster way to travel?

a)

the cotton gin

b)

the mechanical reaper

c)

the steam engine

d)

the steel plow

15.

What is being described in the graphic organizer above?

a)

negative effects of the Industrial Revolution

b)

positive effects of owning a factory

c)

positive effects of the Industrial Revolution

d)

negative effects on U.S. citizens

16.

What improved the growth of the U.S. economy?

a)

immigrants owning farms

b)

mass production of goods

c)

skilled craftsman who created furniture by hand

d)

the cottage industry

17.

Who introduced the process of crop rotations?

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

John Deere

d)

James Watt