Worksheets8.39-8.40
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Vocabulary:
the change from manual production to machine-powered factory production that started in England in the late 18th century and spread to other places and brought transformation in economy, society, and technology.
Industrial Revolution
American Revolution
Agricultural Revolution
French Revolution
Vocabulary:
a person who enters another country in order to settle there
immigrant
abolitionist
loyalist
patriot
8.39
What were the 2 major "push factors" why people left Ireland for America? (choose 2)
potato famine
escape British rule
urbanization
Industrial Revolution
Temperance Movement
8.39
Push factors why Germans left Germany were, harsh weather conditions which resulted in severe __________.
food shortages
housing shortage
unemployment
urbanization
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Attracted by its ______________, many Germans came to the United States in search of a better life.
democratic political system
communist political system
monarchy
industrial revolution
8.40
The _________ was significant because it connected Lake Erie and the Great Lakes system to the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean.
Erie Canal
Panama Canal
Mississippi River
Golden Gate Bridge
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By 1818, the __________ ran from Cumberland Maryland to the Ohio River at Wheeling Virginia.
National Road
Erie Canal
Panama Canal
Wilderness Road
man-made waterway that connects Lake Erie to the Hudson River
and then to the Atlantic Ocean
What was the Erie Canal used for?
Immigrant cruises
Test battle ships
Drinking water for the city of Boston
Ship goods faster and cheaper to the Atlantic Ocean
Why was the National Road authorized?
For better horse travel
To promote westward expansion
To allow Congress to trade
To increase taxes and travel time
Which natural barrier did the National Road cross?
Mississippi River
Appalachian Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Erie Canal
How did the steam engine create power?
Burning gas
Burning kerosene
Burning coal
Horsepower
Choose 2 benefits of the railroad system.
It made travel longer
Travel time and length stayed the same
It decreased travel time for long distances
Materials, goods, and produce could be shipped quick and cheap
How did new transportation impact people?
It made people dislike each other daily
It made travel slower
It made it faster and easier to travel
It made people mad at the slaves
How did new transportation impact products?
They were easier, cheaper, and faster to move
They were harder and slower to move
They increased the need for healthcare
They hurt the economy
How did new transportation impact ideas?
It discouraged people from interacting
It allowed people to buy ideas from poor people
It allowed easy delivery of newspaper and mail. It made the US feel “smaller”
It discouraged people from developing more technology and made the US feel “bigger”
A large, deep trench filled with water
Railroad
Steam engine
Canal
Railroad
Steamboats used ____ and allowed shipments to travel ____ easily.
Horse power / upstream
Coal / upstream
Horse power / downstream
Coal / downstream
Railroads allowed raw materials, finished goods, and farm produce to be transported
Cheaply and expensively
Slowly and expensively
Slowly and inefficiently
Cheaply and quickly
This group of immigrants were moving west with farmers from Pennsylvania to Oregon
French
German
Irish
Spanish
This group of immigrants began this new political party.
German - Democratic Republican
German - Know Nothing Party
Irish - Nativist Party
Irish - Know Nothing Party
Became a powerful political force in the US
Irish
German
French
Spanish
Which groups push factor was poverty?
Irish
German
Both
The two largest immigration groups in the early 1800's were...
Russians
Africans
Irish
French
German
