WorksheetsChapter 11
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Hiring families and dividing factory work into simple tasks became known as the
Sarah Bagley system
Rhode Island system
division system
family system
Early strikes were not successful because
courts and police usually supported the companies
workers refused to go on strike
unions did not have enough members
workers were happy with job conditions
Who was the British mechanic who immigrated to the U.S. with designs for textile mill machines?
Moses Brown
Eli Whitney
Richard Arkwright
Samuel Slater
Which of the following was a physical obstacle involved in the construction of railroads in the United States?
vast deserts
huge oceans
steep mountains
a large canal network
Samuel F.P. Morse perfected a device that could
attract more workers to factories
increase crop production
make cotton thread cheaper
send messages over long distances
Which is not a reason for the slow growth of American manufacturing?
British prices on goods were lower.
The United States had fewer natural resources.
British factory workers were willing to work for lower wages.
Investors did not want to spend money on new factories and machinery.
Who was the mill worker who led the campaign for the 10-hour workday?
Sarah G. Bagley
Thomas Gibbons
Francis Cabot Lowell
Robert Fulton
Which idea about Eli Whitney's guns made them appeal to the U.S. government?
interchangeable parts
child labor
bell system
printed advertising
The United States had a shortage of manufactured goods in 1812 because
the government limited manufacturing.
the country was at war with France.
British ships blockaded eastern seaports.
factory workers went on strike.
Most American textile mills were located in the Northeast because this region had
lower business taxes.
many rivers and streams.
many cotton fields
more women workers.
