Worksheets8th - Chapter 11
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The gradual replacement of hand tools, human powered and horse powered tools to machines during the 1700s.
It provided the Louisiana Territory north of the southern border of Missouri would be free of slavery. It gave southern slave owners a clear right to pursue escaped fugitives in ‘’free’’ regions and return them to slavery.
Becoming a Lowell girl, nearby farm girls working at the new factories and living in boarding houses were able to take advantage of libraries and attend lectures.
The process of making products in your own home and at your own pace.
How did the Industrial Revolution change the way work was performed?
Instead of producing products in their own homes and at their own pace, factories became the central location for work to be done. This sped up the process products were being made and how long a person has for a specific task.
Instead of producing products in factories, homes became the central location for work to be done. This slowed down the process products were being made and how long a person finished an entire product.
It did not change the way work was done. This actually refers to the British fighting back against the Americans for the Revolution in the Colonies
It did not change anything because the products being made at home and the products made in factories were completely different.
Where did Industrialization begin in the United States?
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
What allowed women to start receiving an education?
Becoming a Lowell girl, nearby farm girls working at the new factories and living in boarding houses were able to take advantage of libraries and attend lectures.
They just started going to school
The 28th Amendment went into effect so that they had the right to be educated
Cities started to grow larger and schools were built in areas they did not exist before.
What was not an issue that started to become more apparent in the factories?
Child Labor
Poor Lighting
Extremely long work day
Machines were safe and efficient
What were some issues with the rapid growth of cities? (Click all that apply)
Filthy Streets
Lack of Sewage System
Lack of clean drinking water
Lack of Government
What was the first railroad?
The Louisiana and the Michigan
The Illinois and Springfield
The Baltimore and Ohio
The Boston and Maryland
What are is NOT a reason why immigrants were coming over to the Americas in the 1840s?
Buy Cheap Land
They thought there was silver on the East coast of the Americas
Skilled workers thought they had better opportunities
Could not survive where they were currently living
African Americans received equal treatment in the free part of the United States
True
False
Why did plantation owners defend the system of slavery? (Check all that apply)
Fear of violent uprisings if they loosened their control over African Americans
It was more humane than free labor system in the North
They were worried that African Americans wanted to start their own plantations
Slaves did not worry about Unemployment
What restrictions did Free African Americans have? (Check all that apply)
-Denied from most jobs
-Unable to attend public schools
-Could not vote, serve on juries or testify against white defendants in court, discouraged from traveling
Could not walk on the sidewalks, they needed to use the side of the streets
What group of states were NOT looking to become states in the Union in the 1800s?
Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio
Louisiana, Indiana, Mississippi
Illinois, Alabama
Florida, California
How did American settlers heading West reach their new homes?
American settlers drove over paths for that were created by deer or bison.
The learned how to cement mix and started created roads as they traveled West
They used the Route 66 canal to travel to the West
American settlers learned how to fly
What did not became an issue between free states and slave states? (check all that apply)
Who had better land
The extension of slavery became an issue between free states and slave states.
Who had more representation in Congress
Who had a higher population
Who did the Missouri Compromise Benefit? (check all that apply)
Free States
Slave States
African Americans
Plantation Owners
