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WorksheetsUnit 4 CFA1a Review
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which industry started in the northeastern part of the United States and was the beginning of industrialization in the United States?
steel manufacturing
textile manufacturing
mining
cotton growing
What is produced in a textile mill?
flour
leather
tools
woven fabric (cloth)
All of the following are true about the Industrial Revolution EXCEPT:
The first factories in the U.S. produced textiles.
New inventions increased the production of goods.
It was centered in the South
It led to increased immigration to the U.S.
Which of the following is true about the Lowell Mills in the early 1800s?
Their design was based on stolen plans smuggled out of Spain.
They were early factories in Massachusetts that used skilled workers to make cloth.
They were textile mills that employed the daughters of New England farmers.
What was the main cause of the Industrial Revolution?
As the population grew there was a greater demand for manufactured goods.
Increased trade between the U.S. and Europe.
The annexation of Texas in 1845.
New advancements in transportation led to economic growth.
What technological advancement dramatically increased slavery in the Southeastern United States in the early 1800s.
the steel plow
the cotton gin
the reaper
the Erie Canal
What does the map suggest about the United States in 1860?
Most cities with populations above 100,000 were in the South.
The North was more urbanized than the South.
New Orleans was the largest city in the United States
Most cities were west of the Mississippi River.
According to the chart, what claim could be made about cotton production and the slave population?
As cotton production increased, the amount of slaves decreased.
As the slave population increased, so did the white population.
Between 1800 and 1860 the population of slaves in the south stayed the same.
As cotton production increased, so did the population of slaves.
Under the __________________________ system workers and machines were brought together under one roof.
factory
urbanization
agricultural
technological
Which of the following changes would NOT have been part of the Industrial Revolution?
More cloth and tools were produced in factories than in the past.
More food was harvested by hand and less food was harvested by machines.
People bought more tools made in factories and fewer tools made by blacksmiths.
People bought more machine-made cloth and less handmade cloth.
Which of the following statements is supported by the graph?
Cotton production was greater in the 1810s than the 1840s.
The amount of cotton production dropped in the 1820s
Cotton production was nearly three times higher in 1860 than in 1840.
Cotton production remained steady during the 1820s and 1830s.
The invention of the steamboat most affected the U.S. economy by-
decreasing the need for canals
allowing more efficient movement of goods
reducing the costs of settling in western territories
transporting workers from southern states to northern states
Who opened the first cloth factory, starting the Industrial Revolution in the United States?
Robert Fulton
Thomas Edison
Eli Whitney
Samuel Slater
