WorksheetsIndustrial Revolution
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What was one effect of the cotton gin in the United States?
Improved fertility
Expansion of Mercantilism
Increased efficiency of crop irrigation
Expansion of the plantation system
How did Samuel Morse's best-known innovation contribute to U.S. growth and development?
It enabled instantaneous long distance transmission of information
It allowed manufacturers goods to be produced at lower-costs
It boosted the speed of cross-country mail delivery.
It increased national unity by reducing sectional differences.
The innovation shown in this photograph most affected the U.S. economy by
decreased 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
How did free enterprise system MOST benefit industrial development in the first half of the 1800's?
By allowing entrepreneurs to raise money and invest in companies
By establishing quotas on immigrants
By providing safe working conditions for factory workers
By encouraging the government to put taxes on businesses
The completion of the Erie Canal played a key role in which development?
New York City becoming a vital commercial center with the country's busiest seaport
New Orleans becoming a leader in manufacturing and overseas trade
Washington DC becoming a cultural and political center of the nation
Boston becoming one of the country's target transportation hubs
How did advancements in industrial technologies affect businesses during the late nineteenth century?
By making handcrafted good more affordable
By improving production methods and increasing competition
By forcing producers to manufacture multiple products
By causing an increase in wages for factory workers,
The introduction of the interchangeable parts led directly to the
formation of the patent system
eight-hour workday
creation of labor unions
use of mass-production techniques
During the early 1800's many young women in New England were employed outside their home as
crew members on a cargo ships
cloth weavers in textile mills
staff reporters for local newspapers
legal counselors in state courts
Job opportunities in cities increased.
Agriculture became more mechanized.
Prices of consumer goods decreased.
Industrialization
westward migration
expansion of U.S. territory
government regulation of business
John Deere invented the steel plow this innovation had an effect on which region-
West
Northwest
Midwest
South
