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1. 
The Industrial Revolution began in:
A.
The USA
B.
France
C.
England
D.
Germany
2. 
The "Father of Mass Production" was:
A.
Eli Whitney
B.
James Watt
C.
Samuel Slater
D.
Francis C. Lowell
3. 
Inventor of the steam engine:
A.
Samuel Slater
B.
Elias Howe
C.
James Watt
D.
Oliver Evans
4. 
Factories were located by running streams until what two types of power were made available to run machines?
A.
steam
B.
wind
C.
coal
D.
electricity
5. 
Most of the factories were located in the state of which two regions?
A.
Mid-Atlantic
B.
Southern
C.
Midwestern
D.
New England
6. 
The stagecoach provided comfortable and rapid transportation.
A.
True
B.
False
7. 
Flatboats could go upstream or downstream without difficulty.
A.
True
B.
False
8. 
Turnpikes are roads and you have to pay tolls (taxes)
A.
True
B.
False
9. 
This was the first highway:
A.
Landcaster-Philadelphia Turnpike
B.
National Road
C.
Wilderness Road
10. 
The two western rivers used most often were the:
A.
Misissippi
B.
Ohio
C.
St. Lawrence
D.
Colorado
11. 
What made travel on a steamboat dangerous?
A.
fires
B.
changing channels
C.
swift currents
D.
hidden obstacles in the water
E.
collisions
F.
Indian attacks
12. 
A track for cars carrying material out of mines is a:
A.
railroad
B.
tramway
C.
turnpike
D.
cable-car
13. 
How did the Erie Canal impact the economy of the United States? (1 option)
A.
Indigenous people had to move off their ancestral land.
B.
It increased trade on the Mississippi.
C.
Southerners were able to move north more efficiently and in greater numbers.
D.
It opened direct trade between the Great Lakes and New York City.
14. 
The first railroad to carry freight and passengers was the:
A.
Portage Railroad
B.
South Carolina Railroad
C.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
D.
Mohawk and Hudson Railroad
15. 
A person who uses money and property in carrying on business is a capitalist:
A.
True
B.
False
16. 
In 1886, Samuel Morse invented the telegraph.
A.
True
B.
False
17. 
Women and children make up a large part of the factory labor supply
A.
True
B.
False
18. 
The average pay of an unskilled worker until 1860 was about ten dollars per week.
A.
True
B.
False
19. 
Every worker worked from ten to fifteen hours a day.
A.
True
B.
False
20. 
Which 1834 invention allowed farmers to cut their grain more easily and cheaply?
A.
reaper
B.
cotton gin
C.
flail
D.
sickle
21. 
Which invention by Eli Whitney dramatically changed agriculture in the South?
A.
reaper
B.
flail
C.
cotton gin
D.
sickle
22. 
In what ways did the cotton gin affect the South? (choose 3)
A.
Land under production declined.
B.
A social caste system was established in the South.
C.
Slavery became more important and attitudes about it hardened.
D.
Cotton became "king," the principal southern crop.
E.
Manufacturing grew in the South.
23. 
Why did the cotton culture expand westward? (choose 2)
A.
Western soil was better for agriculture.
B.
Better transportation was available in the west.
C.
Poor farming methods ruined the soil and forced farmers to move on.
D.
There was an increasing demand for cotton.
24. 
This was the social structure in the middle of 1800´s (look at the image, click on the zoom in icon)
A.
True
B.
False