Ch 8 Quiz Questions Flashcards
which of the following was a result of the invention of the cotton gin
It made cotton a major export item
Which of the following transportation development spilt between 1811 and 1838, improve the travel from the Atlantic coast across Ohio westward into Illinois?
the National Road
Which of the following statements is true of the textile plant established in Waltham Massachusetts in 1813
It brought together under one roof the mechanized processes of spinning yarn and weaving cloth
Which of the following statements accurately describes the United States between 1815 and 1850
The United states evolved into a transcontinental power and experienced a period of economic prosperity
the development of a market economy in the United states in the first half of the 19th century was stimulated most by which of the following
The development of faster and more efficient transportation and communication networks within the United states
which of the following statements about steamboats is accurate
Steamboats brought cheaper and faster traffic to the Mississippi valley
What do the following statements accurately describes trains by the 1850s?
They could operate year round and on all types of terrain
The most popular form of indoor entertainment in the first half of the 19th century was
theater
Which of the following statements accurately describes the American or (know nothing) political party of the 1850s
The part of its founded to reduce or prevent immigration into the United states, and was mostly against Catholic immigrants
What became a major problem in the lowell mills by the mid 1830s?
Labor unrest due to working and living conditions
The major impetus for the huge Irish immigration to the United States after 1845 was
A deadly potato famine
The first American factories produced
Cotton textiles
Who invented the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
Which of the following statements would be correct analysis of the impact of mechanical seeders and mechanical reapers developed by Cyrus McCormick in the 1830s and 1840s
They lead to the growth of large scale commercial agriculture in the Midwest and great plains
By 1860, what became the largest American city as its population surpassed one million
New York
Most immigrants to California in the eighteen fifties came from which of the following country
China
Which of the following statements describes physicians in the early 1800s
They were mostly self taught or had assisted a physician for several years
Which of the following statements describes the impact of the Erie canal
It connected the economy is of the Midwest and the east, turning New York into a major commercial and international trading center
Which of the following statements correctly describes an early impact of the invention of the Telegraph communication system
It improved the efficiency and safety of railroad transportation
Which of the following statements best evaluates the impact of the many innovations and technological developments of the first half of the 19th century
They improve the standard of living and living conditions for most people especially women
