Chapter 12 The North

Question 0

Goods weren’t made fast enough to keep up with people’s _______.

Answer 0

Needs

Question 1

Prior to the _________ most people were farmers and made thing by hand.

Answer 1

Industrial Revolution

Question 2

The Industrial Revolution began in ________ and spread to the U.S. beginning with the ________ industry.

Answer 2

Great Britain

Textile

Question 3

Richard Arkwright invented a ________ that could produce dozens of cotton threads at a time.

Answer 3

Water frame

Question 4

Britain had the most powerful ______ industry.

Answer 4

Textile

Question 5

What did all invention during the industrial revolution have in common?

Answer 5

Make goods faster and cheaper

Question 6

________ from Great Britain memorized plans for cotton spinning machines.

Answer 6

Samuel Slater

Question 7

Mills were built along ________ and ________ in the northeast.

Answer 7

Rivers

Streams

Question 8

In 1790, the U.S. was near war with _______ and needed guns.

Answer 8

France

Question 9

Eli Whitney introduced the idea of _________ that made machines easier to reassemble and replace.

Answer 9

Interchangeable parts

Question 10

As a result of interchangeable parts, goods were produced in _________.

Answer 10

Mass quantities

Question 11

After the War of 1812, there was a major increase in _________, because we could no longer ex-trade.

Answer 11

American manufacturing

Question 12

Factory owners had trouble finding people to fill jobs, so they hired ________.

Answer 12

Entire families

Question 13

No one complained about ________ because children normally worked on farms.

Answer 13

Child labor

Question 14

Adults were paid the same amount in one day as children were in __________.

Answer 14

One week

Question 15

Slayer provided ________ and opened general stores where workers could buy items with _______.

Answer 15

Housing

Credit

Question 16

Hiring families for jobs was known as ___________.

Answer 16

Rhode Island System

Question 17

How long were factory days?

Answer 17

12-14 hours

Question 18

Factories had ________ schedules and cotton dust caused _________.

Answer 18

Fast-paced

Chronic cough

Question 19

Workers received low wages for _________ jobs.

Answer 19

Dangerous

Question 20

Factories cause ________ to lose their jobs.

Answer 20

Craftspeople

Question 21

___________ cause low wages because the were willing to work for cheap.

Answer 21

Immigration

Question 22

Skilled workers, unhappy with working conditions, formed _________ and used _______ to get what they wanted.

Answer 22

Trade unions

Strikes

Question 23

In 1840 president __________ granted a 10 hour work day for _______ employees.

Answer 23

Van Buren

Federal

Question 24

The 10 hour work day was followed by these states: Connecticut, _________, New Hampshire,
___________, and Pennsylvania.

Answer 24

Maine

Ohio

Question 25

_________ and _________ increased trade and profits.

Answer 25

Steamboats

Steam trains

Question 26

Steamboats and trains were able to move ________, _________, and _______ quickly and cheaply.

Answer 26

Goods
Information
People

Question 27

In 1893, _________ tested the first steamboat in France.

Answer 27

Robert Fulton

Question 28

August 9, 1807, the Clermont traveled against the current if the __________,

Answer 28

Hudson River

Question 29

Steamboats were ideal for _________because it was easy to travel against the current.

Answer 29

River travel

Question 30

By the 1850s, steamboats carried people and goods across the _________ ocean.

Answer 30

Atlantic

Question 31

Increase in steamboat use led to conflict over __________.

Answer 31

Ownership of waters

Question 32

The Supreme Court ruled in ____________ that the states did not control the waterways.

Answer 32

Gibbons v. Ogden

Question 33

_________ demonstrated a race against a horse that ________ transportation was better.

Answer 33

Peter Cooper

Train

Question 34

By 1840, there were ________ miles of train track.

Answer 34

2,800

Question 35

By _____, there were 30,000 miles of track just in the east.

Answer 35

1860

Question 36

Wagons traveled less than ___ miles per hour, but trains traveled at _____ miles per hour.

Answer 36

2

20

Question 37

The first result of the transportation revolution was that people in the U.S. have access to ______.

Answer 37

Goods

Question 38

Railroads provided a _______ economy and wealth was centered in the _______.

Answer 38

Stable

North

Question 39

As a result of the transportation revolution, towns were build where?

Answer 39

Around train stations

Question 40

______ replaced wood as a power source, leading to ________ as an industry causing an increase in demand for _______.

Answer 40

Coal
Mining
Steel

Question 41

Deforestation occurred because there was an increase in demand for _______ and _______, and needed space for ________.

Answer 41

Paper
Furniture
Railroads