Development of Industrial Revolution Q. 1

Question 1

The best explaination why freed Black people stayed in the South is

Answer 1

to stay close to family and help those who were still enslaved

Question 2

The highway that enabled thousands of settlers to make the journey to the Northwest Territory was the ________ Road.

Answer 2

Cumberland

Question 3

Most of the settlers traveling to the West floated on _______ whenever possible.

Answer 3

flatboats

Question 4

T or F. Railroad engines were originally so feeble that a horse was occasionally carried along as a spare in case of difficulty.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Women and children made up the majority of what?

Answer 5

The factory labor force during the Industrial Revolution

Question 6

Eli Whitney dramatically changed agriculture, with what invention?

Answer 6

cotton gin

Question 7

The coming of the _________ slowed the building of canals in the 1830s and 1840s

Answer 7

railroads

Question 8

In what way did the cotton gin affect the South?

Answer 8

• Southern attitudes about slavery hardened
• Cotton became the principal southern crop
• Enslaved labor became more important and valuable

Question 9

How did the Erie Canal affect the United States?

Answer 9

• Shipping costs between the Great Lakes and New York City were cut to a tenth.
• More employees were available for northeastern factories
• Westward expansion was aided

Question 10

The first ___________ was built between Lancaster and Philadelphia, a distance of about 65 miles

Answer 10

turnpike

Question 11

As factories increased in number, cities became _______

Answer 11

Larger

Question 12

T or F. Labor organization was slow because it was regarded as unpatriotic.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

T or F. In the early 1800s, farmers did not use metal plows because they believed the metal would poison the soil.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

How did the Industrial Revolution make its way from England to the United States?

Answer 14

English factory workers brought their knowledge to America

Question 15

What made travel by steamboat dangerous?

Answer 15

• collisions with other boats
• hidden rocks
• fires

Question 16

The best description of corduroy roads is

Answer 16

roads made of logs to cover swampy ground

Question 17

The Erie Canal took eight years to build, and it cost ___________

Answer 17

$7 million

Question 18

The __________ Railroad carried canal boats over the mountains in Pennsylvania.

Answer 18

Portage

Question 19

invented the sewing machine

Answer 19

Elias Howe

Question 20

invented the reaper

Answer 20

Cyrus McCormick

Question 21

perfected the telegraph

Answer 21

Samuel F. B. Morse

Question 22

connected Charleston and Hamburg

Answer 22

South Carolina Railroad

Question 23

money

Answer 23

capital

Question 24

used to raise and lower canal boats

Answer 24

locks

Question 25

built first successful steamboat

Answer 25

Robert Fulton

Question 26

first railroad to carry passengers

Answer 26

Baltimore and Ohio

Question 27

father of mass production

Answer 27

Eli Whitney

Question 28

first highway in the United States

Answer 28

Lancaster-Philadelphia Turnpike

Question 29

invented the loom

Answer 29

Frances C. Lowell

Question 30

started first textile factory in Rhode Island

Answer 30

Samuel Slater

Question 31

those who invest money in industry

Answer 31

capitalists

Question 32

connected Buffalo and the Hudson River

Answer 32

Erie Canal