Unit 5 flash cards

Question 1

What was the Industrial Revolution’s impact on the U.S.?

A) Decreased urbanization

B) Increased factory jobs and urbanization

C) Ended slavery

D) Reduced trade

Answer 1

Increased factory jobs and urbanization

Question 2

How did the Erie Canal boost the economy?

A) By connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific

B) By linking the Great Lakes to the Hudson River, improving trade

C) By providing a route for slave trade

D) By starting the Gold Rush

Answer 2

By linking the Great Lakes to the Hudson River, improving trade

Question 3

What was the main goal of Henry Clay’s American System?

A) To promote Southern agriculture only

B) To strengthen the economy through tariffs, transportation, and a national bank

C) To abolish the federal government

D) To encourage isolationism

Answer 3

To strengthen the economy through tariffs, transportation, and a national bank

Question 4

Which invention revolutionized Southern agriculture?

A) Steam engine

B) Cotton gin

C) Telegraph

D) Railroad

Answer 4

Cotton gin

Question 5

What was the impact of interchangeable parts?

A) Made goods more expensive

B) Allowed faster, cheaper mass production

C) Ended child labor

D) Increased farm output

Answer 5

Allowed faster, cheaper mass production

Question 6

Why did Northern states favor tariffs?

A) To help British imports

B) To protect their industries from foreign competition

C) To support Southern plantations

D) To reduce factory jobs

Answer 6

To protect their industries from foreign competition

Question 7

What was the Lowell System?

A) A slave labor system

B) A factory system employing young women in textiles

C) A banking system

D) A farming technique

Answer 7

A factory system employing young women in textiles