The Agricultural Revolution: Mastery Test

How did the widespread application of steam power affected English agriculture in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Agricultural produce could be marketed far from the areas where it was grown.

The increase in food production led to__________.

A sharp increase in the population

The South became more dependent on slavery, deepening the differences between the South and the North.

What was the effect of the invention of the cotton gin on the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Romanticism

An admiration and longing for natural or rural life

However, the higher efficiency of production also resulted in __________.

Many farm workers losing their livelihood

During the Agricultural Revolution, the introduction of new agricultural tools and __________ led to a major increase in farm production in England.

Selective livestock breeding

Eli Whitney

led to an increased demand for labor on cotton plantations

Jethro Tull

reduced the number of workers needed to plant crops

the population nearly doubled between 1800 and 1850.

Because of the steady increase in food production,

A large labor force that had left the villages was available for work in city factories.

How did changes in people's living arrangements caused by the Agricultural Revolution influence the rise of industrialization in Britain?

Jethro Tull's seed drill

It helped avoid the overcrowding of crops and increased the survival rate of seeds.

James Watt

decreased the amount of coal needed to pump water out of mines

The major industrial cities became

overcrowded as workers from rural areas moved there.