History 8A Unit 5 Quiz 1
True
A large part of the factory labor force during the Industrial Revolution was made up of women and children.
False
As factories increased in number, cities became smaller.
Robert Fulton
Built first successful steamboat
Cotton
By 1850, the South was totally committed to a society based on slavery and ______.
Erie Canal
Connected Buffalo and the Hudson River
Eli Whitney
Father of mass production
Frances C. Lowell
Invented the loom
Cyrus McCormick
Invented the reaper
Elias Howe
Invented the sewing machine
False
The turnpike was a toll road which could only be used on rainless days.
Capitalists
Those who invest money in industry
Locks
Used to raise and lower canal boats
Cotton Gin
Which invention by Eli Whitney dramatically changed agriculture in the South?
Lancaster-Philadelphia Turnpike
First highway in the United States
Baltimore and Ohio
First railroad to carry passengers
South Carolina Railroad
Connected Charleston and Hamburg
True
Corduroy roads were roads made out of logs to cover swampy places.
Westward expansion was aided. More employees were available for northeastern factories. Shipping costs between the Great Lakes and New York City were cut to a tenth.
How did the Erie Canal affect the United States?
True
Labor organization was slow because it was regarded as unpatriotic.
True
Railroad engines were originally so feeble that a horse was occasionally carried along as a spare in case of difficulty.
Samuel Slater
Started first textile factory in Rhode Island
False
Steamboat travel was the safest way to travel to the West because the rivers were clear of obstacles.
Samuel F. B. Morse
Perfected the telegraph
Capitol
Money
True
In the early 1800s, farmers did not use metal plows because they believed the metal would poison the soil.
Slaves became more important and valuable. Southern attitudes about slavery hardened. Cotton became the principal southern crop.
In what way did the cotton gin affect the South?
Flatboats
Most of the settlers traveling to the West floated on _________ whenever possible.
True
The Erie Canal took eight years to build, and it cost $7 million.
False
The Industrial Revolution started in the United States after the English sent merchants to the United States to show Americans how to develop new machines.
True
The Portage Railroad carried canal boats over the mountains in Pennsylvania.
Railroads
The coming of the ________ slowed the building of canals in the 1830s and 1840s.
Cumberland
The highway that enabled thousands of settlers to make the journey to the Northwest Territory was the ________ Road.