History quiz 1
cotton
by 1850, the South was totally committed to a society based on slavery and _______. (cotton, rice, sugar, tobacco)
Lancaster-Philadelphia Turnpike
first highway in the United States
Cumberland
the highway that enabled thousands of settlers to make the journey to the Northwest Territory was the ______ Road. (Cumberland, Erie, Pacific, or Transcontinental)
true
true or false: a large part of the factory labor force during the Industrial Revolution was made up of women and children
false
true or false: as factories increased in number, cities became smaller
true
true or false: corduroy roads were roads made out of logs to cover swampy places
true
true or false: in the early 1800s, farmers did not use metal plows because they believed the metal would poison the soil
true
true or false: labor organization was slow because it was regarded as unpatriotic
false
true or false: steamboat travel was the safest way to travel to the West because the rivers were clear of obstacles
true
true or false: the Erie Canal took eight years to build, and it cost $7 million.
false
true or 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
true or false: the Portage Railroad carried canal boats over the mountains in Pennsylvania
false
true or false: the turnpike was a toll road which could only be used on rainless days
Cyrus McCormick
Who invented the reaper?
Elias Howe
Who invented the sewing machine?
1, 4, 5
in which ways did the cotton gin affect the South? 1. slaves become more important and valuable. 2. land under production declined 3. prosperity reached most of the Southern population 4. southern attitudes about slavery hardened 5. cotton became the principal southern crop
capital
money
flatboats
most of the settlers traveling to the West floated on ________ whenever possible. (steamboats, flatboats, canoes)
true
railroad engines were originally so feeble that a horse was occasionally carried along as a spare in case of emergency
railroads
the coming of the _______ slowed the building of canals in the 1830s and 1840s. (cotton gins, railroads, steamboats)
capitalists
those who invest money in industry
Erie Canal
what connected Buffalo and the Hudson River?
locks
what is used to raise and lower canal boats?
cotton gin
which invention by Eli Whitney dramatically changed agriculture in the South? (cotton gin, flail, reaper, or sickle)
1, 2, 5
which of these show how the Erie Canal affected the United States? 1. Westward expansion was aided 2. more employees were available for northeastern factories 3. the price Midwestern farms got for their crops fell 4. canals stopped being built because they could not compete 5. shipping costs between the Great Lakes and New York City were cut to a tenth
South Carolina Railroad
which railroad connected Charleston and Hamburg
Baltimore and Ohio
which railroad was the first railroad to carry passengers?
Robert Fulton
who built the first successful steamboat?
Frances C. Lowell
who invented the loom?
Samuel F.B. Morse
who perfected the telegraph?
Samuel Slater
who started the first textile factory in Rhode Island?
Eli Whitney
who was called the father of mass production?
