Industrial Revolution
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- Q1The steamboat was an improvement over barges because it couldtravel upstream.provide onboard entertainment.navigate smaller rivers.carry more cargo.30s
- Q2Which of the following was NOT true of the first “Iron Horses”?They helped expand trade between the nation’s different regions.They were a clean and comfortable way to travel.They traveled much faster than stagecoaches or wagons.They helped settle the West.30s
- Q3The Boston Manufacturing Company, a huge textile mill, employed mostly women and children becausethe company wanted to help families who needed more than one income.the company could not find enough men to fill all the available jobs.they would work for lower wages than men.their small fingers were well suited to spinning cloth.30s
- Q4Cities grew in the United States during industrialization becausethe higher wages of factory jobs drew people from farms and villages.the excitement of city life drew people from farms and villages.the more challenging factory jobs lured people away from farm work.the higher standard of living offered to factory workers drew people from farms.30s
- Q5A cotton ginremoves cotton seeds.picks cotton.spins cotton into cloth.bales cotton.30s
- Q6In the Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819, Spainagreed to control the Seminoles.ceded Florida to the U.S.ceded New Mexico to the U.S.agreed to return runaway slaves.30s
- Q7The limited liability provision of incorporation laws meant thatthe debts a bankrupt corporation would owe was limited to the worth of its stock.a corporation would not have to repay its debts if it went bankrupt.a bankrupt corporation’s tax liability was limited to the worth of its stock.a person who bought stock in a corporation would not be responsible for the company’s debts if it went bankrupt.30s
- Q8What transportation project from Albany to Buffalo was completed in 1825?National RoadWilderness RoadAlbany TurnpikeErie Canal30s
- Q9In the case Commonwealth v. Hunt, the Supreme Court ruled thatchild labor was illegal.labor organizing was illegal.a workday of 10 hours was illegal.union strikes were legal.30s
- Q10took the Clermont 150 miles up the Hudson RiverRobert FultonSamuel F.B. MorseFrancis C. LowellEli Whitney30s
- Q11transformed gun-making into a factory processFrederick DouglassEli WhitneyNat TurnerSamuel F.B. Morse30s
- Q12rose from slavery to become a prominent leader of the antislavery movementFrederick DouglassRobert FultonJohn AdamsDenmark Vesey30s
- Q13built a railway system that used steam locomotivesNat TurnerSamuel F.B. MorseGeorge StephensonDenmark Vesey30s
- Q14perfected the telegraph in 1832Cecee McCartyRobert FultonJohn DeereSamuel F.B. Morse30s
- Q15allowed machines to turn out large quantities of identical pieces that workers assembled into finished productslabor unioninterchangeable partsNational Roadprotective tariff30s