The Industrial Revolution is best defined as a
Ch 12 and 13 Review

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period of rapid growth during which machines became essential to industry.
series of explosive encounters between workers and wealthy factory owners.
time of great excitement about mechanical approaches to controlling Nature.
period of turmoil and upheaval within the United States government.
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Why were changes to manufacturing needed in the mid-1700s?
Factory owners were not satisfied with the size of their profits.
Demand was greater than the available supply of goods.
Workers were not satisfied with the level of their daily wages.
Traders faced higher shipping prices for smaller amounts of goods.
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Why were more American textile mills built in the North than in the South?
The South charged higher taxes on industry.
The South was not interested in expanding agriculture.
The North had more rivers to provide power.
The North attracted skilled English immigrants.
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What was Eli Whitney’s influence on American manufacturing?
He designed a way to produce inexpensive clocks.
He came up with the idea of interchangeable parts.
He argued that all manufacturing should be done by hand.
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Which statement best describes working conditions at the mills?
Workers were fired after a single absence, forcing replacements to operate machinery they were not properly trained to use.
Each worker was free to choose the time at which the workday began so long as 8 to 10 hours of work a day were completed.
Workers suffered from health problems, such as chronic cough, due to unsafe conditions.
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The Transportation Revolution was a period of
rapid growth in the speed and convenience of travel.
economic depression brought on by inferior modes of travel.
public disapproval of traditional modes of transit.
rebellion against foreign countries’ use of American shipping lanes.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Two new forms of transportation invented during the Transportation Revolution were the
horse-drawn railcar and the motorboat.
covered wagon and the sailboat.
automobile and the clipper ship.
steam-powered train and the steamboat.
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