Transportation & Market Revolution Review

Which of the following transportation innovation had the greatest impact on the nation in the early 1800s?

• roads & cars

• railcars & railroads

• steamboats & canals

• planes & runways

What did Eli Whitney invent?

• cotton gin & interchangeable parts

• steel plow & mechanical reaper

• spinning jenny & power loom

• steamboat & railroads

How did the cotton gin impact the South?

• increased cotton production and an increased demand for slave labor

• increased cotton production and a decreased demand for slave labor

• decreased cotton production and a diversified economy

• led to more manufacturing in southern states

How were the economies of the North and South connected?

• north farmed food stuff for the southern economy

• north produced cotton for southern textile mills

• southern mills used northern cotton

• south produced cotton for northern textile mills

Which part of the American System had the greatest impact of the development of the United States?

• Tariff on imported goods

• Tax on domestic cotton

• Systems of roads and canals

• Communication innovations