Ch 9 Market Revolution

Which is NOT true of the market revolution?

• farmers turned to specialization
• people bought and sold goods instead of making them
• it was a result of industrialization
• manufactured goods were too expensive for most Americans

Transportation improvements cut shipping costs and connected the regions for trade. Which was NOT a transportation improvement in the early 1800s?

• Erie Canal
• steamboats
• railroad
• automobile

This invention by Cyrus McCormick made it easier for farmers to harvest their crops. One farmer could do the work of five.

• mechanical reaper
• steel plow
• cotton gin
• tractor

The Erie canal was helpful because it connected

• California to New York

• Ohio to New York

• Mississippi to Louisiana

• Canada to Mexico

The steamboat and the railroad made life easier because:

• They streamlined the process of creating goods

• They helped business owners speak directly with consumers

• They helped transport goods faster and easier

• They greatly reduced the number of hours individuals spent on farm labor

The mechanical reaper helped in all of the following ways except:

• It greatly reduced the number of hours individuals spent on farm labor

• Helped lessen back pain from labor

• Increased the typical production of a farmer

• Decreased the need for slave labor

The telegraph uses a system of symbols to send messages, it is called:

• Morse Code

• Hieroglyphics

• Braille

• Telecom

Which is NOT an example of a transportation improvement during the first half of the nineteenth century

• Railroads

• Canals

• Steamboats

• Airplanes

In the first half of the nineteenth century, the market revolution changed the United States. What was one of the biggest catalyst?

• Slavery

• The production of cotton

• A series of innovations in transportation and communication

• Sugar plantations

The states of the Deep South had become a “cotton kingdom,” a vast expanse of cotton plantations that extended from the South Carolina low -country to East Texas. Which person had an invention that led to the rise of cotton production and, in the process, revolutionized American slavery

• Robert Fulton

• Eli Whitney

• Samuel Slater

• Cyrus McCormick