Industrial Revolution and Reform

Which factors contributed to the early industrialization of the United States? Choose 2 answers!

• New transportation systems

• A decline in agricultural production

• The growth of Labor Unions

• Disruption of trade during the War of 1812

How did the War of 1812 promote the rise of industry in the Northeast?

• Hamilton’s financial plan created a national system of credit.

• Cut off from British trade, Americans bought more goods from American manufacturers.

• Without Southern representatives in Congress, North Easterners were able to pass high tariffs.

• Napoleon preferred to import American rather than British goods into France.

Eli Whitney’s introduction of interchangeable parts had what effect on U.S. manufacturing?

• Workers could assemble machines more quickly.

• Fewer parts were needed for machinery.

• Steam engines broke down less often.

• Prices of machine parts became much higher.

How did the war of 1812 affect the United States

• US manufacturing increased

• US Manufacturing decreased

• The war of 1812 did not affect the economy

Which region became the manufacturing center of the United states by 1840?

• North

• South

• West

What was the main goal of the Women’s Rights Movement after the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848?

• to allow women to join labor unions

• to gain the right to vote for women

• to expand the number of women managers

• to increase pay of women workers

We have only to look about us in this great city, to observe the traces of the deadly influence of intemperance.  Everywhere, we face crime, disease and death, all testify to the necessity of the prosecution of the cause, of steadfast and unwavering effort and prompt action to lead to complete success.

-Charles C. Burleigh, address to the Whole World’s Temperance Convention, 1853

The speaker quoted above was a supporter of the movement to - 

• end the international slave trade

• establish strict limits on immigration

• expose corruption in the federal government

• discourage the consumption of alcoholic beverages

“We have been obliged to preach women’s rights, because instead of listening to what we had to say on temperance, many have questioned the right of women to speak on any subject.  In all courts and legislatures, all business waits until that point [is] settled.  Now it is not settled in the mass of minds that women have any rights on this footstool, and much less a right to stand on an even pedestal with man, look at him as equal, and rebuke the sins of her day and generation.  Let it be understood, that we are a women’s rights society; we believe it is a woman’s duty to speak whenever she feels the [urge] to do so…”

-First Annual Meeting of the Woman’s State Temperance Society, Rochester, New York, 1853

According to this document, which constitutional right was denied women?

• freedom of press

• the right to bear arms

• freedom of speech

• freedom of religion

The main goal of the reforms supported by Dorothea Dix were to -

• secure for women the right to vote

• improve the conditions of prisons

• establish public schools

• prohibit the consumption of alcohol

A tourist would most likely go to the location shown on the map to visit

• the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House in Women’s Rights National Historical Park

• Historic Jamestown in Colonial National Historical Park

• Independence Hall in Independence National Historical Park

• George Washington’s Headquarters in Valley Forge National Historical Park