STAAR Review Industrialization

What did this innovating have on daily life?

• it increased the regional differences among various groups of people across the country

• it became a major method of long distance communication for many years

• it allowed people to sign legal documents form across the county

• it east the governments only method to negative forging leaders

The development of the factory system in the early 1800's caused-

• a decrease in free trade between nation s
• an increase in government regulation of businesses
• an increase in production levels
• a decrease in immigration

The completion of the Erie Canal played a key role in which development?

• NY city becoming a vital commercial center with the country's busiest seaport
• New Orleans becoming a leader in manufacturing and overseas trade
• Washington DC becoming the cultural and political center of the nation
• Boston becoming one of the country's largest transportation hubs

Which sentence best completes the diagram?

• cities grew rapidly

• demand for strains increased

• farms experienced a shortage of labor

• government regulation of factices increased

The innovation shown in this photograph most affected the US economy by-

• decreasing the need for canals

• allowing more efficient movements of goods

• reducing the cost of settling in western territories

• transportation workers from southern states to northern states

The economic growth demonstrated by this recruitment letter was primarily a result of-

• the passage of strict federal labor laws

• the abolition of the slave trade

• the expansion of the cottage industry system

• the new production methods of industrialization

How did the War of 1812 most effect the US economy?

• disruption in trade contributed to domestic industrial growth
• small farmers benefited from higher export prices for grain crops
• the sale of treasury bonds to international companies was prohibited
• new trade alliances resulted in increased foreign investment

How did this invention contribute to the expansion of the plantation system?

• by reducing the number of slaves needed for growth cotton

• by increasing the time needed to cultivate cotton

• by increasing the profitability of slavery

• by reducing the demand for raw cotton

Which of these occurred during early US Industrialization?

• manufactures instituted a five day workweek
• labor laws required factories to provide a safe working environment
• workers required to attend schools to develop technical skills
• production of goods transitioned from homes to factories

Which change occurred as a direct result of these developments?

• a reduction in the number of skilled workers in northern states

• the expansion of manufacturing into the western territories

• a reduction in trade with European countries

• the expansions of slavery into newly acquired territories