Innovations Check on Learning

What was one effect of the steamboat during the Industrial Revolution?

• Decreased factory production

• Increased factory production

• Reduced the growth of cities

• Slowed down river transport

What was the main advantage of interchangeable parts?

• Increased uniqueness of devices

• Allowed for easy assembly and repair

• Reduced productivity

• Made devices more expensive

Who invented the mechanical reaper?

• Eli Whitney

• Samuel Morse

• Cyrus McCormick

• Alexander Graham Bell

What was the purpose of the telegraph?

• To increase factory production

• To transmit electric signals over wires

• To clean cotton more efficiently

• To create interchangeable parts

What did the mechanization of agriculture combine?

• Steam engines and telegraphs

• Reapers and cotton gins

• Railroads and factories

• Interchangeable parts and power looms

What was a result of the introduction of interchangeable parts?

• Decreased production speed

• Increased production of standardized parts

• Reduced demand for consumer goods

• Slower communication capabilities

What did improved transportation and new factories encourage?

• Migration of women and children to urban areas

• Decrease in factory employment

• Reduction in industrialization

• Decline in urbanization

What did the Pacific Railway Act (1862) authorize?

• Creation of a telegraph system

• Building of new factories

• Creation of a railroad to connect the eastern and western coasts

• Development of interchangeable parts

What economic opportunities did the railroad offer?

• Fewer jobs for immigrants

• Slower travel westward

• Opportunities for many immigrants, especially Chinese and Irish workers

• Decreased settlement of the West

What was a key factor in the industrialization process?

• Decrease in factory employment

• Development of the factory system

• Reduction in urbanization

• Decline in transportation