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Indust. Revolution
Industrial Revolution and Reform
Question | Answer |
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What were some of the major characteristics of the Era of Industrialism? | Inventions, Population shift to Cities, Factory System, Reform Movements |
What did industrialism lead to? | The growth of cities |
How did the construction of railroads and canals most benefit Northern Industry? | faster, easier, cheaper movement of people and products |
Railroads : Coal Smoke Urbanization : | Air Pollution |
Free enterprise enabled the United States to be? | Less dependent on foreign products |
Urbanization did nothing to help with this problem | Nativism or acceptance of diversity |
What was most responsible for the growth of industry in the 1800's | steam power |
Industrialization was helped by | the mechanical reaper, the cotton gin, and the Bessemer steel process |
the War of 1812 caused the U.S. to | increase our own industry and our own manufactured goods, form the American Economic system |
Adam Smith = | Laissez-faire |
the building of the railroad | led to expanded opportunities for businesses |
plantation system | cotton gin, rich soil and long growing season, Triangle Trade |
Steamboats = Wagon Trains = | Traveling upriver migrating westward |
Put the following in chronological order: I. Morse telegraph, II. Erie Canal opened, III. First successful steamboat, IV. War of 1812 | Steamboat, War of 1812, Erie Canal, Morse Telegraph |
What made the U.S. a top producer of steel | Bessemer process |
What did not directly increase the number of factories | international slave trade |
Economically, what did Great Britain never intentionally allow to assist the 13 Colonies | set up an independent economy |
How did the Erie Canal help the U.S. | assisted commerce, because of faster transportation |