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A Growing Economy
Lesson Quiz 11-1 A Growing Economy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The period in history when many people left their homes and farms to work in mills was called the industrial revolution. | False |
| New England offered ideal conditions for farming. | false |
| A patent gives a person legal rights regarding an invention. | true |
| Corporation developed rapidly in the 1830s when legal obstacles to their formation were removed. | true |
| Libraries, museums, and a variety of shops were in plentiful supply in rural America in the 1800s. | false |
| what was at the heart of the industrial revolution? | farms, rivers, and streams |
| what was a significant development in the way goods were made? | development of mills |
| who developed the system of interchangeable parts? | Eli Whitney |
| what where roads consisting of logs laid side by side called? | corduroy roads |
| which road connected Ohio with the East? | national road |
| where did early pioneer families tend to settle in communities? | along great rivers |
| what means transportation contributed to the growth of river cities such as Cincinnati? | steamboats |
| where did most Americans live at the time of the first census? | between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean |
| The first census of the United states was taken in the year ______________. | 1790 |
| The __________ extended from New York City to Buffalo and was 363 miles long. | Erie Canal |
| Beginning in the 1780s,__________ engines were used to power boats. | steam |
| A series of____________ along a canal work like an escalator to help raise and lower boats up and down hills | locks |
| Pioneer women in the west would get together for_____________________________ parties. | Quilting and sewing |