Industrial Revolution 2 Question Preview (ID: 49645)


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What did William Lloyd Garrison want for the slaves?
a) To be enslaved their entire lives
b) To be sent to Europe right away
c) To be killed because they wanted to kill their masters
d) To be freed and emancipated immediately

What would be a good title using what’s in the box? • River trade expanded by steamboats • Turnpikes and the national Road built • Eric Canal opened • First transcontinental RR completed
a) Advances in transportation
b) Advances in traveling by river
c) Advances in railroads
d) Advances in forward movement by telegraph

Why did many people in the Northern US move from rural areas (country) to the Urban areas (cities) in the 19th century?
a) Westward Expansion
b) Factory jobs
c) Slavery
d) Farming

In the early 1800’s, grain was harvested by the same manual process that had been used since the dawn of agriculture: workers moved down the standing grain with a hand-swing scythe, and the binders followed behind them, tying the crop into bales. B
a) Cotton Gin
b) Telegraph
c) Mechanical Reaper
d) The Pulley

Robert Fulton’s Steamboat aided the economic development of the nation by
a) Making railroads more efficient
b) Making railroads less efficient
c) Making transportation by river less efficient
d) Making transportation by river more efficient

Which geographic factors encouraged the development of agriculture in the South?
a) A mild climate, rich soil, and a long growing season
b) Mild summers, thin soil, and the region’s proximity to the ocean
c) Warm summers, cold winters, and little rainfall
d) A cold climate, rocky soil, and lots of rain

Who invented the Mechanical Reaper? What did the reaper do?
a) Eli Whitney/extracted seeds from cotton
b) Eli Whitney/reduce the amount of labor for cotton
c) McCormick/extracted seeds from cotton
d) McCormick/reduce the amount of labor for harvest

Dorthea Dix helped states do what?
a) ban the sale and manufacture of alcohol.
b) establish high schools and colleges for girls.
c) legally grant married women control of inherited property.
d) build and maintain new mental health facilities

How did participation in the anti-slavery movement affect women abolitionist?
a) They became aware of their own need for freedom from oppression.
b) They realized that total freedom for slaves was an impossible goal.
c) They contributed to the other reform movements of the time.
d) They accepted their traditional roles as wives and mothers.

Define Suffrage
a) the right to be treated
b) the right to vote
c) the right to cook and clean
d) the right to work without proper wages

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