What strengthened the nation's economic independence?

Answer 1

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Economic Growth - Guided Reading 10.1 pg 306 - 313

DIRECTIONS: Recalling the Facts Use the information in your textbook to answer the questions

1. When did the Industrial Revolution begin in the United States?

2. How did New England's location help industrial growth?

3. Why were merchants essential to the Industrial Revolution?

4. What three inventions revolutionized the textile industry?

5. Who invented the cotton gin?

6. What did Congress do in 1790 to protect the rights of inventors?

7. How did British industrial technology make its way to the United States?

8. Where did Francis Cabot Lowell open a textile plant in 1814?

9. What new system did Lowell employ in his mill?

10. Who pioneered the use of interchangeable parts?

11. How did the Industrial Revolution affect cotton production?

12. Who financed the Industrial Revolution's new industries?

13. When did Congress charter the Second Bank of the United States?

14. What problems came with the growth of towns and cities?

15. Why did the threat of diseases loom over city dwellers at the turn of the century?

Economic Growth - Reteaching 10.1

DIRECTIONS: Matching Match each item in Column A with its corresponding item in Column B.

COLUMN A COLUMN B

G1. technology

C 2. New England

L 3. Free Enterprise

H 4. Eli Whitney

A 5. Samuel Slater

D 6. Francis Cabot Lowell

J 7. factory system

M 8. interchangeable parts

B 9. farmers

I 10. raised pork and cash crops

E 11. Second Bank of the United States

F 12. New York, Boston, Baltimore

K 13. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Louisville

Essay Answer the following question on a separate sheet of paper.

How were Eli Whitney's inventions important to the Industrial Revolution?

A. memorized designs of British machinery, then duplicated them in the United States

B. more than 65 percent of Americans in the 1820s

C. profited from location on major rivers

D. opened a textile plant in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1814

E. strengthened the nation's economic independence

F. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire

G. scientific discoveries that simplify work

H. invented the cotton gin

I. western farmers north of the Ohio River

J. brought manufacturing steps together in one place to increase efficiency

K. centers of commerce and trade

L. American economy

M. uniform pieces that could replace any other identical pieces

Westward Bound Guided Reading 10.2 pg 314 - 320

Clermont

mules or horses

the Atlantic coast

De Witt Clinton

New York City

Erie Canal

National Road

the great rivers

north-south

4 million

10 million

steamboats

Robert Fulton

five

four

turnpikes

Moving West

The 1790 census of the United States showed a population of nearly (1) 4 million. Most Americans lived within a few hundred miles of (2) The Atlantic Coast. By 1820 the population of the United States had increased to about (3) 10 million people. The 363-mile trip from (4) New York Cityto Buffalo took a pioneer family about three weeks by wagon. Private companies built (5)turnpikes, which charged fees to offset their costs. In 1806 Congress approved funds for a (6) national road to the West. Although river travel was more comfortable, rivers allowed travel in only a (7)north/southdirection. In 1802 Robert Livingston hired (8) Robert Fultonto develop a more powerful steamboat. In 1807 the (9) Clermont made the 150-mile trip from New York City to Albany in only 32 hours.

Canals

Led by (10) De Witt Clinton. New York officials planned to link New York City with the Great Lakes region. Thousands of laborers worked on the construction of the 363-mile (11)Erie Canal. At first this waterway did not allow the passage of (12) steamboats Instead, teams of (13) mules and horses hauled the boats and barges.

Western Settlement

Between 1791 and 1803, (14) 4 new states were admitted to the Union.

Between 1816 and 1821, (15) 5 new states were created. Pioneers tended to settle in communities along (16) The Great Rivers with others from their home communities.

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