Question | Answer |
1.What is the name of the event during which the invention of machines changed the way that manufactured goods were produced? | Industrial Revolution
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2.What reform movement is Elizabeth Cady Stanton associated with? | women’s suffrage
| 3.What was the purpose of the temperance movement? | to get people to stop drinking alcohol
| 4.Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in the northeastern United States? | because there were a lot of water sources and coal and iron deposits
| 5.What invention helped to make the cleaning of cotton faster and easier? | cotton gin
| 6.Who led the education reform movement and who believed that education was the great equalizer? | Horace Mann
| 7.What idea did Eli Whitney develop which allowed for the mass production of identical machine made parts? | interchangeable parts
| 8.What invention helped to make the harvesting of wheat easier? | mechanical reaper
| 9.What reformer worked to improve the prisons and to provide better treatment for the mentally ill? | Dorothea Dix
| 10.What improvement in transportation made it easier to travel upstream? | steamboat
| 11.The completion of what structure connected Buffalo, New York to the Hudson River? | Erie Canal
| 12.During what meeting did Elizabeth Cady Stanton announce that all men and women were created equal and demanded that women be granted suffrage? | Seneca Falls Convention
| 13.What is the movement of people from the farms to the cities called? | urbanization
| 14.Who were the typical workers in the factories? | young women and children
| 15.What do you call someone that wants to end slavery? | an abolitionist
| 16.What individual memorized the way that the British built their spinning machines and then came to America and built a factory? | Samuel Slater
| 17.What were some of the effects of increased urbanization in the cities as a result of the Industrial Revolution? | increased crime, overcrowding, and poverty
| 18.What was the name of the secret network of trails followed by runaway slaves to escape to the north? | Underground Railroad
| 19.How did the War of 1812 contribute to the industrialization of the United States? | the war disrupted trading so Americans were forced to manufacture their own goods
| 20.How did interchangeable parts impact industrialization? | it allowed for the mass production of goods (faster, easier, and cheaper)
| 21.Who was the author of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator? | William Lloyd Garrison
| 22.Who invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts? | Eli Whitney
| 23.Who was the famous conductor of the Underground Railroad who helped over 300 slaves escape to freedom? | Harriet Tubman
| 24.What invention made steam power available for mechanical purposes? | steam engine
| 25.What movement that started in New England revived interest in the Christian religion and led to many efforts for social reform? | Second Great Awakening |