Exam 10: America’s Economic Revolution

The rise of the American factory system

Prior to 1860,the social institution that most bound together rural Americans was the

Prior to 1860,rural Americans had almost no contact with the rest of the world.

The ________ was invented by McCormick,while the machine thresher was invented by Case.

Most of the pre-Civil War Irish and German immigrants who came to the United States did so as families,as opposed to single men and women.

In 1844,Samuel Morse showed off his invention by telegraphing news of Zachary Taylor's nomination for the presidency over the wires from Baltimore to Washington.

During the first half of the nineteenth century,the American birth rate declined.

The primary assistance from the federal government to railroad companies came in the form of ________.

Commonwealth v.Hunt was a Massachusetts Supreme Court case which declared that labor unions were lawful organizations.

Skilled craftsmen organized trade unions due to the rise of the "factory system."

Most American industry remained wedded to the most traditional source of power,which was

What factors encouraged the growth of a labor union movement in the United States? Why did it ultimately fail to develop into a powerful force before the Civil War?

One of the first businesses to benefit from the telegraph was the railroads.

Which city did NOT owe its growth to the Great Lakes?

The Erie Canal was the greatest construction project Americans had ever undertaken.

Describe rural life in the American Northwest during the last three decades before the Civil War.How did it compare to both rural and urban life in the East?

The development of a railroad system weakened connections between the Northwest and the South.