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Question 1

What is a positive impact of the cotton gin?

Answer 1

The cotton gin made harvesting cotton profitable.

Question 2

What is a positive impact of the Automobile?

Answer 2

he automobile allows Americans to live farther away from their workplaces.

Question 3

What is a positive impact of the Credit cards?

Answer 3

Positive Impact: Credit cards give Americans greater convenience and security in spending.

Question 4

What is a positive impact of the atomic bomb?

Answer 4

The atomic bomb ended World War II and avoided a long ground war that would have cost many American lives.

Question 5

What is a positive impact of the Electronic records?

Answer 5

Positive Impact: Electronic records save paper and make searching easier.

Question 6

What is the Negative impact of the cotton gin?

Answer 6

The cotton gin made slavery profitable and increased the demand for slaves.

Question 7

What is the Negative impact of the Automobile?

Answer 7

The automobile causes pollution and American dependence on oil.

Question 8

What is the Negative impact of the Credit card?

Answer 8

43 percent of Americans spend more than they earn. Americans have more than $700 billion in credit card debt.

Question 9

What is the Negative impact of the Atomic bomb?

Answer 9

The atomic bomb killed almost 200,000 Japanese people and led to the Cold War.

Question 10

What is the Negative impact of Electronic records?

Answer 10

Electronic records have increased identity theft complaints.

Question 11

Who was Samuel Slater?

Answer 11

A factory worker who memorized the design of the machine for spinning cotton threads who smuggled it to the United States from Britain.

Question 12

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin in America?

Answer 12

New England

Question 13

What are some reasons the Industrial Revolution began in this part of America?

Answer 13

• Close to resources like coal and iron in Pennsylvania to help power factories
• Close to ports to receive raw materials and distribute goods throughout the states
• Many wealthy merchants lived here and funded the projects
• They had workers since the soil was not as good for farming
• Many rivers and streams to power factories

Question 14

Who invented the Cotton Gin and interchangeable parts?

Answer 14

Eli Whitney

Question 15

How did Interchangeable parts help produce more?

Answer 15

Helped promote the assembly line production where labor could be divided into specialized tasks where each worker only had to work on one piece of the product.

Question 16

Who helped launch the factory system in America?

Answer 16

Francis Cabot Lowell

Question 17

The new factory system put all stages of making cloth under one ________. This saved on production time, cost, and increased efficiency.

Answer 17

Roof or building

Question 18

Who invented the Telegraph in 1836?

Answer 18

Samuel F.B.Morse

Question 19

In 1866, ________ invented a cable that could be placed in the Atlantic Ocean and connect telegraphs in the U.S. to ones in Europe.

Answer 19

Cyrus Field

Question 20

Issac Singer invented the ______ in 1850/

Answer 20

Sewing machine

Question 21

What positive impact did the McCoy lubricator have on the industry?

Answer 21

Machines did not need to be shut down to be oiled. Machines can run continuously, producing more products.

Question 22

Who invented the Industrial lubricator?

Answer 22

Elijah McCoy

Question 23

Why did America expand the roads and waterways in the early 1800s?

Answer 23

people wanted to communicate with others who were far away, and they wanted to share goods and produce, to grow the US economy throughout the country not just in the large towns on the east coast.

Question 24

The first locomotive to run on railroad appeared in ______. The train moved both goods and passengers a total of 13 miles from Baltimore to Ellicott’s Mills, Maryland.

Answer 24

1830

Question 25

In the 1800s, help for those living in poverty was mainly given by the (5 points)

a. civil societies
b. government
c. public schools
d. factory owners

Answer 25

a. civil societies

Question 26

Who benefitted from the U.S. acquisition of Florida from Spain? (5 points)

a. Fur traders, who benefitted from the removal of the Spanish fur trade
b. Planters, who were able to expand plantations and Southern culture into Florida
c. Seminoles, who were able to purge their runaway-slave communities
d. Textile mills, which benefited from an increased population pool of workers

Answer 26

b. Planters, who were able to expand plantations and Southern culture into Florida

Question 27

What happened to runaway slaves who escaped to Florida? (5 points)

a. Hunted by Osceola in exchange for rewards from the United States
b. Largely ignored by planters eager to settle the new territory
c. Protected in the remaining Spanish towns in the South
d. Sheltered by the Seminoles and allowed to join their tribes

Answer 27

d. Sheltered by the Seminoles and allowed to join their tribes

Question 28

Which of these people would argue for the elimination of the Carolina parakeet in Florida? (5 points)

a. Bird-watchers
b. Farmers
c. Industrialists
d. Textile mill owners

Answer 28

b. Farmers

Question 29

If a positive factor for farming the land is growing food for a growing population, a negative could be (5 points)

a. air pollution
b. deforestation
c. mining accidents
d. unemployment

Answer 29

b. deforestation

Question 30

The main conflicts faced in Florida resulted from which of these? (5 points)

a. Territorial disputes with Spain
b. Limited land and resources for settlement
c. Pirate attacks on U.S. ships in the Atlantic
d. Warfare between France and Great Britain

Answer 30

a. Territorial disputes with Spain

Question 31

Which statement accurately describes early 19th century factories and textile mills?

Factories and textile mills employed men of all ages because most women did not work during this time.

Factories and textile mills employed only young men because they were stronger and could endure the deteriorating working conditions.

Children and unmarried women worked in factories and textile mills, were paid well, and kept their jobs for many years.

Children and unmarried women worked in factories and textile mills, were underpaid, and kept their jobs for only a few years.

Answer 31

d. Children and unmarried women worked in factories and textile mills, were underpaid, and kept their jobs for only a few years.

Feedback: Awesome job! Factory and textile mill owners were looking for cheap labor in order to maximize their profits. As a result, children and young, unmarried women were hired. They were overworked and underpaid, and as a result, they saw their work as temporary.

Question 32

Which of the following statements best describes Florida’s history of becoming a state?

Those who migrated to Florida, as well as their descendants, worked closely with the Native Americans towards Florida being admitted as the 27th state.

Florida remained a unified entity since the time it was first discovered by the Spanish and French until the point at which it was admitted as the 27th state.

Florida wrote its first constitution seven years before becoming a state so that it could become a territory of the United States.

Florida remained neutral in that no wars took place within Florida territory prior to Florida becoming a state.

Answer 32

c. Florida wrote its first constitution seven years before becoming a state so that it could become a territory of the United States.

Feedback: You are quite the Florida historian, aren’t you? You remembered that Florida wrote its first constitution in 1838, seven years before it became a state. This was a required step in order to become a territory. This wasn’t the final version, though, as it has been revised several times since then. Do you remember when the current version was ratified? If you were thinking 1968, you are right!

Question 33

In which way were the elections of 1824 and 1828 different?

Differences in the way the North and South voted were appearing in 1824 and were very clear in 1828.

Differences in the way the North and South voted were very clear in 1824 but had disappeared in 1828.

Andrew Jackson won the popular vote in 1824, but John Quincy Adams won the popular vote in 1828.

Andrew Jackson won the electoral vote in 1824, but John Quincy Adams won the electoral vote in 1828.

Answer 33

a. Differences in the way the North and South voted were appearing in 1824 and were very clear in 1828.

Feedback: Nice work! You recalled that in the 1824 election, sectional divisions were beginning to appear. Four years later though, these divisions were very clear in the 1828 election. The North and the South had very different perspectives and remained this way for many years after this election.

Question 34

Why was the case of McCulloch v. Maryland significant?

McCulloch v. Maryland established a precedent for Congress to override a state law when it conflicts with a federal law.

Through McCulloch v. Maryland, the definition of commerce was updated to include navigation.

McCulloch v. Maryland was the first Supreme Court case to establish the power of judicial review.

McCulloch v. Maryland established a precedent for the relationships between the federal government and the state governments.

Answer 34

d. McCulloch v. Maryland established a precedent for the relationships between the federal government and the state governments.

Feedback: You may have a future career in law! You’re right—in the case of McCulloch v. Maryland, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-0 in favor of McCulloch and the federal government. The Supreme Court justices believed that states had the power to tax within their borders, but that Maryland did not have the power to tax a federal establishment. This created a precedent for the relationships between the federal government and the state governments.