Which describes the economics of cotton circa 1840

High supply, high price, high demand

Why did the South not begin to manufacture goods at this time?

High profits from agriculture were too hard to give up, Lack of resources like iron ore

Reduced the labor needed to clean and process cotton

Which is NOT true of factories in the Industrial Revolution?

Factories have no need for labor due to mechanization

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Industrial Revolution basics

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1
Which of the following was NOT used as a power source in the industrial revolution?
Animals
All of these were used
Steam engine
Rivers and streams
2
Which of the following was NOT a reason New England was the perfect location for the IR?
Rivers and Streams
Close to ports
Reliable electricity
Poor farmland
3
Which describes the economics of cotton circa 1840
High supply, low price, low demand
Low supply, high price, high demand
High supply, high price, high demand
Low supply, low price, high demand
4
Why did the South not begin to manufacture goods at this time?
High profits from agriculture were too hard to give up
All of the above
Abundance of cheap goods from the north
Lack of resources like iron ore
5
The industrial revolution was a shift from..
Agriculture to industry
Handmade to machine made goods
Machine made to handmade goods
Wool to cotton
6
The instrument we use to acquire data on our population is called the
US Census
Online Surveys
Census Bureau
Tax Returns
7
The cotton gin...
Both red and yellow are true
Reduced the labor needed to clean and process cotton
Increased the demand for slaves to run more cotton gins
Reduced the number of slaves needed by a plantation
8
The shift in population from rural farms to larger cities is called
Ruralization
Defarmization
Citification
Urbanization
9
Which is NOT true of factories in the Industrial Revolution?
In factories, raw materials go in - finished goods come out
Factories often had dangerous working conditions
Factories have no need for labor due to mechanization
Factories house all parts of production under one roof
10
In the United States of America, the Industrial Revolution began in
The Midwest
New England
The South
The West
11
Money invested in a new business in hopes of earning a profit is called?
Return
Stock shares
Investment money
Capital
12
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
England
Russia
China
New England

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