American Industrialization
How did the factory system impact the U.S.economy?
American factories could now specialize in custom made products.
America became the world's leading exporter of munitions.
American factories turned to the production of inexpensive, mass-produced consumer goods.
Why were American farmers looking for a new cash crop at the turn of the 19th century?
The importation of slaves was banned in 1807 making many crops unprofitable.
Global prices for rice and indigo were too unstable.
Tobacco had depleted the soil and was no longer profitable.
How did Eli Whitney's cotton gin revolutionize American agriculture ?
It allowed cotton to be grown in new states like Arizona and New Mexico.
It led to a shift to cotton as the major American export crop.
It led to the need for fewer slaves.
What was needed to spark the market revolution in America during the 19th century?
New foreign investment in the U.S.
The emergence of organized labor
New inventions and technology
What was an unintended consequence of the Embargo of 1807?
Capital was shifted from commerce into manufacturing.
Slaves could not be imported into the US from Africa.
European technology like the power loom could not be purchased.
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American Industrialization
How did the factory system impact the U.S.economy?
American factories could now specialize in custom made products.
America became the world's leading exporter of munitions.
American factories turned to the production of inexpensive, mass-produced consumer goods.
Why were American farmers looking for a new cash crop at the turn of the 19th century?
The importation of slaves was banned in 1807 making many crops unprofitable.
Global prices for rice and indigo were too unstable.
Tobacco had depleted the soil and was no longer profitable.
How did Eli Whitney's cotton gin revolutionize American agriculture ?
It allowed cotton to be grown in new states like Arizona and New Mexico.
It led to a shift to cotton as the major American export crop.
It led to the need for fewer slaves.
What was needed to spark the market revolution in America during the 19th century?
New foreign investment in the U.S.
The emergence of organized labor
New inventions and technology
What was an unintended consequence of the Embargo of 1807?
Capital was shifted from commerce into manufacturing.
Slaves could not be imported into the US from Africa.
European technology like the power loom could not be purchased.
Well done!
error
try again