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The North's Economy (8th grade S.S.)
By Wendy Smith
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Question 1
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3 types of Industry
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Question 2
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4 types of Travel
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Question 8
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What innovation of the 1800s played a great role in the settlement of the Midwest?
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Question 3
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Type of technology
telegraph/Morse Code
Question 4
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Which of the following are the phases of industrailization?
tasks were divided among workers
factories were built to bring specialized workers together
machines did some of the work
all the above
Which is a true statement about how trade differed before and after the buildings of railways and canals?
A Shipping was faster and cheaper after canals and railways were built.
B Shipping was slower and cheaper after canals and railways were built.
C Shipping was slower and costly after canals and railways were built.
D Nothing changed from before or after railways and canals were built.
Question 6
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Which 2 of these inventions has largely replaced the telegraph?
A telephone
B automobile
C computer
D television
Question 7
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Which of the following was not an invention that improved farming in the 1830s?
A thresher
B steel-tipped plow
C cotton gin
D mechanical reaper
Question 9
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Which is a true statement about why industry thrived in New England instead of agriculture?
A The fertile soil of New England and its climate encouraged farming there, but people turned to industry instead.
B The fertile soil of New England and its climate discouraged farming there, but people turned to industry instead.
C The rocky soil of New England and its climate discouraged farming there, and people turned to industry instead.
D The rocky soil of New England and its climate encouraged farming there, but people turned to industry instead.
