Chapter 12 The Nation Grows   1. The Industrial Revolution began in the mid-1700s in ____________     A) Great Britain.     B) Rhode Island.     C) New England.     D) Georgia.   2. The invention that made it possible to deliver more cotton to textile factories was the ____________     A) spinning jenny.     B) factory system.     C) cotton gin.     D) waterwheel.   3. Factories no longer had to be built near streams or rivers after the invention of ____________     A) the steam engine.     B) the cotton gin.     C) spinning wheels.     D) textiles.   4. Making goods in large amounts, in a short time, at low cost is called ____________     A) the Industrial Revolution.     B) the factory system.     C) a labor union.     D) mass production.   5. The desire for better working conditions and higher wages led to organizations called ____________     A) labor unions.     B) artisans.     C) unskilled laborers.     D) textile workers.   6. Industrialization in the United States resulted in all the following changes EXCEPT ____________     A) the growth of cities.     B) increased numbers of skilled artisans.     C) families leaving farms.     D) factory jobs for women.   7. New settlers traveled west in the early 1800s for all the following reasons EXCEPT to ____________     A) work in new factories.     B) buy cheap land.     C) find new economic opportunities.     D) find fertile land to replace worn-out farms in the East.   8. When completed in 1852, the National Road led from ____________     A) Lake Erie to the Hudson River.     B) the East to settlements south of the Ohio River.     C) Maryland to Illinois.     D) New York City to Albany, New York.   9. Robert Fulton is remembered for building a successful ____________     A) steamboat.     B) paved road.     C) canvas-topped wagon.     D) stone bridge.   10. For moving heavy goods in the early 1800s, Americans depended mostly on ____________     A) lakes.     B) railroads.     C) roads.     D) canals.   11. The governor who built the Erie Canal was ____________     A) De Witt Clinton.     B) Thomas Jefferson.     C) John Fitch.     D) Daniel Boone.   12. In 1819, the Adams-Onís Treaty ceded what territory from Spain to the United States?     A) Mexico     B) Florida     C) Oregon     D) Louisiana   13. The bold statement issued in 1823 warning European nations not to consider colonization on the American continents was called the ____________     A) Corrupt Bargain.     B) Adams-Onís Treaty.     C) Jackson Ultimatum.     D) Monroe Doctrine.   14. The Spanish colony that won its independence in 1821 was ____________     A) Mexico.     B) Puerto Rico.     C) Cuba.     D) Latin America.   15. All of the following European countries agreed to help Spain regain its colonies in America EXCEPT ____________     A) France.     B) Great Britain.     C) Austria.     D) Prussia.