1. After the invention of better machinery, farmers _____.

a. produced less food
b. could produce more food than ever before
c. refused to work
d. stopped using mechanical plows

2. After an invention in 1793, _____ became the most important cash crop in the south.

a. indigo
b. corn
c. bananas
d. cotton

3. The mill towns of the North, like Lowell, _____________.

a. provided young women with jobs
b. hurt the Southern economy
c. provided immigrants with jobs
d. were powered by coal

4. The Erie Canal connected __________ to Lake Erie, boosting New York's economy.

a. the Mississippi River
b. the Atlantic Ocean
c. the Hudson River
d. the Ohio River

5. Who built the first train powered by a steam engine?

a. George Stephenson
b. Peter Cooper
c. DeWitt Clinton
d. Robert Fulton