1) The factory system began in which industry?

    A) textiles

    B) shoemaking

    C) firearms

    D) iron production



2) is best know for developing the cotton gin, but also pioneered the use of interchangeable parts.

3) The basis for modern mass production was the

    A) cotton gin.

    B) musket.

    C) use of interchangeable parts

    D) principle of limited liability.



4) The father of the factory system in the United States was

    A) Robert Fulton.

    B) Samuel F. B. Morse.

    C) Eli Whitney.

    D) Samuel Slater.



5) All of the following help account for the shift to factory production except

    A) a growing, accessible market.

    B) the availability of investment capital and credit.

    C) the availability of workers.

    D) inventions that gave the US a head start over Europe.



6) For their work force, the factories at Lowell before 1845 depended upon

    A) children.

    B) young women.

    C) displaced farmers.

    D) migrants