Question

1. which of the following was not a factor in the transportation revolution?

a. the steam - powered locomotive
b. the canal system
c. the combustion engine
d. the government - funded road system

1. what was the significance of the cumberland road?

a. it gave settlers a quicker way to move west.
b. it reduced the time it took to move goods from new york harbor to lake erie.
c. it improved trade from the port of new orleans.
d. it was the first paved road.

1. what were the benefits of the transportation revolution?

242 9·critical thinking questions

1. which of the following groups supported the abolition of slavery?

a. northern business elites
b. southern planter elites
c. wage workers
d. middle - class northerners

1. which social class was most drawn to amusements like p. t. barnums museum?

a. wage workers
b. middle - class northerners
c. southern planter elites
d. northern business elites

Explanation:

• Question 8: The combustion engine was not a factor in the early transportation revolution (which was more about steam - powered locomotives, canals, and early road systems).
• Question 9: The Cumberland Road was significant as it provided settlers with a quicker way to move west.
• Question 11: Middle - class northerners were more likely to support the abolition of slavery compared to the other groups (northern business elites might have had economic interests tied to some aspects of the status quo, southern planter elites relied on slavery for their economic model, and wage workers had complex relationships but middle - class northerners were more ideologically against slavery in many cases).
• Question 12: Wage workers were more drawn to amusements like P.T. Barnum's museum as they had a different leisure - seeking pattern compared to the other more elite or middle - class groups.

Answer:

• 8. C. the combustion engine
• 9. A. It gave settlers a quicker way to move west.
• 11. D. middle - class northerners
• 12. A. wage workers