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The Industrial Revolution
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1What is the Industrial Revolution?

- AA time in America's history when industry and manufacturing was starting to decline.
- BThis started in America in the 18th centuary, making people leave their farms and go to cities and towns. This was due to the transition of the manufacturing process. Later spread to Britain.
- CThis started in Britain in the 18th centuary, making people leave their farms and go to cities and towns. This was due to the transition of the manufacturing process. Later spread to America.
- DA time in Britian's history when industry and manufacturing was starting to decline.
2___________________ is most necessary to the process of industrialization in a society.
- ADependence on subsistence agriculture
- BAvailability of investment capital
- CCapture of foreign lands
- DCreation of a one-crop economy
3What were some causes of the Industrial Revolution?
- AThe War of 1812
- BFactory Systems
- CUrbanization
- DCity Hazards: poor sanitation, no sewers, crime, disease, poor housing conditions
- EChild Labor Enfourced
4What inventions started the first Industrial Revolution?
- AThe Furnace
- BThe Powered Loom
- CThe Water Frame
- DThe Cotton Gin
- EThe Steam Engine
- FThe Telegraph
5Who PERFECTED or improved the steam engine to make it power machines in factories?

- AJames Watt
- BThomas Savery
- CEli Whitney
- DThomas Newcomen
6The cotton gin was invented by ___________. This machine __________ cotton so that work would be done faster.

- AEli Whitney ... spins
- BEli Whitney ... takes seeds out of
- CJames Hargreaves ... takes seeds out of
- DJames Hargreaves ... spins
7The steel plow was invented by __________. It was made so that ______________.

- ACyris McCormick ... soil was plowed in an easier and faster way
- BCyris McCormick ... plants could grow faster
- CJohn Deere ... plants could grow faster
- DJohn Deere ... soil was plowed in an easier and faster way
8What was the effect of the invention of the steel plow?

- AMore slaves were needed to plant crops.
- BPeople who once lived in the country, moved to the city because they weren't needed anymore now that steel plows plowed soil faster.
- CIt made farmers have to give up their farm land.
- DPeople who once lived in the city, moved to the country because they weren't needed in the city anymore.
9The telegraph was an invention created by _________. It was used to ______________.

- AEli Whitney ... send messages with dots and dashes for far distance
- BSamuel Morse ... send messages with dots and dashes for far distance
- CEli Whitney ... sends messages through vibrations which are transported as voices
- DSamuel Morse ... sends messages through vibrations which are transported as voices
10The reaper was an invention created by _________. It was used to ______________.
- ACyris McCormick ... cut wheat faster with a spinning blade
- BCyris McCormick ... planted wheat faster
- CRichard Arkwright ... cut wheat faster with a spinning blade
- DRichard Arkwright ... planted wheat faster
11What was the purpose of the water wheel? What other invention was it similar to?

- AA wheel powered by flowing water which helped spin cotton into thread. It was similar to the spinning jenny.
- BA wheel powered by flowing water which helped spin cotton into thread. It was similar to the cotton gin.
- CA wheel powered by flowing water which helped irrigate crops. It was similar to the steel plow.
- DA wheel powered by flowing water which helped irrigate crops. It was similar to the reaper.
12The Erie Canal, additional railroad, and the National Road are some examples of _____________. Building them, helped improve transportation; it also brought the expanding western U.S. closer to the Eastern side of the U.S.
- AInterchangable Parts
- Bthe Quick-Transportation System
- CInternal Improvements
- DTransportation during the Industrial Revolution
13The North and South had many differences in needs for the country and transportation during the mid-1800s. Pick all of the choices that show what the North wanted.

- AMore River Transportaion
- BFor Slavery
- CMore Railroad and Canal Transportation
- DFocused on industry
- EAgainst Slavery
- FFocused on agriculture (esp. cotton)
14The North and South had many differences in needs for the country and transportation during the mid-1800s. Pick all of the choices that show what the North wanted.

- AMore Railroad and Canal Transportation
- BMore River Transportaion
- CFocused on industry
- DAgainst Slavery
- EFocused on agriculture (esp. cotton)
- FFor Slavery
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- Beschreibung
- Describes what the industrial revolution is, the causes of it and the effects. It also explains some of the inventions made during this time.
- Autor
- Selam H
- Sprache
- English
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