Industrial Revolution Introduction

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The increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas compared to rural areas.

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Urbanization

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Large buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine.

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Factories

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The production of large quantities of a standardized article by an automated mechanical process.

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Mass Production

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The introduction of new technology which significantly improves a process, product, or service.

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Technological Innovation

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A business or manufacturing activity carried on in a person's home.

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Cottage Industry

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The development of new industries during industrialization led to:

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Increase in job opportunities

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One major impact of increased industrialization was: Increased reliance on foreign manufactured goods., The growth of urban areas., The development of large slave based factories., Return to more agriculture based economy in the North.

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The growth of urban areas.

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The growth of population in these cities is most likely due to -

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The influx of workers drawn to new factory jobs

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Which statement best describes the Industrial Revolution? Options: important inventions suddenly changed life all across Europe, There was a gradual change in the way people lived and worked, the method of production changed, from machines to hand tools, it destroyed farming and agriculture and created industry

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There was a gradual change in the way people lived and worked

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During the early 1800s many young women in New England were employed outside their homes as —

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cloth weavers in textile mills