The Industrial Revolution

What is the cotton gin and who invented it?

• a machine that makes clothes and invented by John Deere

• a machine that removes seeds from cotton fiber and invented by Eli Whitney

• a machine that makes clothes invented by James Hargreaves

• a machine used for communication by sending signals through a wire invented by Samuel Morse

What is an interchangeable part?

• a machine that removes seeds from cotton

• a machine used to pump water to use as a vehicle

• a machine that throws basketballs into a hoop

• a part of a machine or device that can be replaced by another identical part

What is a rural (agriculture) economy?

• an economy based on cities and industries
• an economy based on farming 

Mills and factories first appeared in the New England (north) because of its poor soil and its many rivers (geography)

• True
• False

What direction were most settlers traveling to during this time?

• south
• east
• west
• north

What was the main crop being grown in the south?

• wheat
• rice
• potatoes
• cotton

Why is it so important to travel by river?

• it's faster and cheaper to ship goods
• because water is pretty
• it's slower and costs more money
• it causes people to spend more

What canal runs from New York to the Atlantic Ocean?

• Mission Canal
• Panama Canal
• Erie Canal
• Michigan Canal

Who did Robert Livingston hire to build the Clermont, a steamboat with a powerful engine.

• Eli Whitney
• Robert Fulton
• James Watt
• Stephen Curry

What is sectionalism?

• rivalry based on the special interests of different areas of the country. Included the west, north, and south
• Unity based on interests of the different regions of the country
• all the United States believing in the same thing. 
• none of the above