Revolution & Jackson

Before the Industrial Revolution, most people lived on __________.

• cities

• factories

• small farms

• apartments

Why was the steamboat important in the United States?

• Made transportation harder on the waterways.

• Slowed down the process of transporting goods.

• Made transportation easier on the waterways.

• Made it difficult for travel.

What is the Industrial Revolution?

• a change from making things by machines to making them by hand

• a change from making things by hand to making them by machines in factories

• a shift from a monarchy to a democracy

• a shift from old order to new order

Name the inventor of the cotton gin.

• Eli Whitney

• Henry Bessmer

• Alexander Bell

• Thomas Edison

Alexander Graham Bell invented this:

• Electricity

• Radio

• Telephone

• Light bulb

What is a factory system?

• Method of production that brought machines and workers together in one place

• Involves two or more entrepreneurs

• Movement that began when Parliament allowed large landowners to fence off common lands

• Rotating crops on three fields instead of two

What impact did the cotton gin have on slavery? 

• slowed the slave trade

• decreased the need for slaves

• increased the demand for slaves

• increased demand for indentured servants

What is interchangeable parts?

• Idea that you should produce large amounts of a good

• Idea that you should manufacture goods that are exactly the same

• Idea that goods should have parts that are able to be fixed, rather than buying a whole new item

• ______________

Who invented the steele plow?

• John Deere

• Elias Howe

• Thomas Edison

• Wright Brothers

An early production method was called cottage industry because workers _________.

• built cottages

• worked in their homes

• lived in factories

• made cottage cheese