Industrial Revolution

How did the Industrial Revolution affect the cities?

• Made the crime rate decrease
• Led to an increase in farm workers
• Make the cities cleaner and safer
• Led to an increase in population in the cities

What allowed goods to be produced cheaper and faster for the increasing population?

• Cottage industry
• Animal power
• Hand made items
• Mass production

What is one reason why employers would hire women instead of men?

• Women work harder
• Women can do more difficult tasks
• Women have more work experience than men
• Employers could pay women less money

How were good transported from one location to another?

• Transcontinental Railroad
• Assembly Line
• Model T Ford
• All of the above

What happened during the Industrial Revolution?

• People were farming.
• People moved to the city.
• People began working in factories.
• Bothe B and C.

What was the Industrial Revolution?

• Changes and advancements in government
• Changes and advancements in militarism
• Changes and advancements in religion
• Changes and advancements in the production of goods

Which invention separated cotton seeds from the cotton boll?

• Cotton gin
• Cotton plow
• Cotton swab
• Cotton canal

Which invention was powered by a steam engine and moved people and goods up and down river?

• Locomotive
• Erie Canal
• Turnpike
• Steamboat

Each of the following was an effect of industrialization except

• A. an increase in the size of the cities. 
• B. poor living and working conditions. 
• C. the emergence of the new middle class. 
• D. an increase of movement to rural areas.

Urbanization means

• move to the city
• move to the country
• kicking people off their land