SS Chapter 11 Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution began with ______

• farmers attacking factory owners for taking their land
• textile machines that helped cotton become America's biggest export
• factory owners taxing their workers for uniforms
• a declaration of independence by the factory owners

Factories used Eli Whitney's ideas for making guns quickly and cheaply by ____.

• getting special tools so workers could make things by hand
• sending more things to be made in other countries
• using cheap plastic instead of expensive metal
• using interchangeable parts and mass production

Before the Industrial Revolution, people worked on farms or in workshops.  How did that change after the Industrial Revolution began?

• Many people worked in factories.
• Farmers had to work longer to fix machines.
• People took longer to make things by hand.
• People didn't know how to use the new machines.

What waterway goes east to west across New York State?

• Hudson River
• Atlantic Ocean
• Lake Ontario
• Erie Canal

The Erie Canal connects ____.

• Canada and New York
• New Jersey and Pennsylvania
• Albany and Buffalo
• Vermont and New York

Why did millions of Europeans come to the United States in the mid-1800s?

• because of war or crop failures in their own country
• because the U.S. government promised them free land
• because farms needed more workers
• because they wanted to build factories

What was the largest group of immigrants who came to the United States after 1846?

• French
• Italians
• Irish
• Chinese

Why did some people not like immigrants?

• because they worked for reform
• because their customs seemed different
• because they joined churches
• because they were part of the women's rights movement

Why did many people who made goods by hand lose their jobs?

• because they lived in rural areas
• because they spent too much time at conventions talking about rights
• because factories produced goods faster and more cheaply
• because they didn't have enough tools

What was the name of the movement to stop people from drinking alcohol?

• Women's Right's Movement
• Temperance Movement
• Antislavery Movement
• Second Great Awakening