Industrial Revolution

What is the movement from rural to urban areas called?

• Moving
• colonization
• inflation
• urbanization

What are identical components that can be used in place of each other?

• Interchangeable parts
• Factories
• Dynamos
• Assembly Lines

The growing demand for labor after the invention of the cotton gin led to increase use of WHAT labor?

• child
• expensive
• factory
• slave

Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?

• Low wages
• Widespread pollution
• Dangerous working conditions
• Safe working conditions

What innovation increased the transportation of goods and people?

• Flying Shuttle
• Spinning Jenny
• Steam Engine
• Water Frame

Who invented the cotton gin?

• Eli Whitney
• Jim Morse
• James Watt
• the guy that delivers your pizza

Where were most factories built before the steam engine was invented?

• in the mountains
• in the desert
• along rivers
• anywhere

Which factor best completes this diagram?

• A. New transportation systems 
• B. Increased government regulation 
• C. A decline in agricultural production 
• D. The growth of labor unions

Which of these best completes the diagram above?

•  A. The demand for slaves increases in the South.
•  B. More textile factories are established in the South.
•  C. The number of European immigrants arriving at southern port cities increases.
• D. More tobacco and food crops are cultivated on southern plantations.

These developments occurred as a result of increased —

• A. industrialization
• B. westward migration 
• C. expansion of U.S. territory 
• D. government regulation of business