Industrial Revolution

The cotton gin advanced the growth of the textile industry because it

• provided a faster method of separating seeds from cotton fiber

• led to a decrease in slavery

• reduced the time needed to plant cotton seeds

• improved the process of weaving cotton cloth

Who invented the cotton gin in 1793?

• Samuel Slater

• Francis Cabot Lowell

• Andrew Jackson

• Eli Whitney

What was the first industry to be created during the early Industrial Revolution?

• oil

• textiles

• dairy production

• weapons production

Which area of the country strongly objected (disliked) to tariffs?

• North

• South

• West

Which group was hired to work in Northern factories? (click all that apply)

• women

• slaves

• children

• unemployed men

• immigrants

What powered the early factories?

• electricity

• oil

• water

• coal

Which section of the country became highly industrialized?

• Northwest

• Northeast

• Southeast

• Southwest

Who is known as the father of the American Factory System?

• Eli Whitney

• Francis Cabot Lowell

• Robert Fulton

• Samuel Slater

• Mr. Rydelek

What connected NY City to the Great Lakes in the 1820s?

• Pony Express

• airplanes

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Erie Canal

Which group worked on the plantations in the South? (click all that apply)

• unemployed men

• slaves

• immigrants