Industrial Revolution

A place where people and machines join together to mass produce goods.

• Cartel
• Corporation
• Factory
• Urbanization

Mass production led to:

• Products being more superior in quality
• goods became less expensive
• laborers received higher wages
• industries moved to rural areas

Why did people move to the cities during the Industrial revolution?

• Jobs in factories
• Jobs on the farm
• Family
• Friends

This machine allowed factories to be built anywhere, powered by coal.

• flying shuttle
• steam engine
• spinning jenny
• cotton gin

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

Who invented the steel plow?

• Cyrus McCormick
• John Deere
• Samuel Slater
• Robert Fulton

Who invented the telegraph in 1840?

• James Hargreaves
• John Deer
• Samuel Morse
• John Montressor

The Bessemer process, invented by Henry Bessemer, was created to produce...

• cotton
• peanuts
• steel
• electricity

This invention turned rivers into busy routes for traders and travelers.

• Railroads

• Steamboat

• Telegraph

• Mechanical Reaper

How were good transported from one location to another?

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