Industrial Revolution

The _________ was invited by Samuel Morse in order to help the railroads. 

• Telegraph
• Telephone
• Telescope
• Television

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 did inventions like the telegraph and the telephone do?

• Limit communication between people

• Increase manufacturing speed in factories

• Decrease the amount of immigrants coming to the US

• Make communication faster and easier

Before the Industrial Revolution, all products were created by-

• Royalty

• Children

• Hand

• Factories

Who invented the cotton gin?

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

Which 2 natural resources were the backbone of the Industrial Revolution?

• wood and peat
• oil and natural gas
• coal and iron
• cotton and tobacco

Who invented the steel plow?

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

Why was the invention, and improvement, of the light bulb so important?

• It started the Industrial Revolution in the U.S.

• It made Alexander G. Bell famous.

• It made the use of electricity popular.

• It led to the invention of the telegraph.

Who became famous for inventing the first motorized airplane in 1903?

• Thomas Edison & Thomas Watson

• Frank & Charles Duryea

• Orville & Wilbur Wright

• Lewis Lattimer & Alexander G. Bell

Which words make this statement TRUE? After the Civil War, the United States' economy shifted from ________ to the production of __________________ goods.

• urban, rural

• factories, farming

• railroads, gold

• agriculture, manufactured