Industrial Revolution

Before the Industrial Revolution all products were created by

• Factories
• Hand
• Slaves
• Royalty

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

Who invented the steamboat?

• Robert Fulton
• Samuel Morse
• Cyrus McCormick
• Francis Cabot Lowell

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

• Cartel
• Corporation
• Factory
• Urbanization

How did the cotton gin impact/effect slavery?

• Increased the need for slaves

• decreased the need for slaves

• did not change the need for slaves

What was the name of the first successful steamboat?

• Titanic

• Clermont

• Queen Mary

• Carnival Cruise

Name the two bodies of water that the Erie Canal connected.

• Hudson River to Lake Erie

• Hudson River to Lake Michigan

• Mississippi River to Lake Erie

• Mississippi River to Lake Michigan

What was the average work day (hours)?

• 11.4 hours

• 8 hours

• 8.4 hours

• 15.4 hours

What is a strike?

• working for only half of your work day

• asking the president of the United States to intervene

• quitting your job to put pressure on employers

• refusing to work in order to put pressure on employers