Industrialization & Reform

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

• Cartel

• Corporation

• Factory

• Urbanization

What is the movement from rural to urban areas called?

• Moving
• colonization
• inflation
• urbanization

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

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

Which statement is true?

• Children were not allowed to work in the mines during the Industrial Revolution
• Work conditions were closely regulated
• There were no labor laws that prevented children from working
• Children were allowed to work but they were treated fairly. 

Who invented the cotton gin?

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

Who invented the steamboat?

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

Who brought the first mill to America?

• Samuel Slater

• Richard Arkwright

• Eli Whitney

• Isaac Singer

Hired young unmarried women from farms instead of entire families to work. Located in MA.

• Slater Mill

• Lowell Mill

This helped New York City become a very big city.

• Mass Production

• Francis Cabot Lowell

• The Erie Canal

• Samuel Slater

Describe the free enterprise system.

• Competition, entrepreneurship, receive profits

• Little government interference, competition, entrepreneurship, receive profits, and supply and demand

• Little government interference and supply and demand