Industrial Revolution and Reform

Any fabric that is woven (by machine or hand) is called -

• technology
• textile
• economy
• industrialization

Mass production led to:

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

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 cotton gin?

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

One effect of the cotton gin was that ____.

• farmers could plant more cotton in limited space
• the need for enslaved labor decreased
• the seeds of the cotton plant no longer stuck to the fibers
• workers could process more cotton

Which innovation allowed factories to be built anywhere?

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

Why were railroads so important during this time?

• they moved goods more quickly and less expensively over greater distances
• they were fun to ride on to go visit family in other states
• people could ride on railroads to get to their jobs in another city

The rapid manufacture of large numbers of identical objects.

• mass production

• factory system

• urbanization

• capitalism

The growth of cities due to movement of people from rural areas to cities.

• cottage industry

• factory system

• assembly line

• urbanization

Inventor of the cotton gin and interchangeable parts

• Samuel Slater

• Eli Whitney

• Francis Cabbot Lowell

• Moses Brown