The Industrial Revolution Quiz

How were many young women employed during the early 1900's

• They were not employed

• Crew members on ships

• Cloth weavers in textile mills

• Staff reporters for newspapers

How did the development of the factory system encourage urbanization?

• A. Manufacturers produced goods to export overseas.
• B. Labor unions were formed to protect mill workers.
• C. Workers moved closer to manufacturing centers.
• D. Industrialists invested in cotton plantations.

The development of the steamboat led to

• new states were added to the Union

• canals stopped being built in the northeast

• the cost to transport goods decreased

• there was no longer a need for wagons

How did the steamboat affect the U.S. economy?

• decreased the need for canals

• more efficient movement of goods

• reduced the costs of settling in new areas

• transporting workers

the process of moving from an agricultural society, in which most goods are handmade, to a society that thrives on machine-manufactured goods

• textile
• economy
• industrialization
• technology

fabric that is woven

• technology
• textile
• economy
• industrialization

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

In what country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• United States
• France
• Great Britain

Where were most factories built?

• in the mountains
• in the desert
• along rivers

Who invented cotton gin and interchangeable parts?

• John Deere
• Eli Whitney
• Samuel Slater
• Elias Howe